...Strategy and Culture in J D Wetherspoon Written by: Yujia Wang Table of content 1. Introduction: 3 2. Findings 3 Section 1：External environment 4 Section 2: Organisational culture 5 Section 3: Business strategy 6 Section 4: Change 7 3. Conclusion 9 1. Introduction: J D Wetherspoon Company based on pub that offered cheap beer, good conversation and solid architecture which was opened by Tim Martin in 1979. The company motto is “cleanliness, beer, service and maintenance. It becomes a plc in 1992 and it now has over 600 pubs. In 2000, it opened over 90 new pubs and in 2002, about 10 years after flotation, its share price rose to more than ten times its original value. This report illustrates the external environment, culture, strategy and change in J D Wetherspoon which focuses on the deep analysis of the company and explains them from an objective point of view. 2. Findings Section 1：External environment Political: The “tied house” system had been broken by the rule from Monopolies and Mergers Commission between brewing companies and pubs. J D Wetherspoon chooses pub at a new start and change the strategy for it but may loss the profit and business and increase the cost. Economic: Tim Martin agrees with euro-sceptic and takes some actions while the union leaders and others condemned his actions. The people who support the euro may change their idea to choose other pubs which may cause the reduction in sales and profit. Legal: Public...
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...Strategy and culture in J D Wetherspoon 1.0 Introduction------------------------------------------P1 2.0 Procedure---------------------------------------------P1 3.0 External environment-------------------------------P1 4.1 Examples of factors 4.2 SWOT analysis 4.3 Set of guidelines about management 4.0 Organisational culture------------------------------P3 5.4 Organisation culture and shared values 5.5 Culture of J D Wetherspoon 5.6 Organisation culture and organizational behaviour 5.7 Management approach 5.0 Business strategy------------------------------------P4 6.8 Possible strategies 6.9 Strategy during the 1980s and 1990s, and four benefits 6.10 Compare two different strategy 6.11 Factors before change strategy 6.12 Business strategy and strategic choice 6.13 Key issue about management 6.0 Change------------------------------------------------P8 7.14 Forces for change 7.15 Stakeholder power 7.16 Change situation 7.0 Conclude---------------------------------------------P11 1.0 introduction This report is for analyse J D Wetherspoon’s business strategy and environment. First section analyse the changes in the external environment which J D Wetherspoon has faced since it was founded in 1979. In section 2 should consider the relationship between organizational culture and organizational behavior. Third is to analyse business strategy...
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...Today JD Wetherspoon is one of the most well known pub chains in the UK and Ireland. With 35,000 people employed by the organisation and over 900 outlets it is easy to see why. They have grown significantly over the last 10 years as a new market for craft beers has opened up which Wetherspoons have taken full advantage of. They sell local craft beers and also well known brands at a fraction of the cost than most pubs in the industry. In the companies 2014 report it stated that it is the biggest purchaser of micro brewery beer and is supplied by over 400 micro breweries across the UK. The company is now publicly listed on the London stock exchange with owner Tim Martin still owning a large part of it. Wetherspoon has been an innovator in their respected industry and after gaining a stronghold in the pub industry they now own over 40 hotels across the UK which they like to call Wetherlodges. At the moment their hotels do not bring in half the money as their public houses do but there is room for expansion if the opportunity arises according to the founder Tim Martin. To add further to their innovation, they were one of the first to open their premises at 7am. Although you will not be able to get alcohol served. Wetherspoons did this to break into the breakfast market as alcohol sales were dropping. They have done very well in the breakfast market as consumers have endorsed the quality breakfast served at an affordable price. They are now in the top 3 of coffee sellers in the UK...
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...1. Introduction. JD Wetherspoon plc was founded by Tim Martin who opened the first pub in 1979. This offered cheap beer, good conversation and solid architecture. The motto of JDW is “cleanliness, beer, services and maintenance”. JDW is committed to expansion the new pubs that over 600 pubs. JDW was opened the new pubs that over 50% of the finance generated by the own business. JDW had developed the Lloyds Number One brand in 2000. In 2002, share price increased more than ten times its original value. In the late 1990s, JDW begun developed the budget hotel accommodation. The purpose of this report is analysis the organization strategy and culture of JDW plc. It should be set out the external environment, organizational culture, business strategy and change of JDW plc. 2. Findings. Section 1: External Environment. Social: J D Wetherspoon pubs have many distinguishing characteristics in the case. For example at least a quarter of the space is non-smoking. If customer did not smoke, environment of JDW pubs can attract more customers no smoking. It will bring more profits for JDW pubs. Technological: In 2002, J D Wetherspoon pubs did not TV technology. JDW miss World Cup football result in sales decreased. Now JDW pubs did have TV screen and they also can show World Cup football. Previous customer may come back again. JDW pubs can deficit coverage and to increase new profit. Economic: Supermarket was selling premium larger and using loss-leader...
