...executing Strategy 2/6/2013 | | Part i | Organizational Analysis | Bus | Table of Contents | Executive Summary...........…………………………………………………………………….2 Business Overview…………...………………………………………………………………...2 Organizational Strategies…………...……………………………………………………...3 Organizational Design and Effectiveness……………………………….………………4 Organizational Structure……. ...…………………………………………………………...5 External Environment………………………………………………………………………6 Internal Environment…………………...……………………………………………………8 Organizational Design for an International Environment……………………….….9 Products and Service……………………………...………………………………………...9 Information Technology and Control Systems………………….……………………..10 Company Size, Life Cycle and Possible Declines………………………………………..11 Organizational culture…………………………………………………………………...12 Ethical value…………………………………………...…………………………………...14 Decision making processes……………………………………...…………………………...17 Conflict, power and politics…..…………………………………………………………..18 Brief Summary of Key Findings……………….……………………………………………...20 References.……………………………………………………………………………..………21 Executive Summary This report is an organizational analysis of The Gap Inc. and its portfolio members. It describes a brief overview of the company to where it is now. It also outlines the major brands that are under gap inc. such as Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, and Piperlime. The strategies section goes through a brief analysis of the company under Miles and Snow typology, the company’s goals...
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...Financial Statement Analysis Project GAP (GPS) MBAB 5P01 Section 2 Team E Instructor: Sohyung KIM Team Members: JIANG, YU ZHENG, RUYU LIN,CANGJIAN CHU, SICHAO DONG, YANXI 5418207 5514690 5035498 5519574 5485966 Due Date: October 22, 2013 Part 1. Who is my peer? 1. Gap, Inc. Exchange traded: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Ticker Symbol: GPS Gap Inc. is a global specialty apparel company. It operates in two segments: Stores, which includes the operations of the retail stores for Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic, and Direct, which includes the operations for its online brands, both domestic and international. As of January 28, 2012, the Company had 3,263 store locations, of which 3,036 stores were Company-operated and 227 stores were franchise store locations. (The Gap Inc.) 2. Buckle, Inc. Exchange trade: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Ticker Symbol: BKE The Buckle, Inc. is a retailer of casual apparel, footwear, and accessories for men and women. As of January 28, 2012, the company operated 431 retail stores in 43 states throughout the US. The Company markets a selection of brand name casual apparel, including denims, other casual bottoms, tops and accessories. The company purchase products from manufactures within the US, as well as from agents, who source goods from foreign manufactures. (The Buckle, Inc) 3. Methodology of choosing Gap’s peer a. Industry matching Industry is a branch of companies or groups concerned with economic goods or services. Matching...
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...IS427: Unit 3 Assignment 2: IT Security Compliance and Governance Gap Analysis Plan Outline Learning Objectives and Outcomes You will learn about the process of performing an information technology (IT) security compliance and governance gap analysis. Assignment Requirements In this assignment, you will be given a Request for Proposal (RFP) that includes a current IT policy framework description and a complete technical description of what is needed. You are required to prepare a project plan that defines the tasks necessary to perform a security compliance and governance gap analysis. You should include tasks, resources, cost estimates, and time estimates in the project plan. You will be graded on your ability to break the IT security compliance and governance gap analysis process into manageable parts and then organize them into a project plan. Students who produce a project plan with task details for all necessary tasks in an IT security compliance and governance gap analysis should receive a full grade. Required Resources RFP Worksheet: Project Plan IT Security Compliance and Governance Gap Analysis Submission Requirements Format: Microsoft Word Font: Arial, Size 12, Double-Space Citation Style: Chicago Manual of Style Length: 1–2 pages Self-Assessment Checklist I have prepared a project plan that defines the tasks necessary to perform a security compliance and governance gap analysis. I have included tasks, resources, cost estimates, and time estimates...
