Impact of External Factors on VSO Health and Social Care Organization

This report provides an analysis of the external environmental factors impacting the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), a UK-based charitable organization. The report examines the influence of economic, social, technological, and legal factors on VSO's operations and service delivery. It highlights the importance of technological advancements and legal frameworks in enhancing service quality and patient trust. The report also addresses the impact of environmental factors and waste management on the organization. Furthermore, the report evaluates how VSO responds to these external challenges by assessing the external environment and utilizing available resources for effective decision-making, which includes the senior management's role in forecasting and strategizing. The report references several academic sources to support its findings and analysis.

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1.1 Analysis of impact of external environmental
factors on health and social care organisations
As per the provided scenario Voluntary Service Overseas
(VSO) is UK base3d charitable organisation. The
services of the firm depends on its volunteers and the
organisation is having many active volunteers in Asia,
Africa and UK. The organisation is affected by some
external environmental forces which are described
below:
Political factors

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Economical factors
The financial status of UK and organisation have
a crucial role in developing and decision
making of cited health care organisation.
 The business alliances of health care firms are
impacted because economic alterations takes
place.

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Social factors
Social factors such as values, beliefs of society do
not make significant impacts on the stated
health care organisation and its services.
 This is because of the fact that these function
cannot be transformed.

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Technological factors
Role of technology is very essential in health and
social care organisation such as VSO because
they are helpful in maintaining effectiveness
and high quality services.
 Alteration and changes in technology makes a
direct affect on remote services, plans,
relationship management and appropriate usage
of resources which are made available.

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Legal factors
In the cited health care organisation, revision of
legal abilities such as equal opportunity, anti-
discrimination makes a positive influence
because patients develops trust in terms of
quality and procedure of organisation in
handling with the cited firm.

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Environmental factors
Changes taking place in natural conditions and
inadequate waste management are the major
factors which affects functioning of the
mentioned health care organisation.
Additionally, the increasing environmental agenda
is influencing methods of services development
and their delivery.

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1.2 Evaluating ways in which organisation
respond to the impact of external factors
VSO is assessing the extrinsic conditions and
responding to the challenges in accordance with
its own abilities and resource which are
available. With the above analysis of the
external environmental factors, it has been
determined that the senior management of cited
health care organisation forecasts the conditions
along with taking use of alternative choices to
manage the problems.

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