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Tucker, Young, Jackson & Tull
MGT 461
November 29, 2004
Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY III
INTRODUCTION 1
EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT 2
Economic Forces 2
Social Forces 3
Political Forces 4
Technological Forces 4
Global Forces 5
Competitive Forces 5
External Factor and Evaluation Matrix (EFE) 6
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT 6
Management 7
Marketing 7
Finance/Accounting 8
Company Culture 8
Production/Operations 9
Research & Development 10
Management Information Systems 10
Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix (IFE) 11
STRATEGIES IN ACTION 11
Executive Summary
Introduction
In today’s working society, business leaders play a major role in a company’s success or failure. Their ability to effectively assess the company’s environment and choose a strategy that will work best in this environment. For the purposes of this paper, we will be looking at Tucker, Young, Jackson & Tull, an engineering services provider, and Greg Parker, one of the company’s top managers.
Tucker, Young, ...