...2.0 THE COMPANY OVERVIEW……………………………………………………………….................4 3.0 SECTION A. ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES AND IMPACTS………………………………………5 4.0 3.1 Political Forces………………………………………………………………………………...............5 3.2 Economic Forces…………..…….….………………………………………………………........….….6 3.3 Social Forces……………………….…………….…………………………………………………..…7 3.4 Technological Forces…………………………………………………….…………………………….8 3.5 Legal Forces……………………………….………………………………………….……………..….9 3.6 Ecological Forces………………………….………………………….………………………………...9 4.0 SECTION B. MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES…………………………………….……………………….10 4.1 SWOT analysis of GM Uzbekistan………………………………………………………………..……...10 4.2 Management Strategies………………………………………………………………….…………….12 5.0 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………………………………14 6.0 REFERENCES……………………………………………………………………………………………15 1.0 INTRODUCTION Due to the today’s fast development and the process of globalization practically all large companies and organizations face different extends of strategic failure. There are many external factors that are beyond managers’ control and affect the effective and efficient existence of large enterprises, for instance the continual changes in product demand. However, concentrating on factors that can be harmful for running business it is necessary to take into consideration the internal forces also, that is the internal management structure, including HR management. In other words initially companies have to...
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...Financial Analysis of General Motors and Toyota General Motors Co. is an automobile company, which develops, manufactures and markets cars, trucks and parts worldwide. The company operates through the following automotive segments: GM North America, GM Europe, GM International Operations and GM South America. The GM North America segment sells vehicles under the brands Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac with sales, manufacturing and distribution operations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico and distribution operations in Central America and the Caribbean. The GM Europe segment sells vehicles under the brands Opel, Vauxhall and Chevrolet with sales, manufacturing and distribution operations across Western and Central Europe. The GM International Operations segment sells vehicles under the brands Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, FAW, GMC, Holden, Isuzu, Jiefang, Opel and Wuling brands with sales, manufacturing and distribution operations in Asia-Pacific, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The GM South America segment sells vehicles under the brands Chevrolet, Suzuki and Isuzu with sales, manufacturing and distribution operations in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. It also provides automotive financing services through its subsidiary, General Motors Financial Co., Inc. (GM Financial). It finances its loan origination volume through the use of credit facilities and securitization trusts that issue...
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...Conclusion (100-150) Recommendations (100-150) Bibliography (length variable) Appendix Approximate total length should be 1500 words +/- 10% including bibliography, but excluding any appendix. The appendix is not compulsory. THE FINDINGS MUST INCLUDE A SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANY IN QUESTION Note – the word lengths of each section above are approximate and for guidance only. CONTENTS IN DETAIL Title page: Full title of report Author Date Illustration which reflects the content. Table of Contents Title The full names of sections and sub-sections and their page numbers (sub-sections/divisions should be indented). TABLE OF CONTENTS Terms of Reference (20-30 words) Procedure (20-30) Findings (1000-1300) (with at least 7 references) Conclusion (100-150) Recommendations (100-150) Bibliography (length variable) Terms of Reference (20-30 words) Procedure (20-30) Findings (1000-1300) (with at least 7 references) Conclusion (100-150) Recommendations (100-150) Bibliography (length variable) Terms of Reference 2 Procedure 2 Findings 2 Reasons of downfall 2 Analysis of present position 4 Conclusion 8 Recommendations 8 Appendix 9 648877 What steered to the extreme decline and later great profitability of General Motors? Terms of Reference General Motors once a big giant in the American economy, faced many cultural...
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...Practices Marc Hamilton 24 October 2012 GM SWOT Analysis As one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers, General Motors (GM) was found in 1910. Today, GM has become an essential organization in the US that has a significant impact on the overall economy. GM markets its products under these well-known automobile brands: Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, FAW, Daewoo, Cadillac, Holden, Jiefang, Vauxhall, Opel, and Wuling. Followed by the US, Brazil, UK, Canada, Italy, and Germany, now China has become the largest market for automobile industry. SWOT analysis stands for the analysis on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Strengths: The first strength GM has is its brand value and image. Since 1910, General Motors has established a stable market share along with Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Buick and become a household name. Moreover, GM brand is rooted not only in the US but also throughout the whole world. Second, General Motors has a large global presence as well. GM truly has a big worldwide presence that it has manufacturing, assembly, and warehouse operation in 55 countries. Third, high quality products and services have always been the center for the company for achieving success. Finally, GM has a significantly high market share that it runs the business in 157 countries. Weaknesses: First, GM has complied more than 1000 dealerships for closure. At the end of 2008, General Motors had 715 dealerships in Canada, but a year later, GM has called for nearly 200 closures...
