...Porter Novelli Porter Novelli is a leading global marketing communications firm. In 2004 the organization undertook a strategic and visioning process that would help guide them through upcoming years. Senior management identified the need to upgrade and align HR management processes to successfully implement the new business strategy. Porter Novelli adopted the Drotter Leadership Pipeline approach to help achieve its new vision of a more client centric structure. Strategic HR Practices 1. Discuss the importance of aligning human resource processes with business strategy. HR management should be designed to meet the goals of an organization. This can prove to be very important. By defining how goals can be met through human resources, focus can be kept on the most important entity: the business, company or organization. Employee satisfaction and benefits take a backseat as they are mere means to help the organization achieve its HR goals. Identification and setting of goals helps an organization tell its HR department what it requires. After identifying goals a well aligned HR Department will rank goals according to employee satisfaction and this will help the organization utilize human capital more efficiently. Layoffs, voluntary retirements and inefficient hiring programs will cost the company financially. For this reason it is very important that companies take adequate steps to address the human capital challenge. Too many Detroit car companies sunk because of...
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...IN AN article entitled “Strategy and the Internet” published in the March 2001 edition of the Harvard Business Review, Michael Porter outlined six principles that he believes companies need to follow if they want to establish and maintain a distinctive strategic position in the market place. Since the internet is a business platform with low barriers to entry, these six strategic principles are particularly relevant to any company that wants to be profitable online: 1. Stand for something In order for a company to develop unique skills, build the right assets, and establish a strong reputation it is important to define what the company stands for so that the company will have continuity of direction. 2. Focus on profitability This point seems obvious, however many internet based companies have instead focused on “unique visitors” and “page views” as measures of performance. At the end of the day, sustainable profits will only be possible where goods or services can be provided at a price which exceeds the cost of production. 3. Offer consumers a unique set of benefits Good strategy involves being able to provide a distinct set of benefits to a particular group of consumers. Trying to please every consumer will not give a company a sustainable competitive advantage. 4. Perform core activities differently If a company is able to establish a distinctive value chain by performing key activities differently from its competitors, then this will help...
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...Kudler Fine Foods Sonia Shelby MMPBL 502 January 15, 2012 Dr. Patricia Anderson Abstract In the wake of growth, expansion, and overcoming temporary closing some departments for renovations, Kudler Fine Foods (Kudler) made the right business decisions to renovate its store sequentially; thereby eliminating the need to downsize its workforce. Management temporarily relocated affected employees to one of the other stores not under renovation offered the best solution for its customers, employees, and the community. This paper will discuss how changes in technology have created business opportunities for Kudler; the generic strategy Kudler is pursuing and how Kudler management should constantly scan the fine foods industry for ideas that will allow it to update its strategy. Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………….…..4 Technology and Business Opportunities……………………………………...4 Generic Business Strategy…………………………………………………….6 Multiple Business Strategies…………………………………………………..7 Conclusion………………………………………………………………….....8 References………………………………………………………………….....9 Kudler Fine Foods Kudler Fine Foods (Kudler) is the vision of Kathy Kudler, founder and owner. She was certain that combining the convenience of one-stop shopping with reasonable prices would be a recipe for success because gourmet food shops are rare in the San Diego metropolitan area. Kudler represents the finest ingredients for gourmet cooking. Kudler opens its first store on June 18, 1998...
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...Transien Achieving a sustainable competitive edge is nearly impossible these days. A playbookfor strategy in a highvelocity world by Rita Günther McGrath 62 Harvard Business R ARTWORK Tara Donovan, Untitted (Styrofoam Cups), aoo8, Styrofoam cups •and glue, installation dimensions variable SPOTLIGHT ON STRATEGY FOR TURBULENT TIMES Each month we illustrate our Spotlight package with works from an accomplished artist. We hope that the lively, cerebral creations of these photographers, painters, and installation artists will infuse the pages with additional energy and intelligence and amplify what are often complex and abstract concepts. This month we showcase Tara Donovan, a Brooklynbased artist known for her large sculptures and installations. Donovan, whose work is composed of everyday objects like pencils and toothpicks, has explained, "It's all about perceiving this material from a distance and close up and how the light interacts with it." View more of the artist's work at pacegaUery.com. S R T G IS STUCK. For too long the business world an inflection point. Thefieldof strategy needs to acT AE Y has been obsessed with the notion of building a sus- knowledge what a multitude of practitioners already tainable competitive advantage. That idea is at the know: Sustainable competitive advantage is now the core of most strategy textbooks; it forms the basis exception, not the rule. Transient advantage is the of Warren Buffett's investment strategy; it's central new...
