from aramex annual report for 2017-2018-2019 answer this strategic audit report questions
III. External Environment: Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) A. Natural Physical Environment: Sustainability Issues 1. What forces from the natural physical environmental are currently affecting the corporation and the industries in which it competes? Which present current or future threats? 2. Opportunities? a. Climate, including global temperature, sea level, and fresh water availability b. Weather-related events, such as severe storms, floods, and droughts c. Solar phenomena, such as sun spots and solar wind 3. Do these forces have different effects in other regions of the world? B. Societal Environment 1. What general environmental forces are currently affecting both the corporation and the industries in which it competes? Which present current or future threats? Opportunities? a. Economic b. Technological c. Political-legal d. Sociocultural 2. Are these forces different in other regions of the world? C. Task Environment 1. What forces drive industry competition? Are these forces the same globally or do they vary from country to country? Rate each force as high, medium, or low. a. Threat of new entrants b. Bargaining power of buyers c. Threat of substitute products or services d. Bargaining power of suppliers c. Rivalry among competing firms f. Relative power of unions, governments, special interest groups, etc. 2. What key factors in the immediate environment that is, customers, competitors, suppliers, creditors, labor unions, governments, trade associations, interest groups, local communities, and shareholders) are currently affecting the corporation? Which are current or future Threats? Opportunities? D. Summary of External Factors (List in the EFAS Table 4-5, p. 126) Which of these forces and factors are the most important to the corporation and to the industries in which it competes at the present time? Which will be important in the future? III. External Environment: Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) A. Natural Physical Environment: Sustainability Issues 1. What forces from the natural physical environmental are currently affecting the corporation and the industries in which it competes? Which present current or future threats? 2. Opportunities? a. Climate, including global temperature, sea level, and fresh water availability b. Weather-related events, such as severe storms, floods, and droughts c. Solar phenomena, such as sun spots and solar wind 3. Do these forces have different effects in other regions of the world? B. Societal Environment 1. What general environmental forces are currently affecting both the corporation and the industries in which it competes? Which present current or future threats? Opportunities? a. Economic b. Technological c. Political-legal d. Sociocultural 2. Are these forces different in other regions of the world? C. Task Environment 1. What forces drive industry competition? Are these forces the same globally or do they vary from country to country? Rate each force as high, medium, or low. a. Threat of new entrants b. Bargaining power of buyers c. Threat of substitute products or services d. Bargaining power of suppliers c. Rivalry among competing firms f. Relative power of unions, governments, special interest groups, etc. 2. What key factors in the immediate environment that is, customers, competitors, suppliers, creditors, labor unions, governments, trade associations, interest groups, local communities, and shareholders) are currently affecting the corporation? Which are current or future Threats? Opportunities? D. Summary of External Factors (List in the EFAS Table 4-5, p. 126) Which of these forces and factors are the most important to the corporation and to the industries in which it competes at the present time? Which will be important in the future