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...SWOT ANALYSIS RESEARCH ON CHEVY GM SWOT Analysis Research on Chevy GM Barakat Mawalin DeVry University 8/9/2015 Principles of Management Theresa Hayden SWOT Analysis Research on Chevy GM GM’s History and Mission Statement Today's GM: A Driving Vision Our unyielding mission to earn customers for life has led to a healthy balance sheet and world-class products that are winning in the marketplace (General Motors, 2015) General Motors was founded by William “Billy” Durant on September 16, 1908. GM was basically formed as a holding company for Buick. Although GM owned aircraft in the 1930’s; their main focus was on motorized vehicles. Later, GM became one of the largest automobile manufactures in the US, “With the headquarters located at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan; GM employed over 212,000 employees worldwide according to General motors” (General motors). However, around 2005, GM began to fail which hurt employees and their benefits as well as crippling Detroit’s economy. Help was on the way, according to Chris Woodyard in his article written in USA Today called, GM Bailout Played Over 5 Years. He stated Dec. 19, 2008 “The Bush Administration announces plans to bail out Detroit's auto industry, notably General Motors and Chrysler Group” (Woodyard, 2013). Despite the Bush and the Obama’s administrations help, GM filed for bankruptcy on June 1 2009. General Motors is now showing signs of recovery, according to James R Healey in his recent article...
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...organizational analysis, I wanted to further my knowledge about the car industry. The first prospect that came to mind was General Motors. I picked General Motors because of its popularity in the United States. I had some interesting general knowledge of the company like the dependability and quality of their cars. Some comments were, “I rather have a Chevy Truck than a Ford” and “The general motors cars are more dependable than Ford.” These comments made it clear that I liked the General Motors auto line of cars. Then, I asked myself what would be a cooperate company just as enormous. I came to a conclusion that Ford would be the other company. Though Ford has a nice line of cars, I had some negative thoughts about the company. Acronyms were said such as, “Found On Road Dead” or “Fix Or Repair Daily.” Each of those sayings had put a dent in my thoughts that I would not buy a Ford, not solely on those sayings, but also because of the influence of my parents and other such adverse publicity. These companies have a long-standing tradition in the U.S as manufacturing giants in the automobile industry, since they began here. With these two cooperategiants, I can evaluate and compare both companies financially. My over all preference. was to buy the General Motors line of cars; in doing this project I wanted to know if by researching each company if I would change my mind. Also, this will enable me to draw a conclusion on which company would be a better investment and which company is doing...
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...General Motors: General Motors Corporation (GM) is a multinational automobile manufacturer created in 1908.its headquarter is in the United States. GM is the world's largest automaker as measured according to the global industry sales. GM is the proud sales leader in the automotive industry for the for the last 77 years. As of 2008, General Motors employs about 266,000 people around the world. It manufactures its cars and trucks in 35 different countries. The famous brands under the umbrella of GM are Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall, and Wuling. In 2008, General Motors was the ninth largest publicly traded company in the world. In recent years the company has faced significant financial turmoils, including a 38 billion dollar loss in 2007. General Motors Today: From 1908 to 1976, it had grown expansively. But today its market share has gone down and together, with challenges posed by economic conditions, in the form of increasing healthcare costs and fuel costs and cut throat competition GM is facing a tough time in maintaining its profits. GM is deriving its 100% profits from financing cars and not from the sales of vehicles. Internal factors that account for this decline are the failure of the company to adapt to the changes in the environment such as the consumer preferences and technology, lack of differentiation applied to products and lack of effective cost leadership strategies to efficiently manage...
