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...economic climate, potential market, legislation). There are commonly used acronyms to help categorise these external factors. PESTLE stands for political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental. STEEP is a rearranged form, which includes legal factors under political, and a shortened form is known as PEST (or STEP), which stands for political,...

...Economic Future of Jobs Report (WEF, 2016) highlights critical thinking as tomorrow’s key job skill, a point further underlined by Hess (2017) when he argues that in a world where technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly important: Many experts believe that human beings will still be needed to do the jobs that require higher order critical, creative,...

...economic, and social stability continue to fluctuate, and the rising cost of living. How you plan and lead your organisation for business continuity and growth is critical to address your short, medium, and long-term needs, aims and objectives. The framework illustrated below has been designed for this collection to highlight the key areas you need to consider when...

...economic times only emphasise the extent to which generating money is an excuse to do other things, to rise from bed in the morning, to talk authoritatively in front of overhead projectors, to plug in laptops in hotel rooms and to chat in the office kitchen. Long before we ever earned any money, we were aware of the necessity of keeping busy: we knew the satisfaction of...