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...Rogers’ Chocolates Formulation and Implementation in Single Business Firms 1. Strategic issue or problem statement With the mission of committing towards the production and marketing of fine products that reflect/maintain excellence and quality, Roger’s chocolate company has an opportunity to attain this in the premium chocolate market which has been growing annually at a rate of 20%. The success determinant of the premium market is quality and brand market, prerequisites (excellence, quality and brand) which Roger’s has the ability to meet this criterion. 2. Explanation of the Strategic issue or problem statement Identification of opportunities has been considered by various scholars, Shane & Venkatraman (2000), Gaglio & Katz (2001) and Ardichvili, Cardozo & Ray (2003) as a fundamental component in business formulation and implementation strategy. In addition, opportunity is identified in form of unsolved problems, creation of opportunities via ingenuity and creativity, inefficient processes or unmet needs. In Rodgers’ Chocolates case, opportunity exists in form of unmet needs. As indicated, even though premium chocolates are more like the imported roses in the sense that they are not considered as life’s necessities, more people still want them. Such is the case of Canada,( the major Rogers market share) where more people appreciate chocolates hence increasing the premium chocolate market share by 20% each year with a market size amounting to millions (US$ 167) in year 2006...
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...Essay: Value chain analysis Value chain analysis (VCA) refers to the process whereby a firm determines the costs associated with organizational activities from purchasing raw material to manufacturing products to marketing those products. Further, according to Porter he stated that “a firm’s value chain and the way it performs individual activities are a reflection of its history, its strategy, its approach to implementing its strategy, and the underlying economics of the activities themselves.” There are two major types’ activities of a company’s value chain describe by Porter: primary activities and support activities. Primary activities are the transforming of inputs into outputs further to delivery and after-sales support. On the other hand, support activities support primary activities and other supporting activities that are undertaken to aid individuals and groups of these activities. The importance of using the VCA in strategic decision-making is to analyze, coordinate and optimize linkages between activities in the value chain, by focusing on the interdependence between these activities. VCA is a mechanism which facilitates the optimization and coordination of interdependent activities in the value chain, which may cross organizational boundaries and accounting information is an important constituent of value chain analysis. The main idea of the analysis is to break up the chain of activities which avoid basic raw materials to end-use customers into strategically...
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...IT STRATEGIC PLANNING “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” Yogi Berra BACKGROUND Henry Mintzberg, former president of the Strategic Management Society, points out that “strategy can not be planned because planning is about analysis and strategy is about synthesis.” 1 Failure to recognize this basic distinction accounts for the frequent failure of such exercises, as does an excessive focus on technical detail, lack of suitable leadership, and perhaps most important, failure to align technology to institutional mission and priorities. Strategic planning involves a structure or framework, a set of procedures (both formal and informal), and of course content. Beyond these basic elements, the underlying assumptions about strategic planning are that the future can be anticipated, forecasted, managed or even controlled, and that the best way to do so is to have a formal and integrated plan about it in place. The process of planning itself may turn out to be more important than the results, and that process requires, as Mintzberg suggests, both analysis and synthesis. Planning simply introduces a formal “discipline” for conducting long-term thinking about an institution, and for recognizing opportunities in and for minimizing risks from the external and internal environments. Among the hundreds available, perhaps the most well-know model of strategic planning has the SWOT (for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities...
