Business and technology qualifications, Levels 3-6, in Brussels. Explore qualifications
Portal login
Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Stakeholder Analysis and the Internal Business Environment

AB402 · Business and the Economic Environment — Week 4 of 16

CourseAB402
Week4 of 16
SemesterI
TutorOnline in the course chat

This week’s topics

Stakeholder Analysis and the Internal Business Environment

  1. Internal, connected and external stakeholder identification
  2. Mendelow's power-interest matrix
  3. Value Chain Analysis
  4. Resource-based view and VRIO framework
  5. Value Chain Analysis EXPLAINED | B2U | Business To You
  6. VRIO Framework EXPLAINED | B2U | Business To You
  7. System Stakeholders and the Power Matrix | Connected Leadership with Peter Boyd

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Assess the needs, interests and influence of a business’ stakeholders.
  • 2.3 Apply a technique to assess the internal environment of a business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the needs, interests and influence of a business’ stakeholders.

Study materials

Videos

  • Value Chain Analysis EXPLAINED | B2U | Business To You · YouTube · Business To You · 17 min · for registered students
  • VRIO Framework EXPLAINED | B2U | Business To You · YouTube · Business To You · 14 min · for registered students
  • Stakeholders and Stakeholder Mapping · YouTube · tutor2u · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 4: Managing Firm Resources · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 101–134 · for registered students
  • Business Ethics, ch. 3: Defining and Prioritizing Stakeholders · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 69–92 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 8.5: The internal environment · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 231–234 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
Week 3Week 5
Course chat

Admitted students ask questions on this week’s page in the student portal: an AI assistant trained on the course answers first, and during the course’s timetabled classes Connect to your tutor brings your tutor into the chat, who may start a call if needed.

Open this week in the portal
Course plan
  • Week 1: Business Classification and Sector Analysis
  • Week 2: Legal Structures and Business Ownership
  • Week 3: Organisational Structures and Financial Reporting Frameworks
  • Week 4: Stakeholder Analysis and the Internal Business Environment
  • Week 5: External Business Environment and Globalisation
  • Week 6: Macroeconomic Fundamentals and the Circular Flow of Income
  • Week 7: Aggregate Demand and Business Activity
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Microeconomic Factors and Elasticity Concepts
  • Week 10: Perfect Competition and Price Determination
  • Week 11: Imperfect Market Structures, Pricing and Output
  • Week 12: Applying Business and the Economic Environment in practice:…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
Back to the course
Scroll