...------------------------------------------------- Business Strategy Final Projec 1) Misbah Bashir (0045) 2) Saira Ashraf (2051) July 2, 2014 M. Com July 2, 2014 M. Com “This is not a task. This is a journey. Every journey has a destination. To get to that destination, you need a vision. Ours is an ambitious one.” Richard M. Kovacevich CEO and chairman of Wells Fargo’s ------------------------------------------------- 2) Company Profile of Related Case Study * History: Origins Soon after gold was discovered in early 1848 at Sutter's Mill near Coloma, California, financiers and entrepreneurs from all over North America and the world flocked to California, drawn by the promise of huge profits. Vermont native Henry Wells and New Yorker William G. Fargo watched the California boom economy with keen interest. Before either Wells or Fargo could pursue opportunities offered in the West, however, they had business to attend to in the East. Wells, founder of Wells and Company, and Fargo, a partner in Livingston, Fargo and Company, were major figures in the young and fiercely competitive express industry. In 1849 a new rival, John Butterfield, founder of Butterfield, Wasson & Company, entered the express business. Butterfield, Wells, and Fargo soon realized that their competition was destructive and wasteful, and in 1850 they decided to join forces to form the American Express Company. Soon after the new company was formed, Wells, the first president of American...
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...(MAHRM) STRATEGIC HR PLAN AT WELLS FARGO Jimmy Rios HRF7411-Human Resource Planning & Administration PROFESSOR: JIMMIE FLORES August 22, 2014 ONLINE SUMMER II, 2014 Summary The effective organization that I chose is Wells Fargo Bank because of my familiarity in having worked there for the last four years in different capacities. I will focus this paper on the functional HR Strategy towards staffing and retention at the consumer lending group and specifically on the division that I work in the automotive finance group and the Tempe, Arizona national call center. I will give a brief description of the history of Wells Fargo and its core products and services, detail the vision, mission and value statements and how they relate to the strategy that HR uses regarding its staffing and retention. I will delineate the system and metrics system used for their recruiting strategies and how the call center comes to a specific number to decide on how many people to hire. Company Background The Brand Finance Banking 500 in the February 2014 edition of Banker Magazine recognized Wells Fargo as the world’s most profitable bank. (Wells Fargo Tops, 2014) But they weren’t always on top. And to understand the high profit trajectory of a Bank like Wells Fargo, you have to understand their history and background. Wells Fargo has been in business since 1852 when it was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo. (Wells Fargo Timeline, 2011) During the Gold...
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...Wells Fargo Bank & Co. Henry Wells and William Fargo founded Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) in 1852. Wells Fargo (WFC) is a diversified financial services company and one of the United States' top-40 largest private employers. Headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo is decentralized so that every local Wells Fargo store is the headquarters for their customers. The vision of Wells Fargo is to satisfy all their customers' financial needs, while helping them succeed financially, Wells Fargo desires to become known as one of America's great companies and the number one financial services provider in each of their markets. Today Wells Fargo is the only Moody's "Aaa" rated bank in the United States as well as one of the industry leaders in financial services competing in virtually every segment of the financial industry. Wells Fargo & Company (the Parent) is a financial holding company and a bank holding company. Wells Fargo is a distributor of financial service products via the Internet and other distribution channels across North America and elsewhere internationally. With 11 Executive Officers and 14 Board of Directors, Richard Kovacevich Chairman, President and CEO continues to lead the company into the 21 century by connecting to the past while focusing on the future. The company is a $420 billion dollar financial services company providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance to the United States and abroad. WFC strives to provide its customer...
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...Running head Wells Fargo 1 Wells Fargo Deanna Hammond Professor McMullen Business 499 December 11, 2015 Running head Wells Fargo 2 Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall success. Wells Fargo’s vision “Our progress has not been perfect. The expectations of others, and the even higher expectations we have of ourselves, have not always been met. When we make mistakes, we admit them, we learn from them, and we keep moving forward with even more understanding and a deeper commitment to doing what’s right.” Wells Fargo wants to make sure the financial needs of its customers are met and to help them in anyway financially. Wells Fargo feels that if the customer does there homework and shops around and compares all the financial institutions it will be happy with the choice it makes to come or to stay with Wells Fargo. In the 1990’s Wells Fargo came out with a Vision and Values book but under Norwest Corporation at that time they were a small regional bank now Wells Fargo is a well known bank with a large global presence. Going back and keeping the traditions of each company they brought into make Wells Fargo what they are today is how the vision and values have all come about. Those beliefs are just as...
