...Hilfiger Case By: Mick A. Leikanger, 3rd year BBA Strategic Management. Professor Ms Clarke. Intro In 1969, Tommy Hilfiger took up a job at store selling clothes, especially towards the hippie-inspired youth. After some time, he realized the great potential for fashion-retailers, and decided to sell 20 pairs of bell-bottom jeans out of the trunk of his car. Soon after, he managed to sell 600 pairs in a week, and the rest is history. Although the rest is history, it was not an easy road. After the success with the jeans, Hilfiger and two friends decided to open Peoples Place, and focus their energy at reaching the offering fashionable clothing to young adults. At year-end in 69, Peoples Place had a generated more than one million dollars in revenue. A few years later, many competitors had entered the market, and on top of that, the hippie-era was drawing towards an end. The result was that Peoples place went bankrupt. Hilfiger took some jobs as a fashion designer for some time, and his big break came when he entered into a licensing agreement with Murjani International. They believed so strongly in his abilities as a fashion designer, they took the liberty of claiming Hilfiger was “one out of the four great, American designers”. It did create some ruckus, but the effect none-the-less: $11 million of sales over 18 months. The success continued for many years, seeing sales doubling yearly throughout the 80’s. Financial problems at Murjani, led Hilfiger to terminate his...
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...characteristics of strategic management outlined in section 1.2 and in the model in Figure 1.4 First of all, in order to explain the strategic management, the strategy model needs to be taken into account (Figure 1.4). It encompasses three key sections, namely the strategic position, the strategic choices and strategy into action. When talking about the strategic position, four questions have to be asked. Examining the opportunities and threats of the Lego Group's environment led to finding out that the company takes advantage of being a family-owned business which entails clear responsibilities. Furthermore, the Lego Group made use of the constantly growing brand name which gave them the opportunity to enter new markets globally. Additionally, the company undertook immense investments which paid off after a while, as the group tried to keep up the pace technologically and took the chance to offer the most innovative products. However, while experiencing massive competition, the company also had to cope with the rapidly changing environment which ultimately resulted in huge deficits and drawbacks. Threats, such as the oil crisis also contributed to worsening the financial situation of the company. The organisation's strengths can be summed up by mentioning an effective leadership style, acting as a risk taking entity, actively looking for new concepts, continuously growing, and managing fluctuations adequately. The weaknesses on the other hand include having diffulties in financial control...
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...VOCABULARY: W-2 WAGE AND TAX STATEMENT: SOCIAL SECURITY: JUBILACION SUBSIDIO: GOBIERNO ESTRATEGIA: EISENHOWER: PENSAMIENTO ESTRATEGICO: HABILIDAD PARA PENSAR A EL LARGO PLAZO. AMENAZAS Y OPORTUNIDADES, DEBILIDADES (disminuir o elimina), FORTALEZAS (las utiliza para disminuir las amenazas y aprovechar las oportunidades. CONTRAPONES EL FODA- SWOT PATTON PENSAMIENTO TACTICO: HABILIDAD PARA PENSAR EN EL PRESENTE. 60 % (INCENTIVE COMPENSATION) ON FINANCIAL INDICATORS: Return on capital, profitability, cash flow, operating cost. 40% (INCENTIVE COMPENSATION) ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDICATORS: Dealer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and environmental responsibilities. MARKETSHARE: The percentage of sales of a particular product achieved by a single company in a specific period of time. BALANCE SCORE CARD: Strategic performance management tool, cuadro de mando integrado para implementar la estrategia. PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT: HIGH LABOR COSTS: EFFICENCY: Eficiencia EFICENT: eficiente EFFECTIVENESS: Eficacia OUTSORCING: OFFSHORING: PROFITS REVENUE STAKEHOLDERS: Los interesados: Employees, government, customers, suppliers, investors, owners, unions, community SHAREHOLDERS: los que tienen ganancias en base a los ingresos de la empresa. ENTREPRENUER: ROI JOB DESCRIPTION: TDRs JOB SPECIFICATION KSAOs JOB DESIGN: is the process of defining how work will be performed and the task that will be...
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...worldwide. Based in Switzerland, it's second largest branch is based in the United States, with further extensive branches in over 50 countries globally including the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. With the two main branches in Switzerland and the US, the corporate culture has been one of internationalism and at the same time, locality, adopting different practices and processes in each of the main branches. The UBS Americas Investment Bank Corporate Communications department has undergone recent changes. Previously, the department was responsible for handling all PR, external and internal communications objectives for the Investment Bank and Global Asset Management. It was also responsible for Wealth Management Americas branch PR and Financial Advisor (FA) communications across the country. The Media Relations team in the Corporate Communications department was previously responsible for handling all PR and media objectives for equities research analysts and economists in the Investment Bank and also the handling of Wealth Management FA communications. During this year, for the March 2012 Mountbatten intake, the parameters and responsibilities of the Media Relations team were altered. The media relations responsibilities were divided amongst different members of the department and...
