...Polaris Case Rui’s qualitative analysis External Factors Opportunities 1. Moving manufacture to China or Mexico would reduce cost and increase profitability 2. Increasing sales in International market 3. Easy to find well trained trades people in LCCs (China and Mexico) 4. Joint venture or acquisitions in LCCs for market growth would help Polaris get in. 5. Major demand for Side-by-Sides are from southern US (California and Texas) Threats 1. Economics slowdown in US negatively impact the sales and the trend may continue in the upcoming years. 2. Increasing oil price may add to cost (production closer to customer would be ideal). 3. Macroeconomics perspective: inflation in Mexico and China might not be advantage. 4. Lack of talent in America or trades students don't like their manufacturing place. 5. Laying off 60 trained domestic employees with financial loss of 1.2 million and damage to the brand and may damage brand image. Internal Factors Strength 1. Experienced and well respected in the industry 2. Strong sales and brand name 3. Ability to extend product lines given parts and accessories market grew significantly and introduction of “Victory” 4. Established warehouse and distribution facilities in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Winnipeg 5. Proactive approach from management. Looking for ways to improve and save cost Weakness 1. 80% sales from US while the economy is sinking. Not enough exposure...
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...Bahria University Department of Management Sciences MBA Program Strategic Management (Sm) Report on “Strategic Management of Coca Cola Company” PRESENTED TO: Sir Naveed m khan PRESENTED BY: * RAFIA ALAM * Irsa afzal * Saira Urf Sana * Sana Anjum * Hina Majeed MBA-6A Dated: 22nd May, 2013 Acknowledgement We have the pearl of our eyes to admire blessing of the compassionate and omnipotent because the words are bound, knowledge is limited and time is short to express His dignity. It is one of the infinite blessings of almighty ALLAH that He bestowed us with potential and ability to complete the present training and make a material contribution towards the deep oceans of knowledge. This report reflects the efforts of few people who assist us in its preparation. First we avail this opportunity to bow our head before ALLAH almighty in humility who given us the wisdom and perseverance for completing this piece of report. We invoke peace for Holy Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) who is forever torch. We feel highly privilege to ascribe the most and ever burning flame of my gratitude and deep scene of devotion to the “Sir Naveed M. Khan” who taught us “Strategic Management” with heart and also gave a guideline to this report and guides right from the beginning till the completion of this report. Than we are grateful to Mr. Tabassum Mumtaz (HR Manager) at Coca Cola in Karachi who guides us about their organization, its products their strategies, financial...
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...Strategic Management Apple & Nokia Case Analysis 1. Table of Contents 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF APPLE AND NOKIA CASE 2 2.0 QUESTION 1 3 2.1 Competitive analysis of Apple and Nokia – who is stronger? 3 2.1.1 Competitive Analysis 3 2.1.1.1 SWOT Analysis 5 1.1.1 Strengths of Apple 6 2.1.1.2 Value Chain Analysis 9 2.1.1.3 Resourced Base View Tool 11 3.0 QUESTION 2 14 3.1 PESTEL analysis tool 15 3.2 Porter’s Five Forces 17 3.3 The Implications for Strategic Development are; 21 4.0 QUESTION 3 21 4.1 Critical Analysis Lessons from Apple’s risky but profitable strategy 21 5.0 REFERENCE: 23 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF APPLE AND NOKIA CASE Apple chalked some initial success with its invention of the Macintosh (Mac) computer but with the introduction of the Windows 1.0 from its rival company (Microsoft), it was faced with a threat in the industry. Their earlier strategic decision of not cooperating with rivals in the industry was seen as a weakness which Microsoft capitalized on to make their software available to other computer manufacturers for a license fee. Apple, diversifying into a new market (mobile telephone industry) with the introduction of user friendly products sought industry cooperation when it came to the launch of subsequent products including the iPod and iPhone. This strategic decision was inspired by its past...
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...Running Head: WHOLE FOODS CASE ANALYSIS 1 Whole Foods Case Analysis Thomas Edison State College WHOLE FOODS CASE ANALYSIS 2 The Whole Foods company mission is whole foods, whole people, whole planet. The Whole Foods company strategy reflects the company mission. Their whole foods mission is achieved by offering a wide variety of food and non-food items that are organic or natural. They source their products locally and usually have stricter store guidelines for the definition of “local” requiring a shorter maximum distance for traveling. “Locally grown” n.d. Their standards of quality are high and they strive to provide products that are fresh, safe and support well being. They have a list of unacceptable ingredients for food and quality standards for other products. “Quality standards” n.d. Their mission of whole people is achieved through the formation of teams at the store level. The teams manage themselves and are encouraged to make decisions about their department they are responsible for. Compensation is in part from stock options so they are invested in the profitability of the store. Fortune magazine has listed them as on the top 100 companies to work for for 13 years in a row now. Team members can go on field trips to...
