Political and legal forces are two of the three most important aspects for a business‚ with social forces being the third. Politics is a changing scene‚ and the rules and laws will change not regularly but often enough. Different elected parties have different feelings about certain business practices and use or alter the laws to change these. The same comes into play with trading in other countries. Organizations‚ especially the European Union‚ have a lot of rules for their member states with
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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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In 1979 Bernie Marcus and Arthur Black opened their first Home Depot store in Atlanta‚ GA. The mission of Home Depot was to create a superstore for home improvement that would offer customers a variety of products at a low price that other hardware stores would not be able to match. Managers were able to order and stock products that meet the needs of their local and regional customers. Jones (as cited by Pearson‚ 2013) states “when the authority to make important decisions about organizational
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This section analyzes the corporate and strategy framework in Home Depot’s internal environment. The company’s mission statement‚ values and ethics‚ corporate culture‚ social responsibility‚ corporate governance‚ organizational structure‚ and the motivation‚ rewards‚ and incentive programs available for the company’s executives are identified‚ analyzed‚ and discussed. Mission Statement When discovering the idea for a business‚ an important element of the current strategy plan is a mission statement
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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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Company Profile of The Home Depot ANALYSIS #1 1. COMPANY BACKGROUND Home Depot Inc. was founded in 1978 and is the world’s prevalent home improvement retailer and the second largest retailer in the United States. The sales for the fiscal year 2000 were $45.7 billion‚ compared to $38.4 billion in fiscal 1999. As of January 2001‚ the company was operating 1‚134 retail stores in forty-seven states‚ six Canadian provinces‚ Puerto Rico‚ Chile and Argentina. Home Depot stores sell a wide variety
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The forces affect an organization Introduction With an increasingly competitive and dynamic business world‚ anyone organizations want to be successful‚ managers must make and develop appropriate business strategies. Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long term‚ which achieves advantage in a changing environment through its configuration of resources and competences with the aim of fulfilling stakeholder expectations. ( Johnson‚ Scholes‚ Whittington‚ 2009:3). It does
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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 A. Executive Summary * Introduction * The Home Depot Story - First Stage (1979-2000) * The Home Depot Story – Second Stage (2000 – 2006) * Problem Identification * Case Questions Introduction * Home Depot was founded in 1978 in Atlanta‚ Georgia by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. * Both of them worked at Home Improvement Company in California and were fire by this company. * So instead of looking for a new job they decide to start up their own business
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Home Depot was founded in 1978 in Atlanta‚ Georgia. The company went public in 1981. Their stocks were first traded in OTC (Over-The Counter) and were subsequently listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1984. The Chain stores were warehouses that had huge amounts of building materials and home improvement products targeting customers that were individual home owners and small contractors. Their aim was to bring the warehouse retailing concept to the home center industry. This was considered to
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