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...Henry Wells and William Fargo founded the financial service in 1852 that became a legendary part of the American West. (wellsfargohistory.com) In the past two decades Wells Fargo has had lots of changes; the company advanced in newer technology and communication, as well the company has seen the U.S population grow more diverse. Wells Fargo progress has not been perfect, but the expectation of others has kept the company moving forward with a deeper understanding and commitment to their customers. Wells Fargo has become one of the most nation’s largest financial institutions, serving one in three U.S households and employing approximately one in 600 working Americans. (Wells Fargo & Company Employee Handbook, 2015) Wells Fargo vision is relevant today has it been written more than 20 years ago. Their vision is that they want to satisfy their customer’s financial needs and help them succeed financially. (wellsfargo.com) Wells Fargo wants to...
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...Wells Fargo Corporation Industry Analysis Wells Fargo is a $1.3 trillion diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, trust and investments, mortgage banking, investment banking, brokerage and consumer finance through retail banking stores, the internet, worldwide. Wells Fargo has a strong foundation of corporate culture that is embedded in the vision. . It focuses on every aspect of the corporation’s stakeholders: team members, customers, communities, and shareholders. It focuses on how employees are able to adhere to the highest standard of efficient and ethical business practices. Wells Fargo strives to be number-one financial services provider in each of their markets. What Wells Fargo lacks is the future vision of the company’s operations. The revised mission statement of Wells Fargo Corporation is as followed: We are a bank that focuses on providing services that satisfy customer’s financial knowledge by providing our hard-working people. We will be the change of how financial institutions can play efficient roles in the community and individual’s businesses. Strategic Issues that Wells Fargo face is to whether it will focus on becoming a national/global bank or a local coast-to-coast bank that will deal with the local communities. These two business types can be harmful to the strategic implementation because of the questions of how it can market two banking segments and how it can compete with different types of banks: local and national/global...
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...Wells Fargo History in Portland Financial Heartland Before banking, Wells Fargo was simply the merging of two rival transportation companies in the 1850’s. In order to serve the West’s demand for faster communication, Henry Wells and William Fargo built a Wells, Fargo & Co. location in 1882 in Portland, Oregon. Portland’s location at the joining of the Willamette and Columbia established it as the shipping center for the Pacific Northwest and an attraction for Wells Fargo’s express business. The California Gold Rush influenced the company to offer banking in buying gold and selling paper bank drafts, which were just as good as gold, with rapid delivery across the United State. This was included with the diverse services the company had already had, such as general forwarding and commissions and freight series, After discovery of gold in the Boise Basin, precious metals came down the Columbia River to Wells Fargo’s banking and examine office in Portland. This caused more offices to open in new cities all over the United States. In 1863 alone, Wells Fargo’s office in Portland handled over 200,000 ounces of gold. A year later, offices were added in Salem and Eugene, along with more express offices in Portland. Wells Fargo’s reputation of trust built in the 1850’s during the boom and bust of the economy. The bank went to great lengths, coming through for customers and providing responsible and swift services. In 1868 the Columbia River froze in the...
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...D Diversity Analysis of Wells Fargo MGMT 360-51 Team - Multiplicity Shannon Willy Darren Cattnach Jeannine Petersen Edward Davis Cindy Sellner Metropolitan State University Summer 2010 Executive Background Introduction Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 10,000 stores and 12,000 ATMs and the Internet across North America and internationally. They are headquartered in San Francisco; however, they’re decentralized so every local Wells Fargo store is a headquarters for satisfying all their customers’ financial needs. This has led to a large customer base, which Wells estimates that one in three households in America does business with them. Wells Fargo has $1.2 trillion in assets and more than 278,000 team members across their 80+ businesses. They ranked fourth in assets, and third in market value of their stock among their U.S. peers as of March 31, 2010 ("Wellsfargo.com," 2010). Wells Fargo’s company vision is stated as, “We want to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs, help them succeed financially, be the premier provider of financial services in every one of our markets, and be known as one of America’s great companies.” This statement has led them to have an outstanding reputation in the community. They have been recognized in the following publications: FORTUNE 19th in Revenue among All Companies...