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...| 2013 | | Business Strategy | | | [Hnd business] | | Introduction Within this assignment I shall be researching and critically analyzing the process of Business Strategy. The aim is to gain an in depth understanding of strategic planning, how to formulate a new strategy, the approaches to strategy evaluation and selection and how to implement a chosen strategy. Once all information is gathered of what strategy entails, I shall apply it to my chosen road transport organization Eddie Stobart; and make explanatory suggestions on how the strategic structure of the company should be widened, in order for maximum combined enhanced effect amongst other aspects of physical distribution. I shall apply theories to my research such as Porters model, Ansoffs growth-vector matrix and a Pestle Analysis. There are many different models referring to strategy which I shall also apply to the relevant organization. Task 1 About Eddie Stobart is a very well known and established road transport organisation within the UK, ‘a national leader in multimodal logistics, warehousing and biomass fuel sectors, as well as operating in the property development, ports, airports and civil engineering sectors’(stobartgroup.co.uk) Eddie Stobart ‘Strategy’-Long Term Direction The Eddie Stobart’s company strategies involve maintaining positive customer service and rapport, working closely with their customers and partnerships to maintain business and create further business...
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...techniques that would make traditional marketing obsolete. The automated approaches that would make customer relationships automatic and would enable the marketing organization to shell anything to anyone they chose. CRM was the single solution that would solve every marketing problem. Simply install the software, plug in the customer data and sit back and watch the profils roll in. But it wasn’t that simple. It wasn’t that easy. And, it simply didn’t work that way. Millions of dollars anp pounds and yen and Euros were spent on CRM systems, software and structures but, not enough seemed to come back. The five important things are about the book’s approach to CRM 1.Strategic, not more tactics. CRM is a business decision, made by business managers to achieve business goals. So, most of all, this approach to CRM is strategic. 2. Customers, not companies. Payne’s approach puts the company and the customer in perspective. If there is no benefits to the customer, there can be no benefit to the company. CRM is reciprocal process. 3. Process, not software. The found is something the organization does, not something the IT group or the marketing department, does or the customer service group does. Process is the key to CRM. 4.Outcomes, not inputs. The focus in on outcomes. What is supposed to happen as a result of the implementation of a CRM approach. 5.Long-term, not short-term, views. Payne describes CRM through...
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...First Day on the Job Prepared by: Ana Milori Submitted to: Professor Catherine Klinger Strategic Human Resource Managament Strayer University February 26, 2012 Abstract Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his or her job. The happier people are within their job, the more satisfied they are said to be. Job satisfaction is not the same as motivation or aptitude, although it is clearly linked. Job design aims to enhance job satisfaction and performance. Methods include job rotation, enlargement, enrichment and re-engineering. Other influences on satisfaction include the management style and culture, employee involvement, empowerment and autonomous work position. Job satisfaction is a very important attribute which is frequently measured by organizations. The most common way of measurement is the use of rating scales where employees report their reactions to their jobs. Questions relate to rate of pay, work responsibilities, variety of tasks, promotional opportunities, the work itself and co-workers. Some questioners ask yes or no questions while others ask to rate satisfaction on 1-5 scale (where 1 represents "not at all satisfied" and 5 represents "extremely satisfied”). Some argue that Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, a motivation theory, laid the foundation for job satisfaction theory. This theory explains that people seek to satisfy five specific needs in...
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...The pattern of internationalization followed by the major carmakers can so far be split into three stages. The first stage is export. At this stage the goal is to create a car which fits into a world-wide car cartegory. After the expansion of exports comes the second stage. This is the setting up of transplant in major market regions. The automotive companies in the world is now confronting a third stage in the process of internationalization, namely globalization. It is mean complete localization of transplant one hand and the establishment of global business network another hand. Exports are the engine of the contemporary Korean motor vehicle industry's success. Korea emerged in the 1995 as a significant world producer in which 5 leading countries produced 2.6 million units in 1995. They plan to produce a total of 3.2 million cars this year, including those to be assembled at their overseas plants. In the last year the Korean automakers exported about 1 million units. In the 1980s, Korean automakers began to explore strategies to increase access to the overseas market. The strategy of internationalization in the first stage was to develop joint ventures with US automotive producers such as GM and Ford that would allow them to the development of world car concept. The growth in production and exports is required closely linked to both the advanced product design and process technology that Korean carmakers has been able to technology import from advanced carmakers. The original...
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...| ------------------------------------------------- ADRIAN ALEJANDRO GALINDO LARA ------------------------------------------------- STUDENT ID L0174MVMV012 ------------------------------------------------- MBA SEMESTER 2 ------------------------------------------------- MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL ------------------------------------------------- LECTURER DAVID HALL AND DR. RAJENDRA KUMAR ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ADRIAN ALEJANDRO GALINDO LARA ------------------------------------------------- STUDENT ID L0174MVMV012 ------------------------------------------------- MBA SEMESTER 2 ------------------------------------------------- MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL ------------------------------------------------- LECTURER DAVID HALL AND DR. RAJENDRA KUMAR ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- MHC ASSIGNMENT | HRM-TQM PERSPECTIVES AND RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION METHODOLOGIES | MHC ASSIGNMENT | HRM-TQM PERSPECTIVES AND RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION METHODOLOGIES | PART “A” ESSAY 2327 WORDS (EXCLUDING REFERENCES) HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES Table of Contents Table of contents 3 Abstract 4 Introduction 5-6 Literature Review/Discussion ..7-9 British Perspective 7-8 Latin American Perspective 8-9 Conclusion 9-10 References...
