...|Qualification |Unit number and title | |Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Business (QCF) |Unit 3: Organisations and Behaviour | |Student name and ID number |Assessor name | | |Joseph Tawiah (Module Leader) | |Date issued |Completion date |Submitted on | | 25th January 2016 |22nd April 2016 before midday | | |Internal Verifier | | |Assignment title | Toyota Motor Corporation | |Instructions2o |An electronic copy of your assessment must be fully uploaded by the deadline date and time. | | |You must submit one single...
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...MGT 3319 – Final Case Analysis (Fall 2013) For our final management effort, we will do a case analysis. Each question is evaluated on: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Identification of the key problem. Determining who are stakeholders in the decision making process. Clarifying the alternatives to a decision based on stakeholder values. Decision that solves the problem Effective management of the control process; support why the assessment is sound and explains results. Evaluation of the case will also consider grammar, logical flow of arguments, discussions and conclusions based on your research. I would highly recommend you use University resources to help you with grammar, logic and format. Your added research from scholarly sources is expected – at least 2 scholarly references plus the text is the minimum. I suggest the focus of your external sources are management sources; stay away from technical issues. Remember we are not engineering experts; we are managing. While no minimum page requirement is stated, expectations are you will use 4 to 6 pages in answering the questions; add a cover and reference page (total 6 to 8 pages). This case is an individual effort. The Student Motor Company You are the owner of an auto-manufacturing firm and dealership. The upstart Student Motor Company started about one year ago and based on your degree from Texas Wesleyan University, you are the CEO, competing against Ford and GM. With annual sales of over six million cars and trucks worldwide, it has...
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...1 MGT 3319 – Final Case Analysis (Fall 20 13 ) For our final management effort, we will do a case analysis. Each question is evaluated on: 1. Identification of the key problem . 2. Determining who are stakeholders in the decision making process. 3. Clarifying the alter natives to a decision based on stakeholder values. 4. Decision that solves the problem 5. Effective management of the control process ; support why the assessment is sound and explains results. Evaluation of the case will also consider grammar, logical flow of arguments, discussions and conclus ions based on your research. I would highly recommend you use University resources to help you with grammar, logic and format. Your added research from scholarly so urces is expected – at least 2 scholarly references plus the text is the minimum. I suggest the focus of your external sources are management sources; stay away from technical issues. Remember we are not engineering experts; we are managing. While no minimum page requirement is stated, expectations are you will use 4 to 6 pages in answering th e questions; add a cover and reference page (total 6 to 8 pages). This case is an individual effort. The Student Motor Company You are the owner of a n auto - manufacturing firm and dealership . The upstart Student Motor Company started about one year ago an d based on your degree from Texas Wesleyan University, you are the CEO, competing against Ford and GM . With...
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...Case exam 2013 2014: TATA Nano Tata Motors is India's largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of USD 34.7 billion in 2012-13. Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, Spain, South Africa and Indonesia. Among them is Jaguar Land Rover, the business comprising the two iconic British brands Jaguar and Land Rover, which Tata bought in 2008. In the same year Tata Motors launched the Tata Nano, the cheapest car in the world. When Tata Motors, the automaker from the $68 billion Tata Group of India, announced the launch of a people’s car in 2003, the idea had everything in it to make the Indian middle-class dream of owning their first car come true. Nano looked to be the perfect platform to reap the fortune at the Base-of-thePyramid (a term which denotes the poorest socio-economic group, or the 4 billion people on earth who live on less than US$2.50 per day), and more importantly, showcase to the world how frugal innovations in the developing world could create affordable cars with a price tag of $2,500. While India's population is more than one billion people, only around one million passenger cars were sold in the country in 2007. By contrast, more than seven million motorcycles and scooters were sold. Mr. Tata said the tiny car is aimed at keeping the families of India's growing middle class from having to travel with as many as four people on a scooter. "It will provide Indian families with...
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...Tata Motors is one of the crown jewels of the Tata Group, India's premier industrial house. In the fiscal year 2008 the company sold 585,649 vehicles and had a turnover of INR335 billion (Indian rupees) (US$8.4 billion), making it the largest automobile company in India. Tata Motors had ambitious plans to double the number of vehicles that it sold in a mere five years by maintaining its lead in the booming Indian market and by establishing a greater global presence. The case describes Tata Motors' journey to becoming a global contender. It traces the company's business portfolio and strategy, its dramatic turnaround in 2000-2002, its strengthened position in India in both commercial vehicles and passenger cars, as well as its diversification into international markets through greenfield ventures, as well as acquisitions and alliances - notably the Jaguar LandRover purchase in 2008. In January 2008, Tata Motors unveiled the Tata Nano, priced at INR100,000 or one lakh (US$2,500), the cheapest car in the world. By entering two of the fastest growing areas of the automotive industry (the premium and small car segments), Tata Motors company was firmly on the path to becoming a global contender. Learning objectives: The case has the following objectives: (1) introduce students to Tata Motors - an emerging global player in the auto industry from India; (2) understand and critique the company's domestic strategy to date (including the launch of the Nano); (3) review its international...
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..._____________________________________________________________________ BE200 TMA01 Summer 2013 - Cut-off date: Please read these instructions carefully. However, contact your tutor in case of any difficulties with the instructions. You should submit your completed assignment to your tutor to arrive no later than the cut-off Date Please use standard A4 size paper for your TMAs. Your name, personal identifier, course and assignment numbers must appear at the top of each sheet. Please leave wide margins and space at the end of each sheet for tutor comments. It is better to use double spacing so that you can easily handwrite corrections to your drafts and tutors have space to help and support you with your points as you make them. Start each question in the assignment on a new page. Completing and sending your assignments When you have completed each of your TMAs, fill in an assignment form (PT3), taking care to enter correctly your personal identifier course and assignment numbers. Each TMA and its PT3 form should be sent to your tutor with your name, address and personal identifier written on the back of the envelope. Keep a copy of your TMA for security. The copy that is eventually returned to you after the assessment process will have comments written on it. All assignments are treated in strict confidence. It is very important that you ensure that your tutor receives each assignment by the cut-off date given. If you feel that you are unable to meet the cut-off...
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...the end of this assignment are for students to have the ability to: 1. Understand the nature of the social environment. 2. Analyze the Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat in business. 3. Understand and analyze internal and external factors and their influence in business environment. Assignment Description This assignment represents 40% of the total marks for this subject. Students are required to write a 2,000 word essay based on the case study. Case study Ford Motor Company is one of the greatest automobile manufacturers of all time. They started under Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan. Ford had a skill for craftsmanship when he built an experimental car in 1896. It was a twin cylinder engine with potential of 20 mph. In 1899 he left his job in order to organize the Detroit Automobile Company. Ford's first production was in 1903, the Model A, with an under the floor engine selling for $850. In the first season it sold 1,708 cars. After World War II production slowed down until the entrance of the 1949 line. At this time power units were new along with the automatic transmission in 1950. Great automobiles were manufactured in the coming years. The sporty Ford Thunderbird was introduced with 5.1 litres and capabilities of 113 mph. In 1958 it became a convertible with five seats and a strengthened structure. Major restyling occurred in the late 1950's with such automobiles as the Falcon, a compact car, with the help of General Motors and Chrysler. BM001-4-0-OSE ...
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...Chapter 8 1 2 3 Strategy and the Master Budget 1 Teaching Notes for Cases 8-1: Emerson Electric Company Background • Emerson is an $8 billion company. • Its successful strategy is efficient, quality, and low cost production. R&D does not get a great deal of attention from top management. Planning Process • Top management sets sales growth and return on total capital targets for the divisions. • Each fiscal year, from November to July, the CEO and several corporate officers meet with the management of each division at a one or two day division planning conference: ▪ Prior to its division planning conference, the division president submits four standard exhibits to top management: 1. Value measurement chart 2. Sales gap chart 3. Sales gap line chart 4. 5-back-by-5-forward P&L • The division president and appropriate division staff then meet with top management to present a detailed forecast for the coming year based on the result from the division planning conference and conduct a financial review of the current year’s actual performance versus forecast: ▪ Contingency plans for several lower levels of activity also developed to protect profitability at lower sales levels. ▪ However, changes to the division’s forecast are not likely unless significant changes occurred in the environment or in the underlying assumptions. Changes in the forecast must...
