The Lego Group: Building Strategy‚ Case 10 Overview LEGO‚ the brand of toy that has been played with by multiple generations of people was founded during the Great Depression in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen‚ a Danish carpenter. Kristiansen started making toys out of wood and had 12 employees under him. The word LEGO combines two Danish words leg and godt‚ which mean “play well” and in Latin‚ fittingly means “to put together”. It’s ironic that LEGO was given that name because it was only later
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Google+ Share on Twitter Smiling child with red brickThe LEGO Group has focused on quality in all its activities since its foundation in 1932. For the LEGO Group‚ quality encompasses both product quality and ethical values‚ and this attitude is deeply anchored in our fundamental beliefs – and our vision and mission. The LEGO Group strives to exceed our customers’ expectations of our products and service‚ and general experience with the LEGO brand. Our quality procedures are set forth in our global
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Contents 1. Introduction - 3 - 1.1 Problem statement - 3 - 1.2 Delimitation - 3 - 1.3 Report structure - 4 - 1.4Methodology section - 4 - 2. Organizational structure and design of LEGO - 4 - 2.1 Organizational design of Lego - 5 - 3. Influence of organizational type to internal relationship in company - 7 - 3.1 Relationship with customers - 8 - 4. SWOT - 8 - 4.1 Making weaknesses into strengths - 10 - 5. Suggestions of motivation improvements - 10 - 6. Conclusion - 11 - 7
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Log for mm215……………………………………………………………….…..17 Executive Summary LEGO Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen‚ and has a long history which started with making wooden toys‚ plastic toys and then getting to the famous brick. Because of the foreign competition‚ many companies‚ including LEGO‚ had to reevaluate their strategies to regain competitive advantage. As a consequence‚ the current corporate vision in Lego energizes all employees. Furthermore‚ the bond between them and top
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the Flextronics offshore outsourcing project‚ LEGO had a very tight control of all the elements of the value chain. Their production plants were expansive and specialized which‚ in theory‚ would create a higher degree of standardization. Their Swiss factories only produced DUPLO toys and Technic products‚ their Danish factory solely produced LEGO System products‚ and the U.S. facility focused on American demands‚ while only 5 to 10 percent of the LEGO Group’s total production was outsourced to Chinese
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Analysis: * The construction toy market is worth $600 million * Lego is a $1.6 billion business in the construction toy market spread across 130 countries * Lego enjoys 80% of market share in the North American market * Lego is as an esteem brand and is looked upon not only as a toy company but also a company with toys that develop learning and new skills * Due to competitors like Mega Bloks Inc.‚ Hasbro etc. Lego started losing market share * Some of the major reasons for the
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Owais Siddiqui Professor D.Riechers English 111- Tuesday January 22‚ 2013 Lego Ad This paper discusses the Lego picture advertisement which reads “Kids shouldn’t watch too much TV” (see attached picture). The photograph shows a young male sitting on the sofa pointing a gun towards his temple. The surrounding picture shows a coffee table which has a bottle of an alcoholic beverage which is half-empty. There is also a fallen glass on the coffee table. The picture shows that the young person
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Case Analysis: Jensen Shoe Introduction Jensen Shoe explains a situation between an employee (Lyndon Brooks) and his immediate supervisor (Jane Kravitz). Here‚ both parties came into a situation with different motivations and perceptions. Brooks felt that he was being demoted by being taken off the line management and this interfered with his plans of advancing within the company. While‚ Kravitz also wanted to be a successful manager and have her team complete their task at hand. The
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Executive summary Established in 1933‚ Bee Cheng Hiang (BCH) has since grown from a mobile stall selling barbecued pork to becoming today’s market leader with 28 retail outlets in Singapore. Barbecued pork is known to many as bakkwa‚ a festive nibble during the Lunar New Year celebrations. The following report has been divided into stage 1 and 2‚ each providing a more detailed understanding on the integrated marketing communication (IMC) program to market and position the brand by “building
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