Management Report: PESTEL & SWOT Analysis of Auto Repair Shop

This report provides an overview of business management in the context of an auto repair shop in Canada. It begins with a PESTEL analysis, examining the political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal factors influencing the business. Subsequently, a SWOT analysis identifies the opportunities and threats facing the auto repair shop. The report further proposes recommendations to leverage these opportunities and mitigate potential threats. Key areas covered include the impact of external factors such as elections, regulations, economic conditions, social influences, technological advancements, environmental policies, and legal factors. The analysis considers both the challenges posed by shrinking markets, altered consumer tastes, and competitive threats, as well as the opportunities arising from an aging car population and global expansion. The recommendations focus on monitoring competitors, exploring new markets, and enhancing store expansion to maximize business potential and address potential risks. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of understanding and adapting to external factors for the success of the auto repair shop.

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Executive Summary:
The aim of the report is to provide an overview of management in the
perspective of introducing a business. The business under discussion for
this particular report is an Auto Repair Shop in Canada. The report
commences with impact of external factors that influences the business.
These factors are determined by the PESTEL analysis that primarily
includes political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal.
The report then discusses about the opportunities and threats of the
business using a SWOT analysis. The report also puts across proposed
recommendation that would not only help the business in taking advantage
of the business opportunities but also helps it in facing the potential threats

Table of Contents
Introduction
Impact of the external Factors i.e. PESTEL
Analyiss
Threats and Opportunities Faced by the
Business
Proposed Recommendations
Conclusion

Introduction
The report aims at providing an introduction to
business in context of an auto repair shop. The
report discusses about the impact of the external
environment through the use of the PESTEL
analysis. The report also puts across discussions
about the potential opportunities and threats faced
by the business in context of SWOT analysis. The
report also contains proposed recommendations
for helping the business take advantage of
opportunities and in helping the business in
facingthe potential threats using results of the
analysis.

Auto Repair Shop
The Auto Repair Shop puts across an
establishment where that repairs automobiles
through technicians and auto mechanics. An auto
repair shop offer both bodywork and mechanical
repair (Salazar et al., 2014). The shop that
specializes in the repair of the bodywork is
known as the body shops. They also put across
paintwork repairs for the scuffs, scratches, dents
and the repair of bodies of the vehicles damaged
by collisions. The auto repair stores are mostly
independently owned and operated business.

Auto Repair Shop

Figures Representing the Jobs Per Week and Mechanical
Repairs of an Auto Repair Shop

PESTEL Analysis

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The PESTEL analysis puts across a tool or
framework used by the marketers in
analyzing and monitoring factors of the
macro environment that impact the
organization. The result of the analysis have
been used for identification of the weakness
and threats primary used in SWOT analysis

SWOT Analsis

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SWOT analysis represents a technique of
strategic planning used for helping a
person or organization for identification of
the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,
and threats in relation to the business
competition or the project planning

Impact of External Environment Influencing the
Business
The external environment represents everything
outside the organization which might have an
impact on the business . The external environment
of an organization comprised of two layers. One is
the general environment that refers to non specific
dimensions while the other represented forces
within the surroundings of an organization that
might have an impact on the activities. The six
segments of the general environment include
political, economic, social, technological,
environmental legal .