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...Strategies Case Study Assignment 2 STUDENT NAME: Professor: Dr. Wright BUS 508: Contemporary Business Raleigh, NC May 5, 2013 Determine how each corporate differs from the other The corporate cultures of the two companies are very different. One example. GM pulled its ads from Face book. Ford is doing more with Facebook. Another, GM bailed out by the government, Ford weathered the storm. The social media strategy of each company is extremely interesting. GM is going to go the traditional route. Ford has embraced the tools of social media to connect with its customers. I think that gives Ford a competitive edge. General Motors Company is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, and among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales, employing 202,000 people and doing business in some 157 countries. They also have five different business segments. They also provide on star vehicles safety, security and information system. As the second-largest automobile company in the world, Ford Motor Company represents a $164 billion multinational business empire. Known primarily as a manufacturer of automobiles, Ford also operates Ford Credit, which generates more than $3 billion in income, and owns The Hertz Corporation, the largest automobile rental company in the world...
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...Every company has a purpose, and part of that purpose is to create wealth and value. However, there are other responsibilities that have been entrusted with companies. The environmental and social responsibilities of a company have an important role in its ability to maintain a social license to operate, ensure a consistent pool of resources that are required for the business to perform its functions, and to generate profits. The Acquisition of Kia Motors by Hyundai Motors Fikre Y. Wondimu CalUniversity Author Note Fikre Y. Wondimu is a student at California Intercontinental University. Special thanks to Dr. Troy Roland and Dr. Fathiah Inserto for providing suggestions to improve this document format and content. Correspondence concerning this thesis should be addressed to Fikre Y. Wondimu, CalUniversity, 1470 Valley Vista Drive #150, Diamond Bar, CA 91765. Contact: fikre_y@yahoo.com Abstract The last decade demonstrated decreased revenue and higher value of development costs, which led the automobile industry to engage in domestic and international mergers and acquisition (M&A). This case analyis examines one of the largest M&As in the Korean automobile industry in recent years, the acquisition of Kia Motors (Kia) by Hyundai Motors (Hyundai). The case study briefly analyses the conditions of the acquisition, the integration and stabilization processes undertaken by both companies. By acquiring Kia, Hyundai enhanced its competitive position in both domestic...
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...ASSIGNMENT #3 ALAN MULALLY, CEO FORD MOTOR COMPANY STUDENT: LINDA LANG AUGUST 8, 2010 STRAYER UNIVERSITY BUSINESS 520: LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR INSTRUCTOR: CARLENE GRAHAM ALAN MULALLY, CEO – FORD MOTOR COMPANY The Ford Motor Company began its journey in the auto industry with the creation of the 1908 Model T. Henry Ford’s creation of the Model T changed the way in which people transported themselves on a daily basis. This paper will address how an iconic company such as the Ford Motor Company is currently negotiating the issues of organizational performance, leadership style, and goals for the company. Lastly, I will attempt to address the effectives of the changes that the Ford Motor Company has made and continues to assess. Discuss leadership and how it can impact organizational performance. Leadership is, simply put, the art of inspiring and motivating others into motion in order to achieve an aspired goal. The leader sets the direction of action and takes part in the process, whether alone or as a guide to a team, so as to accomplish a set goal. In the world of business transactions, leaders who are successful and effective are those who inevitably increase a business’ productivity. There are so many different styles and models of leadership. Each style or model can be both successful and unsuccessful in reaching goals, contingent upon the context in which the style or model is being used. Reaching the productivity goal is dependent...