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...SWOT and competition analysis Brand identity and position Target market Core/target consumer Product and price categories Distribution How the brand adapt from its origin to the Chinese marketing and how did the company leverage its brand equity SWOT analysis Strength 1. Strong marketing team and mature digital marketing Internet stores connect well with stores, you can change your clothes in stores no matter which way you buy it(internet or go to the store) 2. American casual style and has abundant products which is suitable for all age. 3. Humanism service such as help customer modifies the size, only UNIQLO and gap produce this service. 4. Good reputation When we talked about gap, most of Chinese always think that is a fashion brand with good quality. And simple not boring, youthful spirit not young. 5. Used to be sales leader, the company itself is still very strong An old Chinese saying is a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Though ZARA does better than Gap in sales in recent years, Gap used to be the overlord in garment industry. Financial and consumers. Weakness 1. without specific style When we talked about trendy, we will think about ZARA. When we considered of the price, we will choose H&M. What about comfortable, it must be UNIQLO. The famous product for gap is jeans. However, there are so many different jeans in different brands; gap didn’t give us a reason why I’m going to choose you 2. Long production cycle As a fast fashion brand, Gap need 10 months to...
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...Table of Contents: 1.0. Company Overview: ........................................................................................................ 3 2.0. Industry Overview: .......................................................................................................... 3 3.0. Gap’s current channels strategy’ analysis: ....................................................................... 4 3.1. Gap’s market segmentation: ........................................................................................ 5 3.2. Gap’s Current Channel Chains:................................................................................... 6 3.3. Gap’s Directional Policy Matrix: ................................................................................ 7 4.0. Gap’s future channel chain: ............................................................................................ 9 5.0. Recommendations: .......................................................................................................... 9 6.0. Limitations: ................................................................................................................... 11 7.0. References: .................................................................................................................... 12 8.0. Appendix:...................................................................................................................... 14 ...
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...Gap Analysis: Riordan Manufacturing MMPBL/530 Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification The employees of Riordian Manufacturing feel that the supervisors of the company are demotivating them. They expressed his in focus groups. The employees initially stated that the supervisors treated them well when they were discussing their treatment with the consultant that was hired. Willingness to perform key behaviors is an important determinant of behavior. That is, employees must be “motivated” if they are to perform behaviors such as high task performance, job seeking, attendance, or cooperation with others” (Dreher & Dougherty, 2001). The motivation level at Riordian Manufacturing is at a tremendous low point. The company has the opportunity to increase the motivation level. Employees feel that the promotions that have taken place at Riordian Manufacturing are based on politics rather than merit. The employees also feel that there is a lack of career information, development opportunities and career advancement. The literature on sponsorship and mentorship in organizations, which suggests that employees with impressive ability and motivation may be constrained in their level of achievement and career success by a lack of opportunity (Dreher & Dougherty 2001). The consultant that Riordian Manufacturing hired suggested that other companies have implemented extensive career development and mentoring programs. Riordian Manufacturing has the opportunity to institute...
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...Assignment Questions for Case 11 Gap 1. What does a five-forces analysis reveal about the strength of competition in the U.S. family clothing stores industry? 2. What factors are critical to success in the U.S. family clothing stores industry? 3. Develop a competitive strength assessment of the four major competitors in the U.S. family clothing stores industry using the methodology presented in Chapter 4. Based on the results, who is in the strongest overall competitive position? Who is in the weakest position? 4. What is Gap Inc.’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 5 most closely fi t the competitive approach that Gap is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Gap trying to achieve? 5. What does a SWOT analysis of Gap reveal about the overall attractiveness of its situation? 6. What is your overall appraisal of Gap’s financial performance? (Use the financial ratios in Table 4.1 on pages 94-96 of the text as a guide in doing your financial analysis.) 7. What recommendations would you make to Gap senior management to improve upon its turnaround strategy? What actions are necessary to restore the competitiveness of its core Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy brands? Hints: You can use a five force model like this one below . And a weighed Key Success Factor/Strength Measure | Importance/Weight | Gap Inc. | TJX Companies | Ross Stores | Abercrombie& Fitch | American Eagle Outfitters | | | Rating ...
