1. Environmental Scanning by Sam Lorenz C. Abenoja

2. What is Environmental Scanning? The process of collecting, analyzing, and distributing information for tactical and strategic purposes Brown and Weiner defined environmental scanning as "a kind of radar to scan the world systematically and signal the new, the unexpected, the major and the minor"

3. Why do we need to scan? To know what is the appropriate business to start in the place. To develop strategies that you will do to get ahead of competitors.

4. SWOT ANALYSIS SWOT is a acronym for:

5. The strengths of a business can help it maintain its advantages over its competitors. Its weaknesses, on the other hand ,may cause the business to fail. An entrepreneur should exploit or discover the opportunities that com in his way to stay competitive and recognize the possible threat that can challenge his position in the market.

7. New products and services  training opportunities

8. New manufacturing processes

9. Infrastructure changes

10. Economic

11. Industry/career demand and decline

12. Unemployment

13. Inflation

14. Environmental/Ecological

15. New industry opportunities

16. Political

17. Political climate/stability

18. State budget deficit or surplus

19. Changes in legislation

20. Community relations

21. Community satisfaction

22. Community needs assessment

23. Competitors

24. Other public and private businesses, universities, and technical colleges

25. Campus (& District) Climate

26. Students

27. Staff

28. Faculty

29. Administration

32. Thank you for listening!!

33. Qiuz 1. What is environmental scanning? 2. Give one importance on why we need to scan. 3-4. Give two things that can be included in the scan. 5. Give examples of businesess and one possible place that it will be patronized (ex: Photocopy shop infront of a school)