Academic article types related to Zone 1 of the ALRA: some suggestions

 Academic article types related to Zone 1 [environmental drivers] of the ALRA: some suggestions:

Academic article types

Type 1: articles on the the macro-environment facing an industry or an organization in terms of its environmental attributes, i.e., environmental turbulence (i.e., dynamism, uncertainty, visibility, hostility, and complexity), especially associated to the PEST factors

Type 2: articles on the micro-environment facing an industry or an organization interns of its impact on the intensity and nature of competition in the market-place; they are especially associated to the market 5 forces (Porter's model).

Type 3 articles are related to type 2 but are more specific or focused, e.g. changing customer expectation, changing supply chain landscape.

Type 4: articles are related to the internal environment of an organization, e.g., corporate culture, organization politics and changing employee profiles, e.g. aging employees.

Some articles could be related to more than one academic article type. 

Students should focus on evaluating the concepts that facilitate assessment of the external and internal environment that poses specific SWOT impacts on (i) the organization under review, especially on the present organization capability adequacy and (ii) the adequacy of its existing business/ functional strategies and business model setup. This focus is related to zone 1-zone 2 link; on this some articles also cover concerns about this zone 1-to-2 link, thus constituting  academic article type 5.