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...Waste at Wells Fargo Waste at Wells Fargo Introduction: Headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo, a diversified financial services company, is one of the few American companies that are still operating under its founding name as well as in its original business for longer than 150 years. It has always strived to help its customer achieve financial success by provides banking, insurance, and mortgage finance, just to name a few. In addition, it has always contributed to communities across the North America and internationally. We intend to demonstrate how Wells Fargo is promoting waste with its current policies and have mapped out a plan to get them back on track and more profitable. History: The company's history goes back to 1852, when Henry Wells and William Fargo created Wells, Fargo & Company in New York City during the West’s gold rush. They provided banking and express services to Golf Rush pioneers. Banking services included buying gold, and selling paper bank drafts. Express services, on the other hand, consisted of the rapid delivery of gold, mail and valuables from1852 to 1918. Wells Fargo used back then stagecoaches, steamships, the Pony Express, and railroads to deliver customers’ business. In 1860s, the firm earned a reputation for trustworthiness by dealing rapidly and responsibly with customers’ money. It earned everlasting fame with the overland stagecoach line by meeting the demand for rapid delivery, from the coast to the mountains; Stagecoaches...
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...MANAGEMENT Charles LUMBERS Case study: Wells Fargo 1 Established in 1852, Wells Fargo is the oldest operating bank in the US. The bank is currently the fourth largest bank in the United States. The success of Wells Fargo lies within its remarkable strategy and competent management, which have allowed the bank to grow and diversify in ways that their competitors could only dream. The bank went through several changes, with over 1500 mergers and acquisitions. The most important merger was with Northwest Corporation, a merger, which is at the foundation of Wells Fargo as it operates today. It is clear that the underlying reason of the merger was management’s ability to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their respective banks, while foreseeing the complementary benefit their respective skill-sets could provide. Indeed, the merger brought together two halves and through the effects of synergy, it surpassed the potential of the separate halves. The story of Wells Fargo is full of similar cases in which the ability of strategic thinking and competent management laid the groundwork for what is now one of the most respectable banks in the US. This paper will analyse key strategic factors and competencies, which have resulted in the success of the bank. It will examine the bank through an analysis of their business environment, strategic capabilities and sources of sustainable corporate advantage. The analysis will be conducted using well-known management models ranging from...
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...Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Currently, Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the United States by assets and the second largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home mortgage servicing, and debit card. Overall, Wells Fargo is the 23rd largest company. Wells Fargo has been a company for over a century. It was first established by Henry Wells and William Fargo in 1852. The company was initially providing services to California. Since then, they have grown to be what they are today. Wells Fargo has had a lot of acquisitions. Most were very minor, but some were big mergers. These big mergers include the acquisitions of California-based Wells Fargo & Company by Minneapolis-based Norwest Corporation in 1998 and the 2008 acquisition of Charlotte, NC-based Wachovia. Since the aquisition, the company transferried its headquarters to San Francisco. Since then, Wells Fargo has grown to be known as one of the biggest, and one of the friendlist banks in the United States. In 2010, Wells Fargo had 6,335 retail branches (called stores by Wells Fargo), 12,000 HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_teller_machines" automated teller machines, 280,000 employees and over 70 million customers. Wells Fargo operates stores and ATMs under the Wells Fargo and HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wachovia" Wachovia names. Wells Fargo is...
