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Mba580 Forces And Trends

Forces and Trends Research

University of Phoenix

Dr. Kenneth Sherman



Forces and Trends Research
Remote environment is a subcategory of the external environment, which affects many aspects of our culture and our lives. Remote environment consists of economic, social, political, technological, and ecological factors. These factors creates trends and forces that drive our culture in many ways such as high fuel prices, the housing market, retail sales slowing, and car technology. Trends are defined as the general direction something starts to move in or a current style. (www.dictionary.com)
A lot of trends are wonderful and positive like the trends we are seeing with Microsoft, Google, and Apple technology, but the economic trends we are seeing now is very ugly and scary. Throughout this paper we will examine some of the current trends, discuss how they affect our individual organizations, and determine a strategic plan to overcome the trend. Lastly we will define strategic adaptability for organizations and analyze its relevance to the issues and opportunities facing our companies.

Gas Prices –

Rising fuel cost have caused many to question our nation’s dependency on foreign oil. Much of this has come to light because of the war in Iraq and our negative relationship with Venezuela, one of the United States primary sources of fuel. It has many wondering why we have yet to find an alternative source of fuel. The fuel is controlled like any other market where there is money to be made. It becomes an issue of supply and demand. The demand is great, especially here in the US, but supply is depleting significantly every year. Current gas prices are at an all time high and there is really no end in sight for consumers. People tend to only think of the price at the pump that is affected but heating oil and natural gas prices are higher as...