Assignment On Introduction To Virgin Group

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Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note
Table of Contents
Introduction to Virgin Group...........................................................................................................2
PESTEL framework.........................................................................................................................2

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Porter’s 5 forces analysis...............................................................................................................12
SWOT analysis..............................................................................................................................19
Potential scenarios for the near future...........................................................................................25
Strategic recommendations............................................................................................................26
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................27
References......................................................................................................................................28

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Introduction to Virgin Group
The Virgin Group was incorporated in the year 1989 by Companies House but the
organization has been undertaking the operations since 1970s (Bartleby.com 2007). There are
200- plus companies under the organization and thereby the Group aimed at maximizing the rate
of procedures of the business while holding businesses in the different markets. The growth of
the organization are specifically based on the values that are followed by the same for
safeguarding the interests of the different stakeholders (Bartleby.com 2007). However, it has
been noted that the relatively opaque management structure and the value based procedures of
the business enabled in improving the operations. Therefore, the research will examine the
issues in the organizational operations through assessment of the macro and the micro
environments while suggesting sets of recommended activities. The assessment of the market
position and environments would enable in identifying the opportunities and threats that are
being faced by the group. In this relation, the research will enumerate the assessment of the
different issues that are faced by the venture and the manner in which the same might be
mitigated.
PESTEL framework
 The political factors that are being
faced by the organization are related
to the direct control of governments,
government policies and regulations.
Virgin group was affected by the strict
imposition of labor laws, taxation
policies and trade restrictions which

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Political
greatly affected its operations. The
additional restrictions to licensing
bureaucracies that are imposed by the
foreign governments and political
instability in most of the nations
including Australia has affected the
rate of procedures of the business
while making dynamic expansion in
the different markets (Meyer, Neck
and Meeks 2017). On the contrary,the
higher rate of taxation and legal
impositions relating to trade tariffs
have affected the smooth expansion of
the venture in the different nations.
For an example, the import customs
and tariff that are imposed by the U.S
federal government incapacitated
Virgin Group in the US markets
(Certo et al. 2016).
 The stern European standards and the
application of Brexit affected the
profitability and growth of the venture
(Borland et al. 2016).

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 The new restrictions that are imposed
by the U.K. government in 2006 on
the air transport industry affected the
operations of Virgin Airlines, a
subsidiary of Virgin Group (Joshi
2016). On the contrary,the influence
of British Airways on the government
due to its brand value and volume
again affected the growth related
concerns of Virgin Airlines of Virgin
group.
 The strong influence of UK
Government on the activities that are
undertaken by the group through
Airways and Rail minimized the
revenue streams and profit ratio
(Baptista et al. 2017). It has been
noted that the Virgin Rail, which is
another subsidiary of Virgin Group,
encountered significant issues in
complying with the strict regulations
and policies that are imposed by the
UK Government (Antón et al. 2018).

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Economic
 Higher rate of disposable income
among the different customer groups
of Virgin Group enabled the venture
in finding prospective buyers for the
products and services that are
proposed by the venture (D’Souza,
Sigdyal, and Struckell 2017).
However, it has been noted that the
rate of unemployment in the different
nations might affect the profitability of
the venture.
 The economic factors relating to the
inflation rates, fluctuations in the price
of propositions and differences in the
foreign exchange rates have restricted
the growth of the organization in
continuing with the efficiency of the
operations. Tyson (2017) opined that
the increased economic turbulence in
the world and the Brexit has affected
the economic growth of Virgin.
 Slowed economic growth of the
different nations due to the influence

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of US-China trade war and the post-
Brexit phenomenon affected the
growth related objectives of the
venture while holding businesses in
the different markets (Oliver and
Parrett 2018).
 The higher rate of personal debts in
the different markets affected the rate
of procedures of the business while
holding businesses in the different
markets (Min and Joo 2016).
Social
 The organization developed a social
responsibility of proposing improved
quality services to its customers along
with the consideration for its
employees. The organization
prioritized the welfare of the
employees over the profitability and
interest of the shareholders which
enabled the entire in gaining over the
trust and confidence of the same
(Larsen et al. 2018). On the
contrary,the different employee

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centric policies that are framed by the
venture contributed to the
uninterrupted functioning while
expanding in the different markets.
 The changing preferences of the
customers are a growing concern for
the organization. GenY expects
experience along with the value of the
service. On the contrary,most of the
customers prefer quality products as
they are ready to pay the price for the
proposition (Midler, Killen and Kock
2016). In this relation, the lack of
quality monitoring operations and
maintenance of superior quality of the
propositions might degrade the loyal
customer base of the venture.
 The organization aimed at improving
the quality of the services that are
proposed by the venture as per the
needs of gaining a competitive edge in
the markets (Aversa and Haefliger
2016). However, it has been noted that