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...Cash Management Services HCA/270 8/7/2011 Cash Management Services There are many different options available when choosing a bank that does offer cash management solutions to fit into one’s individual needs. The cash management tools that are offered by a number of different banks can be a beneficial aspect to any businesses or someone’s personal gain. In today’s report, I will be reviewing three banks and examine in accordance to the bank’s. The three banks that I have chosen to review would be US Bank, Home Federal, and Wells Fargo. These banks are going to be compared by identifying the disadvantages and the advantages that are associated with each of the banks, the cash management options available by each of the banks, and how the options can best reduce the opportunity costs for the healthcare organization. US Bank. When reviewing the websites offered for US Bank, I discovered that this bank offers a number of different services to help the people in need of cash management options. This banks website contains accessible material to help one do research and acquire rates that are pertaining to auto and home loans, CD’s, personal lines of credit, internet pay, online banking, retirement planning, and investing (U.S. Bancorp, 2011). The website that is available offered a number of different seeking to open a savings or checking account within this bank including discounts and rewards on certain checking account package and a percentage of the...
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...Wells Fargo Group Marketing 304 Professor Kiesler 2:00 P.M. – 3:15 P.M. T/Th 9 May 2007 [pic][pic] Wells Fargo: Marketing Plan Kevin De Place Bill Ho Ryan Neal Diana Suranyi Kevin Yetter Executive Summary Our team constructed a marketing plan of the company Wells Fargo. The first half of the report covers the company background by finding information about it, its competition, and the environment to see how the company stands. The second half of the report deals with a new product, tax preparation, and how it will be implemented into Wells Fargo. When analyzing the company, we found that it is viewed as the largest bank in the United States by physical size. The company have “2000” child companies and their advertising style is very recognizable with the stagecoach theme. The biggest competition to Wells Fargo is Bank of America. There are many trends that are looked at that could affect the banking industry. Some trends include the environment, government policies, technology, and much more. These trends show how the industry should view what is going on in the market that could affect how consumer’s perceptions are changing in the market. After the trends were analyzed, our team analyzed the customers and put them into segments. These segments are relevant because of the different ways that consumers look at the bank industry. The segments were then used to make the target market...
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...STRATEGIC CHOICE AND EVALUATION PAPER Strategic Choice and Evaluation Paper Strategic, Planning, and Implementation/STR-581 Instructor: Sidney Morse April 09, 2012 According to www.wellsfargo.com, “Wells Fargo and Company is a diversified financial services company that provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgages, consumer, and commercial financial services through more than 9,000 stores and 12, 211 ATMs and the Internet across the United States and Internationally. Wells Fargo is ranked fourth in assets and first in market value among their U.S competitors. The company’s vision is to satisfy all their customer’s financial needs and help them succeed financially (www.wellsfargo.com, 2012).” Strategic choices concern the “decisions about an organization’s future and the way in which it needs to respond to pressures and influences” (Farid, and Flynn, 2000). Strategic choice is a part of the strategic planning process that involves identifying and evaluating alternatives that leads to future opportunities. A good strategic choice has to be challenging enough to keep ahead of competitors but also achievable for the company (Farid, and Flynn, 2000). In this paper I will identify and evaluate my target firm Wells Fargo best strategic choices and alternatives the firm must consider to realize growth and opportunity. Value discipline Value discipline is an alternative approach to generic strategy. This alternative focus on delivering superior customer value...
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...Introduction Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 10,000 stores and 12,000 ATMs and the Internet across North America and internationally. They are headquartered in San Francisco; however, they’re decentralized so every local Wells Fargo store is a headquarters for satisfying all their customers’ financial needs. This has led to a large customer base, which Wells estimates that one in three households in America does business with them. Wells Fargo has $1.2 trillion in assets and more than 278,000 team members across their 80+ businesses. They ranked fourth in assets, and third in market value of their stock among their U.S. peers as of March 31, 2010 ("Wellsfargo.com," 2010). Wells Fargo’s company vision is stated as, “We want to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs, help them succeed financially, be the premier provider of financial services in every one of our markets, and be known as one of America’s great companies.” This statement has led them to have an outstanding reputation in the community. They have been recognized in the following publications: FORTUNE 19th in Revenue among All Companies in All Industries (2010), World’s 39th Most Admired Company (2010), Forbes One of America’s Best Big Companies (2008), Top 100 Best Companies in the World (2010), Barron’s World’s 50 Most Respected Companies (2010), BusinessWeek Best Places...
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