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...protecting the environment, the rights and welfare of workers and the interest of coffee-growing communities are awarded certification. The standards were developed by the Rainforest Alliance, an independent, international environment organisation, and other conservation groups that comprise the Sustainable Agriculture Network. And while UK consumers will be among the first to see the difference in store the change will have an international impact across Costa’s 1000 stores worldwide. Costa Coffee’s Marketing Director, David Hutchinson said: “Costa is at the beginning of a journey towards greater sustainability in its business. We know it will take time to convert our supply base to certified sustainable sources but we believe it’s an investment that is right for our business, right for the coffee industry as a whole and we believe it’s a journey our customers will want to be part of. “Costa’s success is built on a commitment to quality, authentic espresso coffee. And in Costa’s view quality coffee comes from well managed farms that care for their workers and protect the environment on which they, and we, depend. That’s why Costa has decided to partner with the Rainforest Alliance to support coffee farmers and communities that are investing in sustainable farming practices,” David Hutchinson continued. Farms that have earned...
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...List of FTSE 350 companies FTSE 350 companies include two parts: (1) FTSE 100 companies which are the 100 largest UK companies measured by market capitalization; and (2) FTSE 250 companies which the 101st to the 350th largest companies within the UK. This follows on from the FTSE 100. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 LSE Code RDSA+RDSB HSBA VOD BP. GSK BATS LLOY DGE SAB RIO BLT BG. AZN GLEN STAN BARC ULVR RB. PRU TSCO NG. BT.A AAL RR. IMT CNA RBS CPG ABF SSE Name Royal Dutch Shell HSBC Holdings Vodafone Group BP GlaxoSmithKline British American Tobacco Lloyds Banking Group Diageo SABMiller Rio Tinto BHP Billiton BG Group AstraZeneca Glencore Xstrata Standard Chartered Barclays Unilever Reckitt Benckiser Group Prudential Tesco National Grid BT Group Anglo American Rolls-Royce Group Imperial Tobacco Group Centrica Royal Bank of Scotland Group Compass Group Associated British Foods SSE 1 Index FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 No. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 LSE Code WPP BA. BSY SHP EXPN ARM AV. LGEN PSON CRH OML REL TLW ANTO KGF WOS SL. FRES NXT MKS SBRY LAND SN. BRBY MRW CPI SDR+SDRC ITV IAG...
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...Damaging the employers reputation can be done by employees in several different ways, and can include many different forums. What should happen if an employee tweets negative things about their employer? What if they get in trouble outside of work? What if they do something at work that critically damages their reputation that is not part of their job duties? There are many ways that employees conduct inside and outside of work can affect an employer’s reputation, the relationship as well as many consequences for the actions. This report is going to address off-duty conduct and defamation and show cases that are relevant. Essentially anything that employees do outside of work hours should be their business, but is it? In the case Kelly v. Linamar Corporation, 2005 CanLII 42487 (Ont.SC): Mr. Philip Kelly had been working in Linamar for 14 years, and his position was manager which supervisors more than 10 employees and have daily touch base with suppliers and customers. His work record was impressive, and others knew him as a respectful manager. However, he was arrested for holding child pornography in his home computer on January 21, 2002(Filsinger, 2010, p.380). His employer, Linamar Corporation started investigation in Mr. Kelly’s conduct due to the shocking news came out. Linamar Corporation is the largest employer in the city of Guelph and has “a special emphasis on philanthropy directed towards young children including sponsoring their attendance at cultural events, sponsoring...
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...Costa Coffee Analysis and Strategy – “The Sister Project” Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. External Analysis 4 2.1. Customer Analysis 4 Target Age Groups 4 Key Areas 5 2.2. Competitor Analysis 5 2.2.1. Direct Competitors: Leading coffee shop brands 6 Market Route 6 Independent Coffee Houses 7 2.2.2. Indirect Competitors 7 2.2.3. Key growth areas 8 2.3. Market Analysis 9 The market 9 Awareness of the market 9 Market drivers 9 Market barriers 10 Goods and services 10 Suppliers 10 Customers 10 SWOT analysis 10 Market Trends 11 Market Opportunities 12 2.4. Environmental Analysis 12 2.4.1. PESTEL Analysis 12 3. Internal Analysis 14 3.1 Strategies and Objectives 14 3.2. Brand Analysis 15 3.3. Business Portfolio Analysis – Services 16 3.4. Brand performance 17 3.5. Marketing and Communications 17 4. Key issues 18 4.1. Brand image 18 4.2. Differentiation 18 4.3. Clarity of message 19 5. Strategic positioning 19 “The Sister Project” 19 6. Bibliography 20 1. Introduction Costa is Britain’s leading coffee chain in a highly competitive and growing market. Despite a tough economic environment in Britain, the brand has managed to continue rapid expansion at home and in emerging economies abroad. The brand focus on the core product has been matched with portfolio expansion into new service areas. This report analyses Costa’s relationship to the existing coffee market, in order to look at some of the key...
