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MACROECONOMIC IMPACT ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS
MACROECONOMIC IMPACT ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS: AIRLINE INDUSTRY
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University of Phoenix
MACROECONOMIC IMPACT ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS: AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Introduction
The macroeconomic impact on business operations has many variables. Among the more significant of these variables include the gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment, inflation, and interest rates. In an effort to analyze the interrelationship between these variables and the resulting impact on business and the economy, the authors of this paper employed several methods of collecting data. The first method took advantage of the world-wide-web to gather information. The second method utilized the content of the University of phoenix eRsource material. The third method involved the research of "best practices" for organizations in the Airline Retail, Defense and Automobile industries.
The information contained hereafter seeks to address and examine the macroeconomic impact on business operations. This research will labor to analyze the interaction between fiscal and monetary policy and its effect on macroeconomic factors such as GDP, unemployment, inflation and interest rates, identify a list of best practices being used by the Airline industry to respond to changes in macroeconomic factors, identify three external best practices being used by organizations in the Retail, Defense and Automobile industries to respond to changes in macroeconomic factors, identify how the three external best practices could be applied to problem-solving in the Airline industry, examine how the consumer price index (CPI) changes in relation to t ...