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From this we can see that BMW employees over 100,041 employees which tells us that the company has quite allot of employees which affects the political factor so the stakeholders are interested such as the government as they will have more people paying tax rather than gaining benefits and even consider giving the a grant which is a source of finance.
The 2nd factor is the economic factors these include: coast of credit, competitive pressures, pay levels and globalisation and energy prices. The factor that I will look at is Pay levels that would affect the Met Police as the interest rates are decreasing and the inflation rates are increasing and the wages are still the same. The employees of the Met Police debated and apposed a strike for a pay rise. This would affect the local community because if the police force had gone on a strike, the local community will be defenceless and also have less protection and are at a potential risk. The strike will have an impact on three stakeholders, which are, the employees, local community, and the government. The local community would have less protection, which increased the crime rates. The employees might lose their job or they may resign because they need more wages, finance and the government have to end up paying more finance to metropolitan police, which could mean that taxes may be increased. This would change the functional areas and the economy because if lots of employees go on strike than in some functional areas there may not be any worker this would then affect other functional areas as well. But it will affect the growth of the organisation and their human resources development will be hard to recruit new police officers, as the perception of the police will not be very good.
This shows the strike that met police employees took in order to increase there wages and finance.
The 3rd influence is the social factors. The changes that come under social factors are: hosting of major sporting or cultural events, aging population and celebrity culture. This includes all the sponsorships that BMW does. The Aging population is the main aspect that I will be looking at. This would affect BMW’s employment of old people that won’t sell as many vehicles as young people because they would sell more vehicles because it would appeal more to young people then old people. This factor would have an effect on the strategic plans because if BMW are located in an area of old people then their vehicles won’t sell. This would also affect Profits because as the aging population is increasing then the demand for their products is going to decrease so therefore the profits that they make aren’t going to be as good if there wasn’t as an aging population. This would have an impact on the employees and the shareholders of the business because the employees may be left redundant as the employment in 2007 was over 107,539 but in 2008 the employment has decreased and the company has made redundancy and the rate now is 100,041.If the company loses allot of work force then the shareholders would consider allot before they invest or have play any role in the company as pear pressure and company reputation has to be considered and also in the news in BBC NEWS they mention that BMW faces a treat of there employees going on a strike as the company is not producing much turnover. It would also affect functional areas because if the business doesn’t make much profit then they may have to shut some of their functional areas because they won’t have the money to keep them running. It would have an impact on the growth of the business as well in a bad way due to the reason that if the business does not make profit then they will go in a lose. This would have an effect on the strategic plans of the BMW because if there are too many bad publicity then there isn’t going to be a demand for their product any more. So therefore the business would not make much profit that may lead the business to shutting down.
This is a news report telling us that BMW faces a treat that they will make there work force shorter.
The 4th influence is the technological factors, these include: increased access to broadband and telephone developments. I will consider the Telephone developments, which will affect Met police in a way that they have to communicate with each other such as using the radio and need to be in contact all the time. The organisation needs to provide a good phone services and by doing this, the organisation would be able to contact each other. The developments of the communication technology in the new generation have been a great help and a great influence to the organisation as this has brought in new technology such as Bluetooth hands free mobiles walky-talky and more this has led them to communicate underground as well. The organisation in the past has spent over £300 million annually on their technology. The Metropolitan Police has the latest and the best technology, which allows them and also helps them to work more effectively and efficiently. The Met Police has just announced and are introducing new finger printing technology that would help them to identify legal people and all the database on the individual people by just getting a finger print. This will solve the crimes because of the latest technology and more efficiency.
New fingerprint technology success
For the first time in over 100 years of fingerprint searching, the Metropolitan Police Fingerprint Bureau now has the capability to electronically search palm marks left at the scenes of crimes.
Following an upgrade to the fingerprint searching system on 1 March 2006 the Met had its first success using the new technology when it identified a palm mark left on the outside of a stolen motor vehicle on 2 March.
The vehicle had been used in a burglary and abandoned some 20 miles away from the scene of the crime.
After the palm mark was identified, the marks from the burglary where also checked and identified to the same suspect.
A man serving a prison sentence for a completely different offence has know been charged with burglary and the theft of the motor vehicle. The bureau has, since the upgrade, identified over 140 scenes of crime palm marks so far.
From this we can tell that Met police are trying to improve the technology resource and identify the criminals that have committed a crime from 20 miles from the scene of the crime. Also the Met police are improving and upgrading their technology.