MNGT 240: Strategic Management

Industry
Issues News Implications
Affected

The National Positive:

Police Commission It has positive
(Napolcom) released implications because
“23 mayors, the names on stripping the corrupt
governor lose Thursday, November politicians of their
police control 9, of local chief Security control over the police
Political
over executives who have Industry will ensure that the
'corruption', been stripped of law enforcement
drug links.” powers over police. forces are not stained
by the personal
agendas of corrupt
politicians.

“The struggle that led Positive:

to the President To the Agricultural
insisting on the NFA Industry this issue is
buying local rice risks beneficial due to the
the country’s rice rising prices of
stocks falling further agricultural goods
“Inflation due to
[especially if domestic especially rice. But the
government’s Agricultural
Economic farm outputs fall short rice being one of the
directive on Industry
of expectations] and goods in the basket
rice.”
thus, domestic rice measuring the
prices spiking,” consumer price index,
Global Source said. this price hike means
that the inflation rate
might also increase.

Philippine Negative:
authorities have The Manufac-
banned hanging turing Industry
rosaries and religious specifically of the
icons off car religious sector though
“Outcry at PH dashboards because primarily non-profit,
Manufacturing
Sociocultural ban on religious of safety concerns, would suffer due to
Industry
‘distractions’.” prompting an outcry the ban of religious
from the Catholic icons on cars which.
Church which insists
they offer divine
intervention on the
nation’s chaotic
 roads.

Three in five Positive:

Filipino consumers Due to the
“Pinoy use their mobile increasing de-
shoppers devices in their mand for online
getting mobile- “shopping journey” shopping, the e-
Technological
savvy.” during the holidays, E-Commerce commerce industry in
turning to their the Philippines is
phones and feeds for booming in its current
the best presents that state especially due to
would suit their loved the Christmas season.
ones.