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...Introduction 1.1 Briefly describe of company Amway is a one of the America multinational direct-selling company selling most variety of product such as heath, beauty and home care needs. 2.1 The General Environment 2.1.1Pestles Environmental factor are 2.1.2 Application to the company 2.2 The competitive environment 2.2.1 Poter 5 forces 2.2.2Applicable to the company 2.3 Internal Analysis 2.3.1 Value Chain Activities The Real Estate Value chain (REIT), which can be extract more activities that list in these 5 step which is Holding/Ownership, Finance, Construction, Transaction(Buy/Sell) and Use. Residential- Housing, society, apartment etc commercial- offices, complex, hotel, hospital industrial- Factory plant 2.3.1 Resources based view 2.3.3Assessing Organization Performance 2.4 Resources based view 2.4.1 Core competences 2.4.2 Distinctive Capabilities 2.4.3 Resources, Capablelities and strategy formulation 2.4.4 Sustainable Competitive Advantages 2.4.5 Application to the company 2.5 Assessing performance organization 2.5.1 Contesting Profit maximization 2.5.2Application to the company 3.0 Strategy formulation 3.1 Business Level Strategy 3.1.1 Genetic competitive strategy 3.1.2Resources Based Approach 3.2 Corporate level strategy 3.2.1 Ansoff strategy 3.2.2 Application to the company 4.0 Strategy implementation 4.1.1 Ghoshal (1987) 4.1.2 International Strategy 4.1.3 Entry Mode Strategy 4.1.4 The diamond of national Advantages 4...
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...Manlilisid Javier, Leyte (hereinafter known as "Buyer"). Buyer and Seller shall collectively be known herein as "the Parties". BACKGROUND WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell the vehicle described below, known herein as the "Acquired Vehicle", under the terms and conditions set forth below; WHEREAS, Buyer desires to purchase the Acquired Vehicle offered for sale by Seller under the terms and conditions set forth below; and, therefore, TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual promises and other valuable consideration exchanged by the Parties as set forth herein, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows: A. Description of Acquired Vehicle. 1. Make: HYUNDAI PORTER 2. Model: 1997 3. Serial No.: LMC94-00228-C 4. Motor No.: D4BXL248555 5. Plate No.: UND512 6. File: 1304-00000118567 B. Consideration. 1. Purchase Price. The total purchase price to be paid by Buyer to Seller for the Acquired Vehicle is ONE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (P140,000.00) (hereinafter "Purchase Price") consisting of the following components: i. Down-payment: P40,000.00 (Due to Seller on or before execution of this agreement.) ii. Remaining balance worth P80,000 payable within one year on installment basis. IN WITNESS WHEREOF and acknowledging acceptance and agreement of the foregoing, Seller and Buyer affix their signatures hereto...
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...Porter’s Diamond Theory The diamond model is an economical model developed by Michael Porter in his book The Competitive Advantage of Nations, where he published his theory of why particular industries become competitive in particular locations. Porter believes that the following factors can decide a country’s competitiveness:- * Factor conditions are human resources, physical resources, knowledge resources, capital resources and infrastructure. Specialized resources are often specific for an industry and important for its competitiveness. Specific resources can be created to compensate for factor disadvantages. * Demand conditions in the home market can help companies create a competitive advantage, when sophisticated home market buyers pressure firms to innovate faster and to create more advanced products than those of competitors. * Related and supporting industries can produce inputs that are important for innovation and internationalization. These industries provide cost-effective inputs, but they also participate in the upgrading process, thus stimulating other companies in the chain to innovate. * Firm strategy, structure and rivalry constitute the fourth determinant of competitiveness. The way in which companies are created, set goals and are managed is important for success. But the presence of intense rivalry in the home base is also important; it creates pressure to innovate in order to upgrade competitiveness. Apart from the above mentioned four...
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...evaluate the article “Crafting Strategy “ written by Henry Mintzberg. The essay will evaluate the difference between deliberate and emergent strategies and will compare the article against wider debate about processes of strategy. Strengths and weaknesses of the article will be critically reviewed by comparing with previous academic journals and conclusions will be made upon findings. Wider Debate Of Strategy Mintzberg (1984, pp. 69) argues that “strategies can form as well as be formulated” he believes they can emerge due to an ever changing environment” In contrast Porter (1987) takes a more deliberate strategy approach he believes there are 3 types of strategies, low cost, differentiated or focus. “Strategy is the creation of a unique and valuable position involving a different set of activities”. Porter (1996) Porter believes strategy works best with a top down approach. Mintzberg (1987) argues that Porters model may only be suited to more stable markets that have been established over time. Ansoff (1987) strongly argued against Mintzbergs theory on emergent strategy, Ansoff believed strategic plans should be formulated beforehand by anticipating what...