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...Strategic Human Resource Management Case Analysis at Home Depot Company By Musalia Doughty Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 1.0 Overview of the Organization 3 1.1 Corporate Hierarchy of Home Depot 4 2.0 Strategic Human Resource Management at Home Depot 5 2.1 Workforce Diversity Management at Home Depot 5 2.2 Disadvantages of Workforce Diversity 7 3.0 Strategy to Counter Diversity Issue at Home Depot 7 3.1 Employee Relations 8 4.0 Implementing Employee Relations at Home Depot 8 4.1 Team-working 9 4.2 Functional flexibility 10 4.3 Employee Involvement 10 4.4 Reward Mechanisms 10 5.0 Recommendations 11 6.0 Conclusion 11 7.0 List of references 12 Executive Summary Human resource management is a sensitive issue in an organization. The performance of any organization is determined by the workforce management practices in place. Owing to the competitive nature of workforce management, human resources are managed strategically (Aghazadeh 2003, p. 201). In this paper, a case study of strategic human resource management has been done. The company considered is called Home Depot. The paper briefly explores the company and its human resource strategy that was found to be diversity management. Thereafter, the paper has explored possible problems that company faces as a result of its diversity strategy. In response to the problems, the paper suggests inclusion of employee relation model in the diversity strategy already...
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...differentiated from the term management. Both are necessary for success. Effective leadership is vital in ensuring an organisation is run cohesively and coherently. Effective management ensures a degree of order and consistency to technical dimensions (Bennis 1989). Management differs from leadership as it is about coping with complexity (Dembrowski 2007). Dembrowski (2007) builds on this by arguing that leadership, by contrast, is about relationships. ‘It is about being able to influence people to behave in a desired manner and is fundamental to change. Leadership then becomes one of the roles that managers need to be able to play’ (Dembrowski 2007 p.2). The most successful organisations will combine strong leadership with effective management and will seek to develop the potential of their people in both areas (Dembrowski 2007). Employee engagement is crucial to the effectiveness of organisations and the success of engaging employees is measured by the processes developed to allow employees perform their duties effectively (McShane, Olekalns, Traviglione 2013). This report provides an evaluation of the effectiveness of the management and leadership practices at the City of South Perth local Council and provides recommendations for improving the effectiveness of leadership. Contents Executive Summary 2 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 City of South Perth Organisational Structure 4 3.0 Leadership the City of South Perth council 6 3.1 The Executive Management Team (Task-oriented) 8 ...
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...Case 11’s problems are very typical for many organizations and movements. In this case, a normally strong group of walruses are effectively weakened by the lack of communication and the lack of approachability of the leading walrus. Many things came to my mind as we were working on this case. The things that stood the most out to me was how well that the elements of loyalty and respect had been fused with fear and lack of accountability. This “fusion” is not new to the business world, even if it was used in this fable to illustrate a very valid scenario. Many organizations and businesses like Enron, even if it was one of the biggest scandals the business world of U.S. ever experienced, has had to deal with the inflamed issue of secrets and notifications that have been suppressed when the organizations were in dire need of having these things exposed, to change the negative course of happenings. Many companies that merge with other larger companies may make seem to us outsiders that they are being bought up because they just wish for a collaborative effort with a larger and more experienced company. This is most of the times not true. Companies that are bought up by other larger companies, usually get into the merge due to an internal problem, that very often can be attributed to an issue related to the lack of communication or behavioral misconducts, that has lead to a grave lack in the input section of the organization, whether it be human capital or just capital. By allowing...
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...Human Resource Management (Introduction) 200 Assessment 2 – Case Study Analysis and Essay INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this essay is to identify and describe four human resource issues faced by the companies affected by the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand. As a human resource consultant working for the New Zealand government, four human resource solutions will also be discussed and suggested in order to assist these companies with the problems faced after the earthquake. The key issues brought about by the earthquake are; the shrinking talent pool for staff and the senior management, a fall in demand, a decrease in the morale of both staff and management and the temporary chance of Christchurch’s population to fall. It is important to address these issues because they affect the operations of the companies in a very negative way. These issues can be dealt with by using solutions which have been utilized in other countries which have faced natural disasters, as well as creating new ideas for future problems caused by such disasters. The issues and propositions will be discussed in further detail. Even though there is a low chance of such an event occurring in New Zealand again, they still leave companies not well prepared for the consequences of such an experience (FM Global, 2009). HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES: The very first issue Christchurch faced was the shrinking talent pool of both their staff and senior management within their companies. This...
