The founders of The Home Depot had a vision‚ back when they opened the first store in Atlanta‚ Georgia in 1976: "a vision of warehouse stores filled with a wide assortment of products at the lowest prices with trained associates giving absolutely the best customer service in the industry." (Reingold‚ Jennifer. 2008) Today‚ that vision is still the guiding force driving the company’s philosophy. The Company’s Mission Statement reflect the Company’s strong business focus and core corporate values‚
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE SOCIALISATION The process through which the employees are introduced about the customs and traditions of the organization is known as ‘socialization’. It is the process of adaptation by which new employees are to understand the basic values and norms for becoming ‘accepted’ members of the organization. However‚ the process continues throughout the career of all employees. The people who do not learn to adjust to the culture of the organization are called ‘rebels’ or ‘non
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Organizational Culture Huawei launched its “Huawei Basic Law” in 1998. This law makes every details into formal regulations on the basis of summing up its own development experience. It aims to make Huawei’s development plan and to determine Huawei ’s second pioneering concepts‚ strategies‚ principles and basic policies. Huawei ’s corporate culture embodies its "core values." Huawei ’s Basic Law" clearly stated its core values which are the pursuits of the following aspect: customers in the
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Communication Assignment Communicating at Home Depot The company has a plan to install hire new staff to install curtain rods. This requires expert guidance on kitchen modeling; hence the company to hire a new staff in order to provide a helping hand. In addition‚ the co-founders‚ Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus have to design a retail culture to tackle the Home Depot improvement and repair projects by hiring contractors. In addition‚ the company has realized
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HOME DEPOT‚ INC. IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Question 1: Estimation of intrinsic value of Home Depot’s stock as of Feb 1‚ 2001 To simplify the question‚ let’s Supppose ROE of Home Depot Inc would be constant during the following years as 20%: β=1.09 Re=Rf+β(ROE-Rf)=5.99%+1.09*6.5%=12.97% By doing this we assume: the Market risk premium during 2001 would be 6.4%. Acctually‚ according to the lecturer‚ the risk premium during year 1998-2008 should be within the range of 4% to 8%. Therefore the
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classmates‚ the mass media‚ and the President. Unfortunately‚ all that is discussed are the negative notes of how much money one lost in the stock market‚ how homes no longer have the equity it once had‚ and how some lost a home because of having the current status of consulting and being in between jobs. Because Home Depot is the leading supplier of home improvement building materials and related tools and supplies‚ the economy has greatly affected the company’s revenue and generating lower profits. However
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traded global firm‚ The Home Depot‚ Incorporated leads the world in retail building supplies and home improvement goods. According to the 2009 Form 10-K reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ the company maintains 2‚244 retail sites “Located throughout the United States including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam (“U.S.”)‚ Canada‚ China and Mexico” (The Home Depot: Annual Report‚ 2009). The Home Depot wisely forecasts and assesses
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External/Internal Factors-Home Depot Internal and External factors affect the four functions of management in several ways. A way that affect the external factor would be to encourage spending and making sure websites are readable and that buttons are operable and viewers have easy access without a large amount of difficult and straits. This can drive away business. The driving forces or environmental or forces‚ internal driving forces are inside the business and external forces are outside
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Home Depot vs. Lowe’s Retail Home Improvement Financial Analysis Background Introduction The home improvement sector of the economy is large with two major players in the industry and with many smaller local and regional competitors. These two major competitors are Home Depot and Lowe’s. These two companies account for over $110 billion in total sales each year. Even though sales have gone down over the past few years due to the downturn in the economy they have not gone down nearly
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The Home Depot: Leadership in Crisis Management Introduction Established in 1979‚ The Home Depot has proved to be a leading retail company founded upon providing excellent products at competitive prices sold from knowledgeable sales representatives. Through this concept‚ The Home Depot has dominated both professional and do-it-yourself sales across the world. In 1992‚ The Home Depot was faced with a new challenge. Hurricane Andrew struck with vengeance and devastated 75‚000 homes across
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