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...Introduction----- The diamond model is an economics model developed by Michael Porter in his book The Competitive Advantage of Nations. In the mid-1980s, Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School developed the model to assess the competitiveness of regions, states and nations. It’s a model that attempts to explain the competitive advantage some nations or groups have due to certain factors available to them. Porter used a diamond shaped diagram to illustrate the determinants of national advantage. That’s why it is called the Porter’s diamond model. The body -------- Now we will use some examples to illustrate the determinants of national advantages. For example:- • Germany is associated with good car making • Japan is strong with respect to micro-electronics and cameras. • France is strong with respect to wine. • The UK (at least until recently!) was associated with a strong financial services industry The chart --- Factor conditions: Some countries enjoy natural advantages. For example, France starts with an advantage in the wine industry because of its climate and soil. Finland, however, is never likely to be good at producing wine. Germany has an abundance of iron ore, ready to be used in the car and other industries. Climate and natural resources are known as basic factors. In addition, countries can develop advanced factors such as their transport infrastructure, telecommunications, and educational system. Demand conditions: The first step...
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...Porter Airlines Case Brief Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Background Porter Airlines is another unlikely success story in the fierce and cutthroat regional airline industry. Founded in 2002 by Robert Deluce, a regional airline veteran, Porter Airlines wanted to take advantage of a small but crucial market in the Toronto area and grow from that beginning. The Toronto area is considered Canada’s financial hub and thus created a large number of business travelers. Deluce’s strategic vision for Porter was to start with exceptional customer service and combine that with numerous flight options by instituting a quick turnaround system for departures and arrivals. He also wanted a competitive but low cost fare structure with the intent to gain a healthy market share in a short period of time. Porter wanted to use a single turbo prop airplane fleet that would have low maintenance costs and would be efficient to run over short distances. This would allow Porter to offer more flights at lower capacities yet still be able to make a profit. Deluce also wanted his working environment to be friendly but efficient and he leads by example. Deluce has also been known to come down to the terminal to greet notable passengers—governors, cabinet ministers—when they arrive. As one observer put it to me, “He runs his airline like a family restaurant.” (Preville, 2013) Air Canada, its subsidiaries and affiliates dominated the Canada airline industry and they often used...
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...pools, its interest rates, and its currency’s value. However, according to Michael Porter theory, national prosperity is created, not inherited. A nation’s competitiveness depends on the capacity of its industry to innovate and upgrade through new technologies or new ways of doing things, as a result of technology push or market pull. It is important to upgrade your competitive advantage. What is considered as a competitive advantage at the national level = productivity of the nation, which leads to high and rising standard of living for its citizens. Classic theory: success of nations depends from factors of production (labor, lands, etc) but it has been overshadowed in advanced industries and economics by globalization of competition and power of technology. Porter’s theory brings a comparative advantage to the competitive advantage of a nation. Porter says that a new theory must explain why a national provides a favorable home base for companies that compete internationally. It succeeds in reflecting conception of competition that includes: - segmented markets - differentiated products - technology differences - economies of scale The new theory must go beyond costs, and must explain why companies from some nations are better than others at creating advantages based on quality, features and new product innovation. The Porter’s Diamond is a model developed by Michael Porter - who is considered as an authority on company...
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...BIS5101 Strategic IT-Management Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Rau WS 2013/14 Term Paper Topic: How Companies Could Achieve Sustainable Competitive Advantage Gahn, Philip MACFA, ID# 309601 gahnphil@hs-pforzheim.de Kominek, Lukas MACFA, ID# 300953 komluk@hs-pforzheim.de Wenz, Eugen MACFA, ID# 300636 weneug@hs-pforzheim.de th Submission date: November 2 2013 2 Table of Contents 1 Purpose and Structure ......................................................................................... 5 2 Definition and Origin of Competitive Advantage .............................................. 6 3 Approaches and Methods to Achieve Competitive Advantages......................... 8 3.1 The Traditional Approach According to Porter ........................................... 8 3.1.1 Cost Leadership ................................................................................. 10 3.1.2 Focusing on Priorities ........................................................................ 10 3.2 Modern Approaches .................................................................................. 10 3.2.1 The Strategy as a Compilation of Simple Rules ................................ 11 3.2.2 The Blue Ocean Strategy ................................................................... 12 4 Ways to achieve Sustainable Competitive Advantage...................................... 13 5 Conclusion ............................................................................
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