Case Study on Castle Nursing Home
A REPORT ON THE POSTION OF CASTLE NURSING HOME PLC
Executive Summary: This report is commissioned to examine the current position of Castle
Nursing Home PLC, since it is evident that the top-line and bottom-line have been adversely affected. The report draws attention to the existing status of Castle Nursing Home. The strategy to grow and re-organize has resulted in the need to streamline its operations, so as to retain its focus, quality of services and reputation among the public. Further investigation into the organizations financial statements, proves the company is going through a rough patch but has chances of improvement. This report also provides clear insights as to what strategies the organization can use, to help improve the existing conditions.
Key Words: Operations, Quality Improvement Techniques, Competitive Advantage, Systems
Approach, Capital Investment, Investment Appraisal Techniques.
Introduction: Castle Nursing Home PLC is a chain of residences for old age pensioners in
Northern England. Due to its growth, it has become exceedingly tough to maintain consistency in its operations. Various publications highlight that the organization is being engulfed by its disjoint, mismanaged procedures and goes further to state that the organization is losing focus of its reason for existence. Castle Nursing Home now has to undo all the effort taken till date, despite having no clear focus and strategic plans at hand for the future. From the available financial statements, we can observe that the overall turnover as well as the net profit of the organization has reduced. This report frames the present position of the business as well as the strategies the organization can use to help boost the business’s operations as well as its status, for all its residents, staff and shareholders.
Applying Strategies into Castle Nursing Home:
As mentioned earlier, Castle Nursing Home is planning to undo the effort put in till date and restart from scratch.
Executive Summary: This report is commissioned to examine the current position of Castle
Nursing Home PLC, since it is evident that the top-line and bottom-line have been adversely affected. The report draws attention to the existing status of Castle Nursing Home. The strategy to grow and re-organize has resulted in the need to streamline its operations, so as to retain its focus, quality of services and reputation among the public. Further investigation into the organizations financial statements, proves the company is going through a rough patch but has chances of improvement. This report also provides clear insights as to what strategies the organization can use, to help improve the existing conditions.
Key Words: Operations, Quality Improvement Techniques, Competitive Advantage, Systems
Approach, Capital Investment, Investment Appraisal Techniques.
Introduction: Castle Nursing Home PLC is a chain of residences for old age pensioners in
Northern England. Due to its growth, it has become exceedingly tough to maintain consistency in its operations. Various publications highlight that the organization is being engulfed by its disjoint, mismanaged procedures and goes further to state that the organization is losing focus of its reason for existence. Castle Nursing Home now has to undo all the effort taken till date, despite having no clear focus and strategic plans at hand for the future. From the available financial statements, we can observe that the overall turnover as well as the net profit of the organization has reduced. This report frames the present position of the business as well as the strategies the organization can use to help boost the business’s operations as well as its status, for all its residents, staff and shareholders.
Applying Strategies into Castle Nursing Home:
As mentioned earlier, Castle Nursing Home is planning to undo the effort put in till date and restart from scratch.