Abstract
The main objectives of this chapter are:
-to explain the nature of the external environment of an organization whether it be private for-profit, private not-for-profit, or in the public sector;
- to apply, whilst understanding its limitations, the STEEPLE (or PESTLE) framework to analyse the external environment of an organization;
- to develop critical awareness of the dynamic and complex nature of the external environments that organizations face on a daily basis;
- to explore, using appropriate concepts and frameworks, the ways in which the external environment can affect organizations and be affected by organizational influence.
-to explain the nature of the external environment of an organization whether it be private for-profit, private not-for-profit, or in the public sector;
- to apply, whilst understanding its limitations, the STEEPLE (or PESTLE) framework to analyse the external environment of an organization;
- to develop critical awareness of the dynamic and complex nature of the external environments that organizations face on a daily basis;
- to explore, using appropriate concepts and frameworks, the ways in which the external environment can affect organizations and be affected by organizational influence.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Human resource management |
| Editors | Sarah Gilmore, Steve Williams |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 43-64 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199605484 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |