2 C H A P T E R Operations Strategy in a Global Environment DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Human Resources 1. Global seems the better label for Boeing since authority and responsibility reside in the U.S.—the home country. Supply Chain 2. Six reasons to internationalize: Reduce costs‚ improve supply chain‚ provide better goods and services‚ attract new markets‚ learn to improve operations‚ attract and retain global talent. Scheduling 3. No. Sweetness at Coca-Cola is adjusted for
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Chapter 3 The External Assessment Chapter Outline The Nature of the External Audit Strategic Management: Concepts & Cases 10th Edition Fred David The Industrial Organization (I/O) View PowerPoint Slides by Anthony F. Chelte Western New England College Copyright 2005 Prentice Hall Social‚ Cultural‚ Demographic & Environmental Forces Ch 3 -1 Chapter Outline (cont’d) Copyright 2005 Prentice Hall Ch 3 -2 Chapter Outline (cont’d) Political‚ Governmental‚ and Legal Forces Porter’s Five-Forces
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The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis The external environment affects a firm’s strategic actions. For the example‚ when Philip Morris International (PMI) joint venture with Swedish Match AB‚ PMI distribute smokeless tobacco in multiple global market. A firm’s external environment creates the opportunities (opportunities PMI to enter the smokeless tobacco market) and threats (the regulation in its market reduces the consumption of PMI’s tobacco
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The Influence of Customer Relationship Management in Business What makes a business prosper? What keeps your costumers coming back to your business rather than going to others? How can you continue to blossom as a business owner? There are many questions to be answered in the world of business. However‚ there is not just one correct answer. The motives of people and their needs can be different with everyone. But there is something that every successful business must
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monitoring of a business’ financial resources to enable the business to achieve its financial goals * Strategic plans encompass a long term view of where the business is going‚ how it will get there‚ and a monitoring process to keep track of progress along the way. * Tactical objectives are what a business aims to achieve in 1-2 years and operational objectives are set day-to-day. * To achieve long term financial objectives‚ it is crucial to set many tactical and operation objectives and
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The External Environment affects the internal operations of all businesses. What’s happening in the world of politics‚ economics‚ socially and technologically impacts how a business has to act in order to survive. External elements that affect the inner working of a business are known as PEST factors. ‘PEST’ is an acronym for Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological. Politics may affect the ability of a business to achieve its aims and objectives and changes in laws may mean a company has
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the goals. According to Johnson‚ Scholes & Whittington (2008‚ p.3) "Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long-term”. It exists at different stages or levels in any organization; the corporate‚ business and the operational (Riley‚ 2012). Business strategy of Wm. Morrison One of the key factors that define Morrison’s business strategy is its regional business focus approach and its success is quite not unrelated to this. The company was predominantly a UK northern company
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COURSE SYLLABUS Course Number / Title: MGT 210 – Business Organization and Management Schedule: T/TH 4:10PM – 5:30PM Classroom: C306 Professor: Jaime S.C. Lizada A. Course Description The objective of the course is to provide a basic understanding of Management principles. The course will cover multiple areas of management from its history and conception to modern concepts such as ethics‚ motivation‚ etc. The course will be heavy on case analyses and group works to immerse
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Describe the factors that influence the effectiveness of interpersonal communication Interpersonal communication This process of sharing ideas and feelings between individuals. This can be improved through appropriate knowledge practices‚ feedback and reflection. Cultural influence Culture is referred to as customs‚ language‚ arts of a particular region. It includes learned values‚ beliefs and behaviors common to a group of individuals. Culture can be strong barrier to interpersonal communication
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America’s earliest English settlers came to the “New World” for a variety of reasons. Those reasons‚ along with other factors‚ affect how things were there and what its norms were. Those factors can be religion‚ ethnicity‚ beliefs‚ gender‚ the date‚ people‚ etc. But specifically religious and economic factors can determine how it all really works in a place. People stick to its own kind. Although we are all human‚ there are other aspects that bring people together. Religion‚ beliefs‚ ethnicity‚ interests
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