Avon: More than Cosmetic Changes Shannon V. Wilson Case Analysis Assignment #13.2 Organizational Behavior 5590 Mr. Tyron A. Woodard June 9‚ 2010 Avon: More Than Cosmetic Changes After years of prosperity and growth under Avon CEO Andrea Jung‚ in 2005‚ the company suddenly experienced declining sales around the world. Now Andrea Jung had the challenging task of turning this downward spiral around. Jung’s new data-centric strategy would be more
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The BCG Matrix has a few different names. It is also called the Growth-Share Matrix‚ Portfolio Analysis‚ and The Boston Matrix. Management consultants at the Boston Consulting Group developed their matrix in the early 1970s. They designed it to help managers at large corporations decide which business units they should invest in Mindtools.com‚ 2014). So‚ which areas of the business deserve more resources and investment? The BCG Matrix consists of four categories based on the growth rate of the industry
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Avon was on the top of its game for the last five years‚ however‚ in 2005‚ things got ugly. The company suddenly began losing sales all around the globe and problems started weighing down causing many shareholders to quit. Andrea Jung was then advised to take a new “outside” perspective and forced her managers to think logically and rationally rather than following one’s intuition. She favoured globalization and became analytical in managing the company. 1. Why would a new “outside” perspective
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The GE matrix is an alternative technique used in brand marketing and product management to help a company decide what product(s) to add to its product portfolio‚ and which market opportunities are worthy of continued investment. Also known as the ’Directional Policy Matrix‚ ’ the GE multi-factor model was first developed by General Electric in the 1970s. Conceptually‚ the GE Matrix is similar to the Boston Box as it is plotted on a two-dimensional grid. In most versions of the matrix: * the
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ADL Matrix How industry position influences your strategy Part of thinking about strategy involves thinking about the state of your industry; understanding how your organization fits into it; and‚ from this‚ figuring out your best way forward. While there are many tools that help you do this‚ you can get particularly useful insights with the Arthur D Little (ADL) Matrix. Developed in the late 1970s by the highly respected Arthur D Little consulting company‚ it helps you think about strategy based
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same argument as above‚ we see that: 5000(0.3) + 10‚ 000(0.8) = The number of people who don’t ride the bus next year. = b2 This system of equations is equivalent to the matrix equation: M x = b where 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.8 5000 10‚ 000 b1 b2 M= 5500 ‚x = and b = . For computing the result after 2 years‚ we just use the same matrix M ‚ however we use b 9500 in place of x. Thus the distribution after 2 years is M b = M 2 x. In fact‚ after n years‚ the distribution is given by M n x. The forgoing
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Sam (100235) Kong Feng Pei (100309) Wong Kit Wah (100437) Zhao Yu (103247) ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Exercise 5 * SWOT Matrix SWOT analysis‚ or SWOT Matrix model is a useful method to analyze the competitive level of a company. When we want to analyze an internal environment of an organizational‚ we have to identify its strength (what an organization best in) and weaknesses (what an organization
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consumers and the organisation (‚ 2006). This paper discusses the contributions of the Ansoff Matrix in strategic marketing management. There are different types of strategies used by business in identifying their market. There is