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...multinational auto manufacturing company was founded in 1908 in Flint, Michigan, and is commonly known as GM. They have the biggest number of employees in the world. They produce many brands of vehicles like Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, Cadillac, and Isuzu. Since GM has been a dominant force in the auto industry, we will list a SWOT analysis. A SWOT analysis is an acronym that stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Mangers often use this analysis to create a company’s strategic position. STHRENGHTS GM is one of the most respected companies in the world and is the market leader in the world auto industry. It has assembly, manufacturing, and distribution in 55 other countries. This is one of the strengths for GM. It has already established itself as a business and world leader in the auto industry. Another strength GM has is its innovation and strategic marketing. Since GM has a good market reputation, it has acquired about 30% of the world’s auto market. Through improvement, GM has placed many new brands in the market. This has been done by investing in new technology and therefore has provided growth in the market. GM has also maintained a strong management team with a strong management structure. This has ensured standardization of operations through all departments. They also have in effective corporate organization. They ensure the disclosure on the performance of the corporation. WEAKNESSES Although GM has an abundance of strengths,...
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...General Motors Accounting Analysis and Business Solution | | Table of Contents Introduction2 Hypothesis and Methodology 3 Analysis of Problems4 Variables5 Primary and Secondary Sources6 Resources6 Sample………………………………………………………………………………………………………7 Test Statistics……………………………………………………………………………………………….8 Final Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………………….9 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………...10 Appendices………………………………………………………………………………………………..11 Survey……………………………………………………………………………………………………..12 References…………………………………………………………………………………………………13 Introduction Every time you pick up a newspaper and read the business section, you hear about a major company having some sort of financial problems. These problems are most likely a result of accounting errors and in some instances because of these errors, companies have had major financial issues they could not recover from. Over the years General Motors has been one of those companies. General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, is an American Multinational Corporation, headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. GM designs, manufactures, markets and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts and as well as sells financial services. General Motors produces vehicles in 120 countries under ten different name brands (General Motors Corp.). Recently, management at General Motors has decided to start tracking the number of errors in the accounting department. The number of errors will be tracked per accountant and...
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...Talon Lewis Professor Marc Hamilton MGMT 56030 21 Jan 2015 General Motors SWOT Analysis General Motors Company (GM) is a corporation that designs, constructs, and sells automobiles. GM own nearly 18 different brands which includes Cadillac, GMC, Buick, Chevrolet and many others (General Motors). The enterprise operates globally and is the largest automobile manufacturer in the world. Some of GM’s main competitors are Ford, Tata, Nissan, Toyota, Volkswagen AG, and Honda. Looking at its competitors GM performs above par compared to its competition. As many automobile manufacturers, GM faces strong challenges, threats, and weaknesses, but also has many strengths and opportunities open to it. First, we must look at the strengths of the company, which play a key role in the company’s success. Furthermore, General Motors has a strong global presence in the marketplace. GM was the leading auto manufacturer regarding sales for 77 years until 2007(General Motors). While the business continues to grow and expand its presence on the global scale, they are already operating in 157 countries. Chevrolet, one of eighteen brands GM holds, reached world record sales with 4.95 million units in recent years. After the 2008 bailout, GM has needed to revise and establish new visions and strategies for the company. With the reorganization of tactics and employees, this leads to the next strength of GM. New management, appointed and lead by Daniel Akerson as CEO, he wiped the bureaucratic organizational...
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...years. The company itself has been going through changes especially in the way that they are creating products and on an internal basis, however, there are some changes that the company still needs to overcome. One of the changes that General Motors has promoted is its’ Flexible Fuel Vehicles which do not run on solely petroleum, rather Ethanol 85. These vehicles cost only $150 more than a normal vehicle, however, the lacking of E-85 fueling stations throughout the nation are making it harder for consumers to take advantage of this “greener” technology while also saving money. The company has also decided to implement a widespread corporate restructuring initiative to help alleviate company debt as a result of rising costs of employee healthcare, benefits, and pensions. Such a plan includes the closure of over a dozen North American plants and manufacturing lines, as well as making substantial job cuts. This three-year endeavor is necessary in keeping General Motors in line with competitors. General Motors is struggling to keep up with its competition in hybrid technology. In order to become a major competitor in the automotive market GM needs to penetrate the hybrid market. In the past few years this market has more than doubled and GM has done nothing to obtain market share. The suggestion is that General Motors needs to implement a strategy to produce hybrid automobiles and take market share away from its Asian competitors. Table of Contents Introduction 4 Company Background...
