HOME DEPOT ANALYSIS In this case analyses we have a good example of different kinds of leadership and how leaders can change their organization’s preferences. This report gives a detailed example about two CEOs for Home Depot; Bob Nardelli and Frank Black. The previous Leaders for Home Depot before these two CEOs did very well by challenging the market and exploring the customer needs and the way of grabbing the customer attention. They established special character to Home Depot and their employees
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Top Executive Compensation Packages In the job market‚ while employees select their employers‚ employers also select their employees. One of the most important elements that employers might take into consideration is salary. Executive salary could be classified into two groups: the short-term salary and the long-term salary. Short-term salary mainly includes wage‚ insurance‚ welfare and bonuses. Stock incentive is one of the modern long-term salary types and the incentive system is used to solve
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Executive Compensation ACCT 530 General rules Defined as: “the wage and benefit packages that comprise the pay received by top executives of business corporations.” Pertinent Codes and Regulations §162(a)(1) Allows a deduction for reasonably-based salaries and other performance-based compensations §162(m) Disallows deduction of greater than $1 million for publicly held corporations Reg. §1.162-7(b)(3) Reasonable compensation is “paid for like services by like enterprises
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9/15/12 Home Depot Learns Chinese Prefer ’Do‑It‑for‑Me’ ‑ WSJ.com Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal‚ noncommercial use only. To order presentationready copies for distribution to your colleagues‚ clients or customers‚ use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com See a sample reprint in PDF format. Order a reprint of this article now BUSINESS Updated September 14‚ 2012‚ 5:52 p.m. ET Home Depot Learns Chinese Prefer ’DoItforMe’
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Home Depot – 2010 Financial Report For fiscal year ended January 30‚ 2011 ("fiscal 2010")‚ Home Depot reported Net Earnings of $3.3 billion and Diluted Earnings per Share of $2.01 compared to Net Earnings of $2.7 billion and Diluted Earnings per Share of $1.57 for fiscal year ended January 31‚ 2010 ("fiscal 2009"). The results for fiscal 2010 included a $51 million pretax charge related to the extension of our guarantee of a senior secured loan of HD Supply‚ Inc. (the "HD Supply Guarantee Extension")
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Executive Compensation Executive Compensation When we think of compensation‚ the first thing that comes to mind for most people is in the form of their income such as wages earned‚ or cash. However‚ compensation can come in many forms. Employers provide compensation to inspire and motivate employees’ performance to accomplish the organizations goals and objectives. Executive compensation is a governance mechanism that seeks to align the interests of managers and owners through salaries‚ bonuses
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addressed the problems that were easy to point out and also the ones that weren’t apparent to other employees. Nardelli needed to rebuild an organization that could easily compete with other big names‚ and this was relatively easy because the people at Home Depot knew the importance of taking advantage of its growing size. Nardelli did this by implementing a three strategy plan that involved enhancing the core‚ extending the business‚ and expanding the market. Nardelli’s first step in the process was
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supply business and home service business 4. Cutting labor costs by doubling the number of part-time workers Weakness: 1. The large number of part-time workers can decrease the quality of products. Workers won’t work so hard. 2. Selling wholesale distribution channels makes it loss the wholesale customers. 3. The customer satisfaction decreased‚ because the store is not that modern 4. The huge debt ratio from 10% to 47% Opportunity: 1. Acquiring the Chinese home-improvement retailer
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Home Depot Questions for Case Discussion 1. Look at page 16 of the case (Selected Financial Data). Note that fiscal 1985 ends on February 2‚ 1986 (there is a typo on this page; the far left numbers column should be February 2‚ 1986 instead of February 2‚ 1985). Evaluate Home Depot ’s performance in the following areas: • Growth in Sales • Growth in Total Assets • Change in Net Income • Growth in Long-term Debt 2. Look at page 17 of the case (Management Discussion). Compare 1985 to 1983
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1. On the basis of Home Depot’s response to environmentalist issues‚ describe the attributes (power‚ legitimacy‚ urgency) of this stakeholder. Using the Reactive Defensive-Accommodative-Proactive Scale in Chapter 2‚ assess the company’s strategy and performance with environmental and employee stakeholders. In 1990 Home Depot began to work off a basis of environmental principles. People in the community pushed for the company to become more eco-friendly. These principles help to guide a number of
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