Week 2

5.4.2 Understand the external factors that trigger change in organisations:

• political:
  • change in government
  • conflict
  • shift in government priorities
• economic:
  • provision of new services
  • recession
  • inflation
  • interest rates 
  • consumer trends
  • new competitors
  • entering new markets
• social:
  • changes in demographics
  • market/social trends
  • adopting remote working
  • cultural expectations
• technological:
  • emergence of new technologies
  • retirement of obsolete technologies
  • system failure
  • zero-day vulnerabilities 
• legal:
  • new legislation
  • changes to legislation
• environmental:
  • sustainability issues
  • pandemics
  • natural disasters.

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