Environmental Forces

Climate Change and Use of Biodegradable Materials

o Effects of environmental degradation, malpractices, neglect and
indifference.
o Usage of non biodegradable
materials emitting
chlorofluorocarbons continuously
causes the widening and
deepening of the hole of the
ozone layer.
o Global warming has caused
countries to experience extreme weather changes, that is, from heat
strokes on one end to extreme
rainstorms on the other end like
extreme global climate changes:

Tsunamis
Below zero degree climate weathers
Earthquakes
Volcanic eruption
Droughts
Forest fires

Environmental Waste Management

Storm surges

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural

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environment that cause adverse change. It can take the form of chemical
substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollutants, the
components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or
naturally occurring contaminants.
o In many undeveloped countries, noise, air and water pollution level are
high. And these are the following activities that causes pollution;
Smog, fumes and contaminants continues to cause increasing

incidents of diseases, more specifically those related to the lungs.

Mismanage disposal of toxic wastes results in the occurrence of
serious and infectious illnesses.
Lack of water contributes to unhealthy living
Unhygienic surroundings are eyesores
Lack of cleanliness produces grubby citizens who are health

hazards to others.
Dynamites that destroys marine life, disturbing the seabed and

killing aquatic plants and corals.

Oil and gas spills contaminate bodies of water and cause marine
imbalance.

Preservation of Rainforests and Marine Life

o Continuous depletion and denudation of forests that causes destructive
and intense torrential rains.
o Irresponsible mining slowly destroying and running down natural barriers
that otherwise provide safety to people.

QUIZ

TRUE

or FALSE
T

1. Social forces refers to important

issues that are characteristic of global and

local societies.
T

2. Environmental scanning is the study

and interpretation of forces existing in the

external and internal environments.
F

3. Strategic planning consist of the facts and data used by the organization to assist

them in achieving their vision, mission and goals.

4. Organization intelligence refers to the expertise, insight and wisdom possessed

by an entity.
T

5. Strengths are features that organizations possess, thus, giving significant

advantages over others.

F

6. Weaknesses are challenges in the external environment that can cause

problems to the organization.

T

7. The SWOT matrix is a structured tool used to evaluate an organization, industry,

a place or even a person in terms of set parameters.

T

8. Primary data are gathered through personal experience, observations and

experiments.
F

9. Primary information are collected from reports, internet sources and other

published materials.
F

10. Scanning environment only involves in one process.

ENUMERATION
Modes of Environmental Scanning (4)
1.
2.
3.
4.

Undirected Viewing
Conditioned Viewing
Informal Search
Formal Search

External Environment Forces (6)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Social
Political
Technological
Economic
Environmental
6. Legal