South Africa

Choose EITHER a manufacturing or a service-oriented company

1.0 Introduction (Heading)

FOUR PARAGRAPHS:

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Details of the chosen organisation:

* Name, the product/service and industry in which it is involved in.

* Briefly describe how the organisation manufactures the product (what raw materials, machinery, technology required) OR the type of services provided (type of skills, knowledge and competencies required)

* Specify the aim of the report

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Details of PROPOSED expansion

* How does the organisation propose to expand to the chosen country? The options are to:

a) Manufacture the product in Australia and export the final product to South Africa (thereby using South Africa as a distribution centre) OR

b) Source and export the raw materials from Australia to manufacture the final product in South Africa OR

c) Source and manufacture the entire product in South Africa

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Details of the NEEDS of the organisation based on the PROPOSAL:

* The needs of the organisation will depend on the proposed expansion strategy.

* What does the organisation need in order to operate effectively in the chosen country:

a) Information technology?

b) A manufacturing plant?

c) A skilled workforce?

d) Sophisticated infrastructure?

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Details of what will be addressed in the report and how it is structured

2.0 Political Environment (Heading)

2.1 Government stability (Sub-heading) - who is the existing government, does newly elect government comes with a new set of rules, are elections held at regular intervals, how stable is the government.

2.2 Government and contribution (Sub-heading) - government relations with other countries, friendliness towards foreign investment, government's contribution in promoting stability.

2.3 Analysis (Sub-heading) - how does this discussion effect your organisation.

3.0 Legal Environment (Heading)

3.1 Regulatory framework (Sub-heading) - overall structure of rules and regulation

3.2 Business laws (Sub-heading) - laws that constraint on import/export of products and services in the industry, restriction on bribery payment.

3.3 Labour laws - age, working hours, working condition, etc.

3.4 Taxation laws (Sub-heading) - what are the taxation laws that impose on foreign investor and organisation? Eg. Company, individual taxation laws, etc.

3.5 Analysis (Sub-heading) - how does this discussion effect your organisation.

4.0 Economic Environment (Heading)

4.1 Interest rates (%) (Sub-heading)

4.2 Inflation rates (%) (Sub-heading)

4.3 Currency