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...Gabriel Almack CHAPTER 1: CFCA 1.) Their problems seem to have all developed form each other. Low employee morale may have stemmed from the company’s lack of new and innovative ideas, and the low morale doesn’t help in motivating the employees to come up with new ideas. This lack of new ideas has caused the company to fall behind the competitive foreign and domestic competition, leading to an obvious decline in market share. In order to reduce these problems, I believe it is important to start with the consumer. What products are the customers demanding? Time spent researching consumer products related to what they are producing could help them come up with new ideas, increasing morale and consumer spending, and allowing them to stay competitive with their foreign and domestic competitors. It also appears that leadership in the company is lacking. Their idea of appointing group leaders to help come up with new ideas was good, but these people also seem to have little experience in such roles. Perhaps some sort of training of top and middle managers would help them to better understand the role they are being places into, giving them a chance to better lead their group members. The confidence and experience they would gain from training would help them in motivating their employees. 2.) I understand Martin Griffin was trying to accomplish in breaking each department up into teams; appointing a long-time employee as the group leader, facilitating brainstorming sessions, and...
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...Case study: Zara, Fast Fashion from Savvy Systems Introduction The poor, ship-building town of La Coruña in northern Spain seems an unlikely home to a tech-charged innovator in the decidedly ungeeky fashion industry, but that’s where you’ll find “The Cube,” the gleaming, futuristic central command of the Inditex Corporation (Industrias de Diseño Textil), parent of game-changing clothes giant, Zara. The blend of technologyenabled strategy that Zara has unleashed seems to break all of the rules in the fashion industry. The firm shuns advertising and rarely runs sales. Also, in an industry where nearly every major player outsources manufacturing to low-cost countries, Zara is highly vertically integrated, keeping huge swaths of its production process in-house. These counterintuitive moves are part of a recipe for success that’s beating the pants off the competition, and it has turned the founder of Inditex, Amancio Ortega, into Spain’s wealthiest man and the world’s richest fashion executive. Figure 3.1. Zara’s operations are concentrated in Spain, but they have stores around the world like these in Manhattan and Shanghai. The firm tripled in size between 1996 and 2000, then its earnings skyrocketed from $2.43 billion in 2001 to $13.6 billion in 2007. By August 2008, sales edged ahead of Gap, making Inditex the world’s largest fashion retailer.[1] Table 3.1 compares the two fashion retailers. While Inditex supports eight brands, Zara is unquestionably the firm’s...
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...Case Analysis 1. Would Enterprise’s approach to human resource management work in other industries? a. I think that Enterprise’s approach to human resource management would very well work in a lot of industries. One example of an industry that would benefit from this type of human resource management would be fast food industries. It allows people who may not have graduated in the top of their class and who may not have had the best GPA in school to still qualify to enter the company with a degree. They can show off their good work ethic and dedication by starting off at the bottom and working their way to the top. Having said that, job loyalty is greatly promoted in industries that perform in this way. 2. Does Enterprise face any risks from its HR strategy? b. Of course Enterprise faces risks from its HR strategy, as well as any other industry hiring brand new employees. There is always the struggle of teaching new employees the rules and strategies of the industry they are working for. They have to go through a training session to tell them what is expected of them and how they should go about doing their job. One good thing to note about Enterprise’s HR strategy is that they like to hire former athletes and former people who have been in a club of some sort so that they at least know they are hiring someone who has been dedicated to something at some point, and hopefully they can be just as dedicated to their job. 3. Would you want to work for Enterprise...
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...Operations Management 29 (2011) 329–342 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Operations Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jom Qualitative case studies in operations management: Trends, research outcomes, and future research implications Mark Barratt, Thomas Y. Choi ∗ , Mei Li Department of Supply Chain Management, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4706, United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Our study examines the state of qualitative case studies in operations management. Five main operations management journals are included for their impact on the field. They are in alphabetical order: Decision Sciences, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of Operations Management, Management Science, and Production and Operations Management. The qualitative case studies chosen were published between 1992 and 2007. With an increasing trend toward using more qualitative case studies, there have been meaningful and significant contributions to the field of operations management, especially in the area of theory building. However, in many of the qualitative case studies we reviewed, sufficient details in research design, data collection, and data analysis were missing. For instance, there are studies that do not offer sampling logic or a description of the analysis through which research outcomes are drawn. Further, research protocols for doing inductive case studies...