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...according to (Johnson, Scholes & Whittington 2011; p3) should be ‘the direction and scope of an organisation over a long- term, which achieves advantage in a changing environment through its configuration of resources and competences’. However there have been many debates varying from academics to critics about what strategic human resource management (SHRM) actually embraces and implies for organisations. Definitions range from 'a human resource system, that is tailored to the demands of the business strategy', (Snow, 1984)to 'the pattern of planned human resource activities intended to enable an organization to achieve its goals' (Wright and McMahan 1992). However, organisations that invest in SHRM anticipate receiving a return on their investment. Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 Company Overview 4 Mission & Values 4 McDonald’s Strategy 4 McDonalds Human Resource Planning (HR practices) 5 Equal opportunities to diversity management 5 Managing Cultural Diversity in McDonalds 5 Culture...
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...ESSENTIALS OF MARKETING THIRD EDITION JIM BLYTHE Essentials of Marketing ii Marketing Planning: principles in practice We work with leading authors to develop the strongest educational materials in marketing, bringing cutting-edge thinking and best learning practice to a global market. Under a range of well-known imprints, including Financial Times Prentice Hall, we craft high quality print and electronic publications which help readers to understand and apply their content, whether studying or at work. To find out more about the complete range of our publishing please visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk Last A Head on Spread 000 Jim Blythe University of Glamorgan Essentials of Marketing Third Edition Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies throughout the world Visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk First published under the Financial Times Pitman Publishing imprint 1998 Second edition 2001 Third edition 2005 © Financial Times Professional Limited 1998 © Pearson Education Limited 2001, 2005 The right of Jim Blythe to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without either the prior written...
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...Keeping things simple Annual report and financial statements 2010 Contents and introduction ConTenTs The DIreCTors’ reporT AnD busIness reVIeW 1 Highlights 2 Chairman’s statement 4 Strategic review 4 Business review 5 Market overview 6 Our strategy 8 Key Performance Indicators 10 Our business model 12 Risks and uncertainties 14 CSR/Today 16 Our people – Values in action 18 Performance review 18 Operating review 23 Financial review 26 Governance 26 Board of Directors 28 Corporate governance report 32 Directors’ remuneration report 41 General information FInAnCIAL sTATemenTs 43 Group financial statements 43 Directors’ statements of responsibilities 44 Independent auditors’ report 45 Consolidated financial statements 45 Group accounting policies 50 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 51 Consolidated balance sheet 52 Consolidated cash flow statement 53 Consolidated statement of changes in equity 54 Notes to the Group financial statements 75 Company financial statements 75 Company accounting policies 77 Company balance sheet 78 Notes to the Company financial statements InVesTor InFormATIon 86 Five year summary of results 87 Supplementary information 88 Investor relations and financial calendar Our business We are the UK’s fourth largest food retailer by sales with an annual turnover in excess of £15bn. We have 425 stores across Britain, ranging in size from 10,000 to 40,000 square feet. Over 10m customers visit our stores each week served by over 134,000 employees...
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...HMV Group plc Annual report and accounts 2010 Contents Overview 1 2 4 6 8 Introduction Strategic progress and future focus Market overview Chairman’s statement Business review The basics Inspirational brands HMV and Waterstone’s are renowned for their specialist appeal, offering the widest ranges of entertainment and books in their markets. Our stores and the people who work in them strive to be always passionate and inspirational about the products we sell, and provide great service and value for money to ensure that our customers get closer to the entertainment they love, or feel every word between the covers of a good book. We attract the most enthusiastic customers in our markets, with over 4 million loyalty card holders across both brands. Business and financial review: 18 Financial review Governance 24 Board of Directors 26 Corporate governance 30 Directors’ remuneration report 40 Corporate responsibility 46 Directors’ report 51 Independent auditor’s report to the members of HMV Group plc Financial statements 52 Consolidated income statement 54 Statements of comprehensive income 55 Balance sheets 57 Statements of changes in equity 59 Cash flow statements 60 Notes to the financial statements 103 Group financial record HMV In-store Online & digital Live HMV is evolving rapidly as an entertainment brand. Our market-leading retail businesses operate through 417 stores in the UK, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore and transactional local territory websites...
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...Financial Accounting for Decision Makers Visit the Financial Accounting for Decision Makers, sixth edition Companion Website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/atrillmclaney to find valuable student learning material including: G G G G G Self assessment questions to test your learning A study guide to aid self-learning Revision questions and exercises to help you check your understanding Extensive links to valuable resources on the web Comments on case studies to aid interpretative and analytical skills We work with leading authors to develop the strongest educational materials in accounting, bringing cutting-edge thinking and best learning practice to a global market. Under a range of well-known imprints, including Financial Times Prentice Hall, we craft high-quality print and electronic publications which help readers to understand and apply their content, whether studying or at work. To find out more about the complete range of our publishing, please visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk 6th Edition Financial Accounting for Decision Makers Peter Atrill and Eddie McLaney Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies throughout the world Visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk Second edition published 1999 by Prentice Hall Europe Third edition published 2002 by Pearson Education Limited Fourth edition 2005 Fifth edition 2008 Sixth edition 2011 © Prentice Hall Europe...
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