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Unit 1: Business creation

Quick questions on Business environments and PESTEL analysis (QCE Business Unit 1)

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What is the PESTEL framework?
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PESTEL is the most commonly used framework for analysing the external environment of a business. Each letter is a factor group.
What is each factor in Australian context?
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Federal and state government decisions shape the operating environment for new businesses.
What is worked Australian example?
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When Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar founded Atlassian in 2002, the PESTEL environment shaped the business.
What is plan?
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Identify two trends from different PESTEL letters and link them to a concrete business opportunity.
What is treating PESTEL as static?
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All six factors change over time; analysis should be a current view, not a textbook list.
What is forgetting Queensland-specific context?
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QCAA expects Queensland and Australian context. Generic global examples earn fewer marks.
What is mixing up environmental and social?
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Environmental is physical environment (climate, sustainability, natural disasters); social is people (demographics, values, lifestyle).
What is treating "legal" as a synonym for "regulation"?
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Legal includes the underlying statutes, case law, and the regulators that enforce them. :::

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