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...BOOKS ABOUT TASHTEGO CASE ANALYSIS Rdiana.com TASHTEGO CASE ANALYSIS Updated: 02/26/2015 DISCLAIMER: RDIANA.COM uses the following Tashtego Case Analysis book available for free PDF download which is also related with TASHTEGO CASE ANALYSIS Tashtego Case Analysis can be easily downloaded from our library. Don’t you believe? It is completely free. You just have to register on our site – click on the link below and answer simple questions. It will provide you for free access to Tashtego Case Analysis and other eBooks. We ask you to pass a registration because of hard hackers’ attacks that knock out of service our library and prevent our users from downloading Tashtego Case Analysis as well as other books when it is necessary. When pass the registration, you can be sure of free and unlimited access to Tashtego Case Analysis and lots of other PDF data. Files can be downloaded on your device when you want. Therefore, if you still need Tashtego Case Analysis and cannot download it from other sites, register on our site and get a free access to a rich collection of eBooks right now. Save your time and efforts. PDF FILE: TASHTEGO CASE ANALYSIS Rdiana.com BOOKS ABOUT TASHTEGO CASE ANALYSIS PAGE: 2 TASHTEGO CASE ANALYSIS RR.DVI INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE An Average-case Analysis of the Gaussian Algorithm for Lattice Reduction Herve Daude , Philippe Flajolet , Brigitte Vallee N 2798 Fevrier 1996 PROGRAMME 2...
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...Reflection Paper This reflection paper describes three large sections of the author trying to convey. These three parts are Strategic Management from the writer’s point of views, Strategic Management from the participants or students’ perspectives in class discussions and application Strategic Management in everyday life, especially in the military context. 1. Strategic Management from My Point of Views Before implementing a selected strategy from several alternatives, we should carefully analyze and consider the selected strategy. Strategy analysis can take a longer time before coming to the decision-making process. The intention is that an organization will be on the effective condition and position in attempting created goals and objectives in various influences from internal as well as external factors. Sometimes internal and external factors change the level of intensity and urgency in conducting certain kinds of strategic decisions completely. The orientation of such specific strategies based on various assumptions is related to the assumption which has been used by the planner, in this case, a manager or leader in an organization to produce a decisive strategy. Managers or leaders have to fully aware that all consequences from the implementation of the strategy are being measured and estimated appropriately. After an organization formulating their strategy, then the working units in the organization can set some technical ways in conducting the strategy. The next step...
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...OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Courses with numerical and conceptual focus Course Planner 16031::Gurpreet Kaur Lectures 3.0 Tutorials Practicals Credits 1.0 0.0 4.0 TextBooks Sr No T-1 Title Operations Management Reference Books Sr No R-1 R-2 Other Reading Sr No OR-1 OR-2 OR-3 OR-4 OR-5 OR-6 OR-7 OR-8 OR-9 OR-10 OR-11 OR-12 Journals articles as Compulsary reading (specific articles, complete reference) The four things that a service Business must get right HBR Article , Bang & Olufsen Design Driven Innovation : HBR , Smart Product Design : HBR , Mishina, Kazuhiro. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. HBS Case No. 9-693-019. Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, 1995. , Hammond, Janice H. Barilla SpA (A). HBS Case No. 9-694-046. Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, 1994. , Latour, Almar. Nokia Handles Supply Shock with Aplomb as Ericsson of Sweden Gets Burned. The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., 2001. , National Cranberry Cooperative HBS #688122. From Case Map , John Crane UK Ltd Case : The CAD CAM Link . HBS #691021,24p , To Move or not to Move .Case of Cathay Pacific Airways . University of Hong Kong HBS #HKU003,22p , Note on Quality: The Views of Deming, Juran, and Crosby HBS .687011 , Process Control at Polaroid , HBS, #693047 , LL Bean Item Forecasting and Inventory Management HBS, #893003, 5p , Johson Control Automotive Systems , HBS,#69308623p , Title Operations Management Concepts, Techniques & Applications Operations Management Author Evans...
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