Macroenvironmental Analysis Forstrategic Management: Stakeholders'View of Ghana...

ple, Franco (1995) in a study of human resourcesin the library arrangement of the Pontifical CatholicUniversity of Chile (SUBC) made several ob-servations that confirm more or less of the findings inthis study. On the socio-cultural dimension shealso found out that there was a negative impactof historical weaknesses of public libraries andschool libraries on university library developmentin Chile, exacerbated by poor reading habits ofthe young. Like this study Franco (1995) alsofound the positive or negative effects of monetaryexchange policies and the markets on the biblio-graphic materials acquisition bud stupefy of her uni-versity library. She highlights blind drunk customslaws and regulations and their negative impacton collection development of SIBUC.This study has also back up results in researchon planning in developing countries, for exampleas regards several factors that narrow down theplanning environment in developing countriesfrom that of developed countries as set byFlores (1972), Adegbite (1986), Fubara (1986) andMrema (1987).

Such factors include the absence oftechnology required to systematically monitor theexternal environment and collect needed data, ahighly unstable economic and governmental environ-ment, the absence of technological infrastructureand the lack of political will for information-re-lated development.The findings of the submit study also supportthe findings of focal point research in the trans-ferability of management theory and practicesdeveloped in western economies to other coun-tries. The findings of Kiggundu, Jorgensen andHafsi (1983) that managerial activities concerninghow the transcription relates to its environmentwere difficult to transfer from western economicsto developing countries are corroborated by thisstudy. The findings of the survey on the externalenvironment from the major stakeholder perspec-tive developed further the caliber of strategicdecision-making in Ghana and university librar-ies in particular. It is evident that... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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