Legal and social factors have impacted on the two contrasting organisations - Tescos and Thorpe Park.

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In this assignment, I have been asked to analyse how political, legal and social factors have impacted on the two contrasting organisations.
Tesco
Tesco plc is a British international grocery and general merchandising retail chain. It is the largest British retailer by both global sales and domestic market share, with profits exceeding £3 billion, and the third largest global retailer based on revenue, behind Wal-Mart and Carrefour.

Political/Legal
Tesco is operating in a globalised environment with stores around the globe (Tesco now operates in six countries in Europe in addition to the UK; the Republic of Ireland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and Poland. It also operates in Asia: in South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan), Tesco's performance is highly influenced by the political and legislative conditions of these countries, including the European Union (EU).
For employment legislations, the government encourages retailers to provide a mix of job opportunities from flexible, lower-paid and locally-based jobs to highly-skilled, higher-paid and centrally-located jobs. Also to meet the demand from population categories such as students, working parents and senior citizens. Tesco understands that retailing has a great impact on jobs and people factors (new store developments are often seen as destroying other jobs in the retail sector as traditional stores go out of business or are forced to cut costs to compete), being an inherently local and labour-intensive sector. Tesco employs large numbers of; student, disabled and elderly workers, often paying them lower rates. In an industry with a typically high staff turnover, these workers offer a higher level of loyalty and therefore represent desirable employees.

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he Impact Of Political,Social And Legal Factors On Business

The impact of Political, Legal and Social factors on a business

Describe how political, legal and social factors are impacting upon the business activities of the selected organisations and their stakeholders.

Political factors:
‘’Political factors are how and to what degree a government intervenes in the economy.’’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEST_analysis)
Political factors include:
  * Environmental regulation and protection
  * Taxation ( corporate: consumer)
  * International trade regulation
  * Consumer protection
  * Employment
  * Governmental organisations/ attitude
  * Competition
It may also include some services which are provided by the government.

Thorpe Park can be impacted ...

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