Explain the process of environmental assessment. What are the major international variables to consider in the scanning process? Discuss the levels of environmental monitoring that should be conducted. How well do you think managers conduct environmental assessment?

1. Environmental assessment: the

process of information gathering/forecasting relevant trends, competitive actions, and circumstances that will affect operations in geographic areas of potential interest is known as environmental assessment.

2. The Major international variables to consider when conducting an environmental assessment are

political instability; currency instability; nationalism; degrees of international competition.

a. Political instability is the potential for sudden and significant change in the leadership, policies, or condition of a country.

b. A currency crisis is brought on by a sharp decline in the value of a country's currency. This decline in value, in turn, negatively affects an economy by creating instabilities in exchange rates, meaning one unit of a certain currency no longer buys as much as it used to in another currency.

c. Nationalism is the belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals.

d. International competition is the services or products provided by competing companies that serve international customers.

3. Levels of environmental monitoring that should be conducted are multinational; regional; country

4. It depends on the size of the firm; small firms are not likely to conduct a detailed analysis, but can purchase relevant information concerning market potential, political risk, and competitive positioning.

uses : -

1.aneroid barometers primarily measure whether pressure is rising or falling.

2.aneroid barometers are often used for reading pressure in homes and recreational boats.  

3.other uses may include barographs in meteorology and altimeters in modern aircraft.  

4.this type of barometer can announce whether a high or low pressure system is coming or whether it is becoming more intense.  

5.there are different types of aneroid barometers, such as the altimeter, which measures altitude, or distance above sea level.  

6.another example is a barograph, which is a modified aneroid barometer that provides constant readings of atmospheric pressure on graph paper.  

7.when used in this capacity, the aneroid barometer can store a week's worth of data.

android diameter a device for measuring atmospheric pressure , often specially calibrated for use as an altimeter ,consisting of a box or chamber partially exhaused of air, having an elastic top and a pointer to indicate the degree of compression of the top caused by the external air

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