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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 ...