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...SPANISH FASHION BRAND ZARA Carmen Lopez Ying Fan Brunel Business School Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management (2009), 13:2, 279-296 INTRODUCTION Zara is one of the world’s most successful fashion retailers operating in 59 countries. However, there is little research about the firm in English as the majority of publications have been written in Spanish. This paper seeks to address this gap in the literature by examining the internationalisation process of Zara. This study adopts an in-depth case approach based on extensive secondary research. Literature published in both English and Spanish has been reviewed, including company documents such as annual reports. The paper starts with a brief overview of the global textile and clothing industry, followed by the case study of Zara. The main part of the case examines the key aspects in the internationalisation of Zara namely: motives for internationalisation, market selection, entry strategies, and international marketing strategies. In the final section, comparisons are made between Zara and two of its main competitors, H&M and Gap. The global textile and clothing industry The removal of all import quotas in the textile and clothing industry from January 2005, involving the unrestricted access of all members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the European, American and Canadian markets is considered a key driving force in the development of the clothing sector (Keenan, et al., 2004). This new scenario has created opportunities...
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...Gap Inc. in 2010: Is the turnaround strategy working? Gap Inc. is a leading international specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories and personal care products for men, women, children and babies. Gap owned and operated more than 3,100 Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy stores world wide in 2010. With stores located in the U.S, UK, Canada, France, Japan and Germany, Gap Inc. employees nearly 165,000 employees world wide. Since 2002 Gap Inc. has been a number of issues including the declining sales of the family clothing store industry. During this time many turnaround strategies have been implemented in the attempt to eliminate long term debt, redesign the companies online presence, create a new e-commerce platform, expensing internationally and improving quality, styling and overall image. Through this adoption since 2002, the market share and sales of Gap Inc. have still decreased and the brand image has also taken a hit. An Internal analysis shows that even though sales have decreased, Gaps financial performance has strengthened year on year. Gap’s Liquidity, leverage and profitability have shown a stead increase that has helped the company maintain a stronger business situation than competitors throughout the recession. A SWOT analysis of Gaps Inc.’s internal structure shows strengths in net profit margins, a strong franchising model and the reinstatement of their strong brand image. Weaknesses include high levels of competition, large amount of substitutable...
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...Report: Gap analysis RSB sustainability standard [Company A] Report date: [Day] [Month] [Year] Report authors: Ander Paz and Peter Vissers (Partners for Innovation BV) (corresponding author: p.vissers@partnersforinnovation.com) Report reviewer: [Person P] Report status: Confidential, final version Report produced for: [Company A] [LOGO Company A] PREFACE >> This preface provides background on the report template for the gap analysis against the RSB sustainability standard. Report template and toolbox This report template is part of the toolbox that was developed and piloted within the project “Towards Sustainability Certification of Jatropha Bio-fuels in Mozambique”. This project was initiated in 2009 and implemented in 2010 by the Jatropha Alliance together with Partners for Innovation and GEXSI. The report template is published for inspiration. We hope that the tools developed within the pilot project can inspire other companies involved in assessing and developing their sustainability practices. Toolbox and tools are made available through the websites of the project team: www.jatropha-alliance.org and www.partnersforinnovation.com. Structure of the report template The RSB gap analysis report template offers an example on how an assessor can report on the gap analysis. The template is available in MS Word. It contains a number of introductory sections, four main chapters and three annexes. The report template basically provides a structure...
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...Gap Analysis: Global Communications Albert Einstein said, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” This concept is one that must be taken into consideration by Global Communications when deciding on how to best overhaul/steam line the company to be able to produce a quality product. The end goal is to become a competitive powerhouse within the global marketplace. This will negate the certain demise of GC due to a lack support from stakeholders, insuring that the company does not have to shut down completely. Such an overall will demand careful attention to all stakeholders involved. Global Communications must take the time needed to get to the root of the problem. Recovering from the current state of destruction will mean making decisions that may not be supported initially by all parties involved. It is in these areas that GC must strive to maximize the communication process of transmitting an effective message that the company understands the concerns and questions of each stakeholder. Furthermore, GC must strive to minimize the amount of noise that will act as barrier blocking the desired communication from achieving the goal of smooth transition and plan acceptance by all. (McShane,Von Glinow, 2005) Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification The decision to outsource work to India and Ireland has been made my Global Communications as an attempt to produce a better...