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...Ford Motor Company- Pleasing or Unattractive One of the largest American global automakers, Ford Motor Company recently changed its slogan from “Drive One” to now “Go Further”. This new global slogan is replacing its old slogan because the company feels that this innovative slogan captures what the company’s culture always has been doing since it infancy with its founder Henry Ford. The new slogan “Go Further”, resonates how Ford Motor Company as individuals, as a team, and as a company has always gone further for its customers, it dealers, and its communities. But is Ford Motor Company echoing what its slogan is believed to exemplify? Ford Motor Company started in 1903 by Henry Ford, a young man with a passion for and commitment to machinery and engineering at a very young age. Henry Ford’s passion to create a vehicle that was affordable to the common man, started with his first vehicle the Quadricycle, a horseless carriage with a gas-powered engine and then came the first Ford Model A which was massed produced to be affordable to middle-class America. This company grew from its first automotive plant in Detroit, Michigan to plants all over the world. Being a global automaker in today’s modern world, it appears Ford has had its share ups and downs as a global corporate citizen just like its global market competitors. In the next few sections, an analysis of a few facets that aren’t observed quite enough of Ford Motor Company will be observed and perhaps should have some...
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...In the case Clement v. Griffin (1994), there were a van carrying thirteen members of the Delgado Community College baseball team traveling to Mississippi when there was a tire blowout and causes several members of the baseball team to be ejected from the vehicle during the accident. However the driver of the vehicle was a student coach that did not have chauffeurs license. The student coach drove the vehicle against the school and state law that requires chauffeurs license. Facts The facts about this case is that the student coach who did not have a chauffeur’s licenses and was driving a ford van transporting thirteen members of Louisiana Delgado Community College to Mississippi for a baseball game. When the blowout happened, the student...
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...Hyundai Motor Company Business History The Hyundai Motor Company is a multinational automotive manufacturer based in South Korea. The company is the world’s fifth largest motor group. (Hyundai.co.uk). the motor group has its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea. Hyundai was started by Chung Ju-Yung in 1967. Its parent company is the Hyundai motor group. It owns Kia motors by 32.8%. The company has its main operations in Ulsan, South Korea. This unit has an annual production capacity of 1.6million units. Ulsan is the world’s largest automobile manufacturing plant. The company had its first model, the Cortina released in 1968. This was in corporation with Ford Motor Company. The company has since grown and is now one of the top 100 most valuable brands worldwide. In Canada, Hyundai Auto Canada Inc. was opened in 1989. It is a subsidiary of the Hyundai Motor Company. It was located in Bromont Quebec. The Bromont plant only operated for four years before failure. Hyundai Auto Canada Inc. operates without a plant. There are however plans to revive it since there was a boosts in sales in the year 2009. Hyundai Motor Company is currently run by Chung Mon-koo who is both the chairman and CEO of the motor company. The company says that its goal is not to become the biggest car company; rather it is to provide value for the future. This also doubles as the company’s vision statement. (worldwide.hyundai.com) Production The main products for Hyundai Motors Company are cars. The company produces...
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...organization’s performance. The way a leader runs an organization is the determining factor of whether or not it succeeds. Many companies have failed due to poor leadership. Leadership is more them management. Effective leadership is a personal role that requires the blending of motivational, strategic and management skills to align focus, energy and drive while creating a culture that encourages individual thinking and attainment. Everyone does not possess the abilities to be a successful leader. The role leadership can have a significant impact on an organization’s performance. The role of leadership sets the tone for the organization and has a trickle-down effect. For example, the organization I work for has been through its share of leaders. Every time the leader changes, it is immediately noticed in the actions of the management team. The management team typically adjusts their management style to that of the new leader. As a result, the entire organization is affected. 2. Discuss Mulally’s leadership style at Ford Motor Company and provide examples of how his actions fit this style. Mulally’s leadership style at the Ford Motor Company is participative. He encourages the employees to participate, but retain the final say over the decision-making process. Employees feel engaged in the process and are more motivated and creative. Based on the case study, Mulally feels that communication is essential. For example, Mulally states, “Everyone has to know the plan, its...
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