Value Chain Model of Marks and Spencer

This assessment will cover following questions:

• Marks and Spencer is a retail company of UK. Examine the Value Chain model proposed by Porter (1985).
• Select and determine a business familiar to you that operates in UK.
• Apply the Value Chain model to analyze the internal environment of Marks and Spencer.
• Review the usefulness of the Value Chain Model in helping you to understand the internal business environment of Marks and Spencer.

INTRODUCTION

The business environment is the expression of all the external factors that affect the business. The business environment can also be expressed as the environment in which a company or an organization run its operations. In this report Marks and Spencer(M&S) is taken as an organization. Marks and Spencer has an established business in retail sector. This report will express the complete brief about Value Chain Model proposed by Porter. The internal environment of the organization will also be analysed in this report based on the Porter value chain model. This report gives the proper aspect to analyse the business as per the value chain model.