Organizational Structure Kathy Kudler is the founder of Kudler Fine Foods. She is solely in charge of the operations of her three local upscale specialty food stores located the San Diego metropolitan area. These are new stores that are operating with a mix of vertical and horizontal organizational structures. With Kathy being in charge of operations of all the stores and she is ultimately the one that makes decisions and executes initiatives for Kudler Fine Foods. Kathy is aware to be successful
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Virtual Organization Strategy for Kudler Fine Foods For many organizations, strategic decisions play an important role in how the organization plans to expand its business and its profits. There are many factors management must consider before making a final decision as to which approach will provide the most benefits as well as bringing in the most capital. Each approach considered will present strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks that management must carefully consider. Each approach
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Kudler Fine Foods-Strategy University of Phoenix MBA-502 July 27, 2008 “Strategic competitiveness can be attained only when the firm’s selected structure is congruent with its formulated strategy” (Gomez-Mejia et al., Chapter 7, pg 28). Kudler Fine Foods continues to manifest growth based on Mrs. Kudler’s original vision of a one stop gourmet food store. Having direct control over hiring, ordering and customer service, she has built the
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Kudler Fine Foods-Strategy Brian R. Duncan University of Phoenix MBA-502 July 27, 2008 “Strategic competitiveness can be attained only when the firm’s selected structure is congruent with its formulated strategy” (Gomez-Mejia et al., Chapter 7, pg 28). Kudler Fine Foods continues to manifest growth based on Mrs. Kudler’s original vision of a one stop gourmet food store. Having direct control over hiring, ordering and customer service, she
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Management Kudler Fine Foods is a gourmet specialty store that originally started in La Jolla, California and has added two other locations in the Southern California and San Diego area. It is apparent that Kudler was managed efficiently in the beginning to the success of the opening of new stores. They are an example of an organization which is made up of different departments who work together to ensure the success of the organization. To get a better understanding of Kudler Fine foods, an
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Kudler Fine Foods: Strategy Discriminating palates demand the best, and Kudler Fine Foods is there to provide that for them. Kathy Kudler's vision of a one stop shop for everything gourmet, from locally grown organic produce to top-of-the-line cooking utensils has been resounding success. In just a few years she has expanded her business to three stores with future plans to add additional locations. The strategy for improving her business will now hinge on building customer loyalty. Kudler will
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Kudler Fine Foods-Strategy University of Phoenix MBA-502 “Strategic competitiveness can be attained only when the firm’s selected structure is congruent with its formulated strategy” (Gomez-Mejia et al., Chapter 7, pg 28). Kudler Fine Foods continues to manifest growth based on Mrs. Kudler’s original vision of a one stop gourmet food store. Having direct control over hiring, ordering and customer service, she has built the company into an expanding entity
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Kudler Fine Foods MKT421 January 04, 2012 Kudler Fine Foods The purpose of this paper is to analyze the marketing plan used by Kudler Fine Foods and to identify three additional areas where Kudler Fine Foods needs to focus additional market research. Kudler Fine Foods is an upscale specialty grocery store that provides personalized service to its customers. Kudler Fine Foods marketing plan began with the owner, Kathy Kudler, recognizing a need in her community. Kathy found a niche that
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Differentiating Between Market Structures Located in San Diego is a local upscale store name Kudler Fine Foods that has specialty foods in the metropolitan area. In this store it is stocked with the very best imported and domestic food and it is divided into several sections. Providing good customer service and products that are high in quality is what Kudler Fine Food provides to their customers. Making sure that customers are highly satisfied is what the company wants to achieve. Kudler has several
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Functional Area Interrelationships This paper will state the primary reasons for our organization, Kudler Fine Food’s existence as it relates to their mission, vision, values, and goals. We will examine the organizational structure employed by Kudler Fine Foods, and identify the key positions that supports their structure. Identify and explain the steps of the collaboration process among the functional areas that must be employed to achieve organizational goals, and prepare an action plan to implement
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