Business organisation and environment

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - introduction
2. 1.1 Nature of business activity - notes
3. 1.1 Nature of business activity - questions
4. 1.2 Types of organisation - notes
5. 1.2 Types of organisation - questions
6. 1.3 Organisational objectives - notes
7. 1.3 Organisational objectives - questions
8. 1.4 Stakeholders - notes
9. 1.4 Stakeholders - questions
10. 1.5 External environment - notes
11. 1.5 External environment - questions
12. 1.5 External environment - simulations and activities
13. 1.6 Organisational planning tools - notes
14. 1.6 Growth and evolution - notes
15. 1.7 Growth and evolution - questions
16. 1.7 Growth and evolution - simulations and activities
17. 1.6 Change (HL only) - notes
18. 1.9 Globalisation - notes
    1. Globalisation defined
    2. The drivers of globalisation:
    3. The impact of globalisation on business
    4. Multinationals
    5. MNCs from Emerging Nations
    6. Impact of multinational companies on the host country
    7. Regional economic groups / blocs
    8. The World Trade Organisation (WTO)
    9. The Stages of Economic Integration
    10. Regional trading bloc examples
    11. The European Union - using the web
19. 1.9 Globalisation - questions
20. Print View

1.9 Globalisation - notes

Introduction

So far we have examined the nature of business activity, types of organisations and objectives and investigated the nature of stakeholders. We have also considered the impact of the external environment on the firm in terms of the opportunities and threats it provides and prepared and evaluated a range of decision making tools. We then considered the driving and restraining forces for growth and evolution of different businesses and the management of change.

In this section we will examine the growth of globalisation and multinational organisations and explain the impact of regional trading blocs.

By the end of this section you should be able to:

• Discuss reasons for the growth of multinational organisations in response to increasing globalisation
• Analyse the role played by multinationals in the global business environment
• Evaluate the impact of multinationals companies on the host country
• Explain the impact on a business of a country that is a member of a regional economic bloc