Global Events: Macro Environment Analysis of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the macro environmental factors influencing the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa, utilizing the PESTLE framework to evaluate political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental impacts. It examines both the positive and negative impacts of the event on the macro environment, assessing their influence on decision-making and organizational behavior. The report includes a SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with the event. Recommendations are provided for minimizing adverse impacts and maximizing profits, emphasizing the importance of leveraging opportunities and mitigating risks. The analysis concludes that the FIFA World Cup significantly affected both the internal and external environments of South Africa, impacting global organizations and highlighting the need for strategic planning and risk management in global event management.

GLOBAL
EVENTS
(PART B)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Evaluate the macro environmental factors
3. Impact of macro environment factors on global events industry
4. Influence of macro environment factors on decision-making and
organizational behavior
5. Positive impacts of the global events have on the macro environment
6. Influence of positive impact on decision-making and organizational
behavior
7. Negative impacts of the global events have on the macro environment
8. Influence of negative impact on decision-making and organizational
behavior
9. Recommendations for improvements to minimize adverse impacts and
maximize profit
10. SWOT analysis
11. Examine the criteria essential for the successful planning of events
12. Conclusion
13. References

INTRODUCTION
Global events are considered as the events which are organized
and conducted on an international basis. Case studies shoes and
here is the FIFA world cup held in 2010. It is hosted by South Africa
with 32 teams from different countries. Championship winner was
the Spain national football team. The following discussion is based
on the macro environmental factors of the FIFA world cup and its
impact on global events industries. Discussions are also made on
the positive and negative impact and its influences on decision
making and organizational behavior. SWOT analysis and the
successful planning of events are also discussed along with the
conclusion and recommendations for improvements to minimize
the adverse impact and maximize profits.

EVALUATE THE MACRO
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

 Micro environment includes the pestle analysis which contains political,
economical, social, technological, legal and environmental factors.
 Political factors affected the 2010 FIFA world cup in South Africa are the
government regulations and deregulations and size of government
budgets.
 Economic factors affected are financial market structure and foreign
exchange rate.
 Social factors affected are attitude towards health and safety and
attitude towards immigrants.
 Technological factors affected are research and development
investment levels and acceptance of mobile payments services.
 Environmental factors affected are corporate social responsibility and
influence of climate change.
 Legal factors affected are securities law and business laws (Buhalis
and Leung, 2018).

IMPACT OF MACRO ENVIRONMENT
FACTORS ON GLOBAL EVENTS INDUSTRY

 Impact of pestle factors on 2010 FIFA world cup are such that:
 Political factors bring opportunities for the event as there is a good
government support.
 Economical factors also bring opportunities for the event due to good
government spending and favourable the foreign exchange rate.
 Social factors bring threats for the event due to the lack of health and
safety measures along with the negative attitude of immigrants.
 Technological factors bring opportunities for the event because of the
introduction of innovation and different ways of using payment methods.
 Environmental factors bring threats for the event because of the
fluctuations in climate change and improper diversity Management which
affects the corporate social responsibility.
 Legal factors bring opportunities for the event because the business laws
bring profit maximization and consumer protection laws bring consumer
loyalty.

INFLUENCE OF MACRO ENVIRONMENT
FACTORS ON DECISION-MAKING AND
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

 There is the great impact of macro environmental
factors on decision making and organizational behavior.
 Decision making is done according to the opportunities
of external factors and resolving out the threats.
 Organizational behavior becomes strategic if such
events focus on grabbing the opportunities and
performing the risk assessment in terms of threats.
 Therefore there is the positive influence on the event of
decision making and organizational behavior in the
context of the external business environment (Crescenzi
and Gagliardi, 2018).

POSITIVE IMPACTS OF THE GLOBAL
EVENTS HAVE ON THE MACRO
ENVIRONMENT

 There are several positive impacts of global events
on the macro environment.
 The Economic factor of the macro environment
benefits in large due to the global events. This is
because it helps the nation in increasing tourism
which ultimately increases the national income of
the economy. It also affects the gross domestic
product in a positive manner.
 Social factors are also giving a positive impact
because of the large networking among different
cultures and countries.

INFLUENCE OF POSITIVE IMPACT ON
DECISION-MAKING AND
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Positive impact discussed above has also
the positivity on decision making and
organizational behavior. The reason being
that the opportunities of economical
factors enhance the decision-making and
also the organizational structure of the
event. Decision making is also improved
because of the positivity in social factors
which also supports the strategic
organizational behavior (Vecchiato, 2019).

NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE GLOBAL
EVENTS HAVE ON THE MACRO
ENVIRONMENT

 There are several negative impacts of
global events on the macro environment.
 Environmental factors have largely
impacted because of the increment of
carbon footprints and increment and
pollution.
 Technological factors are also impacted
negatively due to the issue of data
safety and security of the entire event.

INFLUENCE OF NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
DECISION-MAKING AND
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

The negative impact discussed above has
also negativity on the decision making and
organizational behavior. The reason being
that the threats of environmental factors
result in the bad quality of decision making
and improper structure of organization.
Although the technological factor is an
opportunity for global event but threat of
data security affects the decision making in
organizational structure in a negative
manner (Jackson, 2019).

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS TO MINIMISE ADVERSE
IMPACTS AND MAXIMISE PROFIT

In order to improve the management of global events so
that there could be the minimizing of adverse impact
and result in the maximize profits, and then it is
recommended to the event hosting country or
organization to focus on all the opportunities given by
the external factors of the country. It is also suggested
to target the threats as well so that it can turn into the
strength of the event. Social and technological factors
are the important external factors which require
attention for improvement in order to minimize the
negative impacts and maximize the positive impacts
which ultimately result in the maximization of profit.

SWOT ANALYSIS

 There are various trends and weaknesses along with the
opportunities and threats of the 2010 FIFA world cup in South
Africa.
 Strength includes that it is one of the famous and international
events held which is attended by maximum people.
 Weaknesses include lack of financial resources and improper
infrastructure.
 Opportunities include the usage of advanced technology in
order to implement the event in a more attractive manner.
 Threats include that the government of South Africa is
responsible for hosting the event and they are lacking in event
planning specialists (Getz and Page, 2019).

EXAMINE THE CRITERIA ESSENTIAL FOR
THE SUCCESSFUL PLANNING OF EVENTS

 Some of the essentials for the successful planning of an
event are such that:
 The event hosting country must understand the goals
and objectives of the event so that they can get to know
about their audience.
 Selection of the right venue along with the date and
timing is highly essential.
 Drafting a plan and following up the timeline is a
strategy and key tactic to the successful planning of
events.
 Effective and efficient promotion of the event is also
significant.

CONCLUSION
It is concluded that the 2010 FIFA world cup was one
of the most important international events held in
South Africa. It has not only affected the internal
environment of the country but also the external
business environment on a global basis. It has
impacted in a both manner that is positively and
negatively on South Africa. Therefore the above
report covers the external as well as the internal
environment of the event and its impact on the
country and also on the global organizations.

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