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6a External Changes
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A level, A2 IT (Chapter 6) Mind Map on 6a External Changes, created by Gladys Mba on 30/03/2017.
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6a External Changes
Impacts on Organisations
O- Restructuring can lead to savings in cost, long term
O- Transport links, products supplied and delivered faster
Impact on Individuals
X- Being made redundant
X- Have to use savings
X- Poorer quality of life
X- New training may be stressful
O- Get up-skilled so can seek more professional jobs with high pay
X- New tech put pressure on people to get latest model
X- May really HATE the change e.g. Window 10
Impact on Systems
O- Better efficiency
X- May not have capacity for new system
X- Need to buy better hardware/ software
X- Old system may need more maintenance and be slow
e.g. having to change a hard-coded VAT after a VAT change
Changes which an organisation has no control over
Examples
Changed taxes/ tax bands
Interest rates
Actions of competitors
O - Competitor's new product may pressure business to promote more or develop a better product
X- May be expensive, need change in working practice or maufacturing
Demographic change
Cultural trend changes
New laws
O- Data protection act meant systems had to be updated with better security
Development in manufacturing / IT
X- Competitors will be able to produce things faster and cheaper
O- Increase productivity
X- Redundancies
Exchange rates
Economic change
X- Recession reduced demand meaning less income and redundancies in business
O- Cheaper companies earn more
Natural disaster
New bugs/ viruses
e.g. Mellenium bug meant switching computers from 2 to 4 digits
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