Apply: Internal and External Environmental Analysis

You work for a consulting firm whose primary objective is to help businesses improve their strategic operations. Your firm recently was hired by a newspaper company named Hoosier Media Inc. The client’s print newspaper circulation and subscriptions have declined, resulting in 30% lower revenues over the last five years. Online ad revenues have increased but currently account for just 5% of the company’s revenue. You have been tasked with providing a comprehensive internal and external analysis to help the firm improve its business operations.

Develop a SWOTT table summarizing your findings. Your environmental analysis should consider, at a minimum, the factors below.

• For each factor, identify the one primary strength, weakness, opportunity, threat, and trend, and include it in your table.
• Include the SWOTT table in your submission.
  • External forces and trends considerations:
    • Industry Changes
    • Legal and regulatory
    • Global
    • Economic
    • Technological
    • Innovation
    • Social
    • Environmental
    • Competitive analysis
  • Internal forces and trends considerations:
    • Strategy
    • Structures
    • Processes and systems
    • Resources
    • Goals
    • Strategic capabilities
    • Culture
    • Technologies
    • Innovations
    • Intellectual property

Create a 700- to 1,050-word analysis that includes the following:

• Identify economic, legal, and regulatory forces and trends.
• Critique how well the organization adapts to change.
• Discuss the primary internal organizational considerations.
• Discuss the primary external organization considerations.
• Identify the major issues and/or opportunities the company faces based on your analysis.

Paper must be written followed by APA guidelines and at least 2 resources, add in-text citation as well.