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...“The Future of Gap” Jocelyn Bridgett Columbia College Gap Inc. is a large retail company that operates outlet stores which sell casual apparel and accessories for men, women, and children. The company primarily conducted its business through four business divisions: Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and others (Wheelen & Hunger 2010, p.21-3). A resource must have five qualities to be seen as contributing to competitive advantage: it must be valuable, durable, rare, difficult to imitate and complex. That is, the resource must be valuable in that it contributes to the value perceived by the customer. It must also be durable, meaning that it is not temporary. It must be rare as well; many other companies should not possess this competitive resource. As Gap growth started to plummet the manager came up with something new such as: Gapkids, babygap, and then discount stores. Gap had a method wearing khakis and blue shirt. However, it was easy to replicate therefore Gap found themselves competing with other retailer’s such as Target and Khol’s at the time. Now-a-days there are several stores duplicating Gap’s same image of the khakis and blue shirt. The Exchange where I am employed is now going to the khakis and blue shirt as well starting May 15, 2012. Capabilities Old Navy capabilities incorporated plus sizes for women which help boost their sales. Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic were able to expand their target market by offering their clothing etc. online as well...
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...GAP Analysis: A technique that businesses use to determine what steps needed to be taken in order to move from its current state to its desired, future state. Also called need-gap analysis, needs analysis, and needs assessment. Gap analysis consists of (1) listing of characteristic factors (such as attributes, competencies, performance levels) of the present situation ("what is"), (2) listing factors needed to achieve future objectives ("what should be"), and then (3) highlighting the gaps that exist and need to be filled. Gap analysis forces a company to reflect on who it is and ask who they want to be in the future. Where is your company now? Burger King Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1953. Burger King is the world's number 2 hamburger chains after McDonalds. By the early 2000s Burger King is a little left behind. Years of under-investment left it struggling in its rival's shadow by the early2000s. Although a lot of consumers agree that it meals taste better than McDonald ones but it doesn't have the excellent perception created the administrative power and the aggressive marketing of his main by concurrent. It was freed in 2002 from Diageo the number one in wine and spirit drinks, which owned it since 1997, after a merger with Guinness. Although owned by Texas Pacific Group for US$2.26 billion, it recovered its latitudes of the sixties. The number 2 in hamburger fast food came back progressively in the fight with McDonalds. Since 2004 their performance constantly increased...
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...Zara vs. GAP Inc. American GAP and Spanish ZARA Abstract We are going to compare two super giant clothing retail companies of the world in this thesis. These two giants are dominating apparel retailing market nowadays with their simple and attractive with high level quality of clothes. We will try two analyze working culture, business performance and history, competition and geographic dominance of two clothing retailer giants. Years before two small stores opened and they succeed to dominate market with their modern style and different business doing. • Zara has already changed the fashion industry. - Business Insider Zara is most #58 biggest brand in the world according to Forbes. • America's largest apparel retailer is embarking on a turnaround plan to recapture cool customers. - Business Insider Gap inc is #745 Gap biggest brand in the worlds according to Forbes Zara shops followed swiftly in New York in 1989, Paris in 1990. Now the group has nearly 3,900 stores in 70 countries around the world. Gap has 3,100 stores globally and employs about 150,000 people. A Gap spokeswoman declined to comment on the loss of the top spot to Zara. Let's check analyses of these two giants with full provided information. Firstly take brief tour to their history and about founders. Brief History of Brands Fashion giant, Zara, forms part of the retail group ‘Grupo Inditex’ which Mintel (2007) acknowledges as one of the “largest, fastest growing...
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...| Assignment2: GAP INC 1. 5-forces analysis reveal about the strength of competition in the US family clothing stores industry:- US apparel industry is segmented based on gender, age, size and price considerations. Most of the clothing industries focus on women’s segment, because their clothing has a major market value of 50 % and the remaining 50% is shared by men’s wear (37%) and children’s wear (13%).Other than this market share is divided by price point.65 percent of market share is value price clothing industry, other 35 per cent is occupied by higher price items. With the help of 5 force analysis we will study the US family clothing industries competition in detail. i. Threat of rivals As per the above conditions we can say that US clothing industry is highly fragmented. In this market there are many small firms which are fighting to improve their market share along with customer base to have higher margins. However, the four largest (Gap, TJX, A & F, Ross) national chains acquired 39.4% of US market share. In this atmosphere every firm is offering discounts to compete with the discount retailers, because of this the profit margins are becoming thinner. Other than this firms need to customize their designs with regular intervals as per fashion and should be up to date to capture the customer attention and satisfaction. ii. Threat of new entrants. Because...
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