APESTaalysisoferironmentaliniuences What environmental factors are affecting the organization? Which of these are the most important at present time? In next year? Political/legal Economic factors Monopolies legislation Business cycles Environmental protection laws GDP trends Taxation policy Interest rates Foreign trade regulation Money supply |· Employment la Inflation Government stability Unemployment Disposable income Sociocultural factors Energy availability and cost Population demographics Technological Income distribution Government spending on research Social mobility Government and industry focus on Lifestyle changes technological effort Attitudes to work and leisure New discoveries/development Consumerism Speed of technology transfer Levels of education Rates of obsolescence• What environmental factors are affecting the organization? • Which of these are the most important at present time? In next year? Political/legal • Monopolies legislation • Environmental protection laws • Taxation policy • Foreign trade regulation • Employment law • Government stability Sociocultural factors • Population demographics • Income distribution • Social mobility • Lifestyle changes • Attitudes to work and leisure • Consumerism • Levels of education Economic factors • Business cycles • GDP trends • Interest rates • Money supply • Inflation • Unemployment • Disposable income • Energy availability and cost Technological • Government spending on research • Government and industry focus on technological effort • New discoveries/development • Speed of technology transfer • Rates of obsolescence