Socio-Economic & Legal environmental course chosen organization is APPLE inc. Collectively, technological disruptions are seen as very significant drivers of industrial change. Among these, growth in cheap computing power and the ubiquity of the mobile internet have already had widespread impact on existing business models. Demographic and socio-economic shifts are expected to have nearly as strong an impact on business models and Organizational structures as technological change. Application of technology has already changed when and where work is done in practically every industry as workplaces of the industrial age give way to work practices of the digital age, including work, flexible work and on-demand work. This task requires you to develop a ‘Socio-Economic and Legal Assessment Report’ by choosing/ (APPLE) company Your report should include the following aspects: 1. Executive Summary: You should summarize your entire report briefly (hopefully on no more than one page of A4 paper). [5 Marks] 2. Introduction: Provide some background information on the chosen case study organization and identify the socio-economic trends which affect the chosen organization’s business model. 3.Write a Literature Review on Knowledge economy and various drivers of economic change: You should conduct a review of relevant academic literature and provide a critical analysis of the current issues/concepts that are relevant to your chosen organization. To achieve this, you must explore macro-economic dimensions of business, knowledge economy concepts, demographic and socio-economic shifts, and technological drivers of change to support your review of the knowledge economy and the drivers of economic changes with regard to the chosen organization. Your literature review should include at least 6-8 articles taken from reputed research journals/ article publications, as well as in addition consider any other secondary literature reports which might also be nonacademic. 4. Impact of legal framework and political factors: In this section, you should critically evaluate the legal frameworks and their implications on your chosen organization’s current and future position. A critical evaluation of the organization’s political factors and their influence on management and its dynamics.