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...Case Analysis: General Motors Strategic Issues and Problems General Motors (GM) is the largest industrial corporation among the U.S. automakers. Because of the trends of tighter government regulations and competition from foreign automakers, the company has been challenged of being competitive. In order to improve the current situation, the company is seeking a strategy to develop for next few years. Analysis and Evaluation Currently, GM has two existing Detroit manufacturing facilities that need to be demolished and replaced by one state of new plant. The new plant would require being close to suppliers and about 500 acres to allow for a new robotics system within the budget of $500 million. Because closing the two existing plants would lose more than 7,000 jobs in local area, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young wants GM to remain and build new plant in the greater Detroit area. Poletown is the only one site that meets both GM and Detroit Mayor’s requirements. However, besides the cost of new plant, GM would have to pay an additional cost of $207 million as compensation to the local residents and as preparation expense. On the other hand, the Sunbelt sates, where have potential cheap labor for GM to reduce operation cost, has offered large tax incentives to GM. Therefore, it would be more profitable for GM to build the new plant in the Midwestern states within the Sunbelt. Alternatives GM has two main alternatives to improve its current situation. First, GM could remain...
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...Balance Sheet 9 Cash Flow Analysis 10 Ratio Analysis 11 Capital Structure 15 Equity Evaluation & Price Target 16 News and Highlights 17 Investment Upsides and Risks 18 Investment Recommendations 20 Introduction General Motor Company (NYSE: GM) is an American multinational automaker in the world. The company’s headquarter is in Detroit, Michigan. General Motor Company is one of the largest companies in the world. The company was founded on September 16, 1908 in Flint, Michigan as a holding company for Buick luxury cars and controlled by William C. Durant. General Motor Company produces cars and trucks in 37 countries and sells services for some brands such as Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, Isuzu, Holden, GMC, Jie Fang, Opel, Vauxhall, Baojun, and Wuling. Also, it is doing business with 157 countries and 202,000 employees worldwide. There are four different automotive segments for automotive operations include GM North America (GMNA), GM Europe (GME), GM International Operations (GMIO) and GM South America (GMSA). Also the company provides automotive financing services through General Motors Financial Company, Inc. (GM Financial). General Motor led global sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker. However, General Motor had some financial difficulties after the recession of 2008. Therefore, General Motor filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy in July 2009. After that the company closed some of its business...
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...reasons. After being a 100 year old company they have a very strong distribution network that is one of the most extensive still in the market. As the media has shown in recent years there have been several problems with GM and its corporate governance. Their Functional Strategy has been less than par for several decades now. Even after all the issues so vividly shown on paper and in the media, GM still has a lot going for them that will allow them to survive not only this economic down turn, but emerge still one of the industry’s leaders. The first thing to do on any sinking ship is to try and plug the hole. This task usually takes a lot of creativity, innovation and great leadership. To fix a leak in any situation you must first locate where the leak is and how extensive that leak has gotten. The best way to find a corporate leak is by doing some internal and external analysis on the company from all angles to find what went wrong and to change it quickly. SWOT analysis is the best way to give an extensive analysis. Strengths: Despite a drop in brand loyalty in recent years according to JD Power and Associates, GM still holds the second spot in customer retention rates. They are only second to Toyota that has a 68.9% percent rating. Also JD Power and Associates rates some of the brands of GM like Buick, Chevrolet and GMC among the highest in sales satisfaction. You can say that based on most of the ratings given by JD Power, GM motors is among the best in the business...
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...General Motors’ Strategic Analysis By Cyriac Thomas (cpg07bm025) [pic] Automotive Industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2007, more than million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. In 2007, a total of 71.9 million new automobiles were sold worldwide: 22.9 million in Europe, 21.4 million in Asia-Pacific, 19.4 million in USA and Canada, 4.4 million in Latin America, 2.4 million in the Middle East and 1.4 million in Africa. The markets in North America and Japan were stagnant, while those in South America and Asia grew strongly. Of the major markets, Russia, Brazil and China saw the most rapid growth. In 2008, with rapidly rising oil prices, industries such as the automotive industry, are experiencing a combination of pricing pressures from raw material costs and changes in consumer buying habits. The industry is also facing increasing external competition from the public transport sector, as consumers re-evaluate their private vehicle usage. The United States is the world’s largest consumer market for light vehicles, passenger cars and light trucks. The United States auto industry is dominated by the Big Three or General Motors, Ford Motors and Daimler/Chrysler. These three account for roughly a little over half of the production of cars and light trucks in the industry. What has currently...
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