Global Business Environment BM461: A SWOT Analysis of Barclays UK

This report presents a SWOT analysis of Barclays UK within the context of the global business environment, referencing the BM461 module. It examines Barclays UK's strengths, such as efficient revenue generation and diverse mortgage plans, alongside weaknesses like funding debates and potential impacts on brand value. Opportunities include leveraging online mediums for client acquisition and expanding global operations. Threats involve competitive pressures from other financial institutions and challenges in managing a large international presence. The analysis identifies brand awareness and e-commerce as key drivers from both internal and external environments, concluding that Barclays UK should capitalize on market opportunities while mitigating weaknesses and threats through strategic planning. The report references various sources to support its findings and recommendations.

BM461 Global Business
Environment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
SWOT Analysis on Barclays UK................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The global business environment is relates to the condition that covers various self-
concentrated countries with the elements of global environment of management that help in
analysing the knowledge and decision making of resources. The following report covers the
section of Aviva (Kasemsap, 2018). It is a British international insurance management
headquartered in London, England. The following report involves SWOT analysis on the Aviva
UK.
TASK
SWOT Analysis on Barclays UK
SWOT analysis is a method of analysis and the element that are follows internally in
business. It will affected on maintaining the business and structure to evaluate their aspects to
know the organisational situation that can support in future for longer period of time. In context
to the Aviva UK, the SWOT analysis are as follows -
Strength Weakness
 Aviva is relates to the execution of new
activities and also for efficient returns
on outgo by creating efficient revenue.
 It offers 50 varied mortgage plans to
their users that lasted for 8 to 12 years
with efficient levels as compare to
other insurer and a leading life and
pensions provider (Xie, and Redding,
2018). It is efficiently insurer and a
leading life and pensions provider
organisation. It follows high term of
liquidity and cash flow manner that
allow resources to step up into new
term of marketplace.
 Debates like funding of government in
several countries will break
multinational monetary cost that will
have affected on brand value of Aviva.
 It have been charge for very low by
their customers. It will have negative
effects for the management that need to
change in the management. It will get
affected on longer period of growth of
Aviva.

Opportunity Threat
 New clients from online mediums and
organisation that have address amount
of cash in online base level. Such
management have been opened with
new dealing of mediums for Aviva
organisation.
 At currently Aviva perform their task in
more than 46 nations and their 150,000
representatives contribute their manner
with other member at each and every
division. It also manage future
decisions in larger number of present
sections (da Silva Lopes, Lubinski, and
Tworek, 2020). By developing
managerial terms will offers the bank
opening for extra development.
 An effective and competitive situation
from various other banks will get
affected on the issues of market share
of Aviva.
 The organisation had presented 6% data
on the claim by which there will be
negative effects of functions and
operations of business on users. By
having higher term of challenge,
organisation include competitive
situation that make it hard for them to
survive in marketplace for longer
period.
From the above detailed structure, it it analysed that the key drivers from the internal and
as well as external environment of an organisation is the section of their brand awareness and E-
commerce.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report it has been concluded that, the organisation have
effective their basic and qualitative products. They should take efficient terms of the benefits of
the market opportunities as their strength. Management can also minimise and overcome their
threats and their weaknesses by measuring and creating appropriate strategies to overcome their
challenges in marketplace.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Kasemsap, K., 2018. Mastering business process management and business intelligence in global
business. In Global Business Expansion: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and
Applications (pp. 76-96). IGI Global.
Xie, E. and Redding, K.S., 2018. State-owned enterprises in the contemporary global business
scenario: Introduction. International Journal of Public Sector Management.
Rezaee, Z., 2019. Business sustainability, corporate governance, and organizational ethics. John
Wiley & Sons.