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Internal Triggers
- Change in management
- Desire to improve productivity and profitability
- Financial crisis which may lead to restructuring and downsizing.
- The need to improve the quality of goods and services
- The need to change the culture / 'introduce new culture-in the firm.
External Triggers
- Increased competition
- Changes in government policies
- Technological advancement
- Customer change in taste and preferences
- Demographic changes (changes in population variables)
- Social forces e.g. health issues, religious issues
- Gender and ration issues
- Changes in lifestyle etc.
- Economic factors e.g. increased international cooperation, free trade etc.
- International forces e.g. increased international cooperation, free trade etc.
- Ecological factors i.e. natural environmental factors e.g. drought, floods etc. November
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