VSO and External Factors: Health and Social Care Analysis Report

This report examines the influence of external environmental factors on health and social care organizations, focusing on how these factors impact organizational functions and activities. The report utilizes the PESTLE analysis to assess the effects of political, economic, social, technological, and legal factors. It explores how these factors shape the healthcare landscape and the strategies organizations like VSO employ to manage and adapt to these external pressures. The report also highlights the importance of considering external factors when formulating organizational strategies and the role of training and coordination in addressing challenges. Finally, the report provides a brief overview of the VSO's responses to external factors and how they are adapting to the changing environment.

Influences on Health and Social Care
Organisations
TASK 1

1.1 Analysing the impact of external
environmental factors on health and social care
organisation.
 There is a great impact on health and social care
organisation by changes in legislations, economic rates,
legal laws, climactic conditions and technological
advancement.
 In order to control and manage negative impacts on
organisation, VSO is using PESTLE analysis as a tool
for tracking the environmental changes.

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 Political Factor- Political factor has a great
impact on the organisational functions and
activities.
 It includes various policies and regulations
which health care organisations have to
follow.

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 Economical Factor- Economical factor
lays a great impact on the functions and
operations of company.
 It includes rates of unemployment, interest
and inflation which are the main elements
included in economic factors.
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 Social Factor- Social factor is the most
important factor which has great impact on
the activities and operations of organisation.
 It includes demographics, beliefs and value
of different customers.

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 Technological Factors- Technological factors also lay a
great impact on the functions and activities of health care
organisation.
 Advancement of technology in hospitals and health care
institutions has enormous effect on the entire
performance.

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 Legal Factor – Legal factor plays a critical role
in functions and operational activities of
organisation in the field of health care.

1.2 Organisational response to external
factors
 VSO is responding to external factors in a
better way as it is very important to consider
external factors while planning strategies for
organisation.

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 Top authority of VSO is predicting the impact of
changes of external factors on organisation as well
as they are implementing alternative options for
controlling and managing all those issues in an
effective way.

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 There are several other departments in VSO; all are
coordinating in very delegate way.
 They are using a legal procedure for encountering
the problems and issues. The management of VSO
is giving training to their employees so that they can
raise the skills and knowledge of their employees to
handle the technological changes.