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...Accounting: Focus on the Red Flags Written by Richard M. Rockwood May 2002 © Copyright 2002, FocusInvestor.com. All rights reserved. This material is for personal use only. It is a violation of federal copyright law to reproduce part or all of this publication without written permission from FocusInvestor.com. The goal of this short article is to show the investor examples of how companies can manipulate their reported earnings. This article also provides information on what warnings signs to look for. The article has taken information from a variety of sources in order to provide the reader with a quick overview of accounting red flags. Focused investors practicing portfolio concentration should be particularly aware of these issues. I have written the article for the individual investor who has an intermediate level of accounting knowledge. That being said I believe the beginning investor with only a moderate understanding of accounting will benefit from a close reading of this article if for no other reason that to understand what elements of accounting they should study more closely. While this article focuses on accounting issues all investors should investigate the management team of a company before investing since the management team has such a strong influence of any companies operations and how they report their results. To this end I would strongly urge all investors to first study the way management treats their shareholders. Do they provide...
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...BEIHANG UNIVERSITY 北京航空航天大学 SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT 经济管理学院 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 1 “Supply Chain Management of Wal-Mart” Professor: ZHAO QUIHONG Student: NGUYEN HAI YEN - LS 1508256 VU THI THU HIEN - LS 1508226 GANTA. MURALI - LS 1508233 NGUYEN KHANH LINH - LS 1508230 NGUYEN THI THU HIEN - LS 1508257 INTRODUCTION Wal - mart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in Rogers, Ark. It is an American multinational retail corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. Almost everything can be found in Wal-Mart stores and it has everything a homemaker can ever think of. It is arguably the largest retail chain that deals with millions of product ranging from furnitures, clothes, groceries, books, movies, electronic, jewelries, baby products and much more. In the 1960s through the 1970s, companies realized strong engineering, design, and manufacturing functions were strong market strategy keys to create and capture customer loyalty. As the demand for new products rose in the 1980s, these market requirements were to increase their flexibility and responsiveness to adapt existing products and processes or to develop new ones in order to meet customer needs. As manufacturing improved in the 1990s, managers began noticing material and service inputs involving suppliers and their major impact on an organization‘s ability to meet customer needs. As a result of these changes, organizations...
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...technology at all levels. Vision To be the best private commercial bank in Bangladesh in terms of efficiency, capital adequacy, asset quality, sound management and profitability having strong liquidity. Objective For our customers: • To provide the most courteous and efficient service in every aspects of its business • To be innovative in the development of new banking products and services For our employees: • By promoting their well-being through attractive remuneration and fringe benefits. • By promoting good stuff morally through proper staff training and development, and provision of opportunities for career development. For our share holders: • By forging ahead and consolidating its position as a stable and progressive financial institution. • By generating profits and fare return on their investment. For our community: • By assuming our role as a socially responsible corporate citizen in a tangible manner • By adhering closely to national policies and objectives thereby contributing towards the progress of the nation Strategy PBL has consistently remained focused on efficient customer service by providing wide range of product and services. PBL focused on our diverse products and services. Our customer group range from individuals, big corporate clients, NGOs and non-residents. Financing to NGOs was done for extending micro finance to those who are very poor and struggling to improve their poverty level. PBL will continue to focus on its delivery platform...
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...results and to assess decisions. Data analysis shows gaps in the information provided by the management team; some information was insufficient and some important information was neglected. The report describes improvement areas that require further investigation and remedial actions by the university management. The report also shows that some of the analysis conducted by the university management has limitations, mainly related to information about supply chain management, ticketing profits, additional overhead, consumables, quality standards, specifications and staff salaries. Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 2 Forecasting and Strategic Decisions ...................................................................................... 4 Quantitative Study ............................................................................................................. 4 Qualitative Study ............................................................................................................... 5 Demand Strategy...
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...International Business Linked to globalization Globalization 1. What is it ? It is a process where the world is moving away from independent countries to interconnected counties 2. Status ( where we are + measurements) Wave of globalization after WOII * 50 – 60 domination of the US (“free market wave”) The trade rules are set by the US * Now domination China, Asia US domination is gone, different countries dominate the world The demographics of the world economy has changed How do you measure globalization? * University of zurich * http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/ The KOF Index of Globalization measures the three main dimensions of globalization: 1. Economic globalization * Actual flows (37%) * Trade (percentage of GDP) * Foreign direct investement, flows (percentage of GDP) * Portfolio investement (percentage of GDP) * Income payments of foreign nationals (percentage of GDP) * Restrictions * Hidden import barriers * Mean tariff rate * Taxes on international trade (percentage of current revenue) 2. Social (39%) * Data on personal contact * Data on information flows 3. political. (25%) * Embassieses 3. Types of globalization 1. Globalization of products 2. Globalization of markets Active vs passive globalization Globalization can also be passive. Companies that do not want to globalize...
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