Athlete Warehouse Management Case Study
Athlete's Warehouse (B)
Late in February 1993, Colin Power, majority owner of Athlete's Warehouse and a number of other companies in Grand FallsWindsor, and a human resource consultant from the Small Business Centre were seated in Colin's office in the back of Athlete's Warehouse. Cohn was speaking to his brother Ed on the phone. "'Sorry I can't run with you today, I'm all tied up. How about tomorrow morning at 7:00?" Hanging up the phone Colin exclaimed to the Small Business Centre consultant "for the last year I haven't had time to turn around. Every day it is just a rush from one store to another, phone calls all day long and never enough time to do the things that need to be done. I need someone else to help run things, but I don't know whether to promote someone from within the businesses or to hire from outside. Not only that, I'm not sure what the job should be."
Background
Cohn Power started in business full-time when he opened Athlete's Warehouse, a sporting goods store, in the Exploit's Valley Mall in 1985. For the first two years that the business was in operation, Cohn supplemented his personal income by
This case was prepared by Bill Howse of The Central Newfoundland Regional College for the Atlantic Entrepreneurial Institute as a basis for classroom discussion, and is not meant to illustrate either effective or ineffective management
Copyright 0 1993, the Atlantic Entrepreneurial Institute. Reproduction of this case is allowed without permission for educational purposes, but all such reproductions must acknowledge the copyright. This permission dam not include publication.
teaching computer courses at a local private school. With the initial success of Athlete's Warehouse, and with the support of his wife who was employed full-time as a teacher, Cohn had the financial resources to take on additional challenges. Starting in 1987 he began to extend his business undertakings in many directions and opened a printing store (Print Plus), a
Late in February 1993, Colin Power, majority owner of Athlete's Warehouse and a number of other companies in Grand FallsWindsor, and a human resource consultant from the Small Business Centre were seated in Colin's office in the back of Athlete's Warehouse. Cohn was speaking to his brother Ed on the phone. "'Sorry I can't run with you today, I'm all tied up. How about tomorrow morning at 7:00?" Hanging up the phone Colin exclaimed to the Small Business Centre consultant "for the last year I haven't had time to turn around. Every day it is just a rush from one store to another, phone calls all day long and never enough time to do the things that need to be done. I need someone else to help run things, but I don't know whether to promote someone from within the businesses or to hire from outside. Not only that, I'm not sure what the job should be."
Background
Cohn Power started in business full-time when he opened Athlete's Warehouse, a sporting goods store, in the Exploit's Valley Mall in 1985. For the first two years that the business was in operation, Cohn supplemented his personal income by
This case was prepared by Bill Howse of The Central Newfoundland Regional College for the Atlantic Entrepreneurial Institute as a basis for classroom discussion, and is not meant to illustrate either effective or ineffective management
Copyright 0 1993, the Atlantic Entrepreneurial Institute. Reproduction of this case is allowed without permission for educational purposes, but all such reproductions must acknowledge the copyright. This permission dam not include publication.
teaching computer courses at a local private school. With the initial success of Athlete's Warehouse, and with the support of his wife who was employed full-time as a teacher, Cohn had the financial resources to take on additional challenges. Starting in 1987 he began to extend his business undertakings in many directions and opened a printing store (Print Plus), a