Having the right information is key to managing effective communication both internally and externally. The communications team at Anderson consulting would therefore benefit from conducting some type of analysis to assess the current environment of the company what type of analysis could they use? SWOT analysis because this reveals only the factors at the company has the power to shape and take action on$.$ External variable analysis because this address is the most important aspects of the situation. Value chain analysis because this assesses accompanies current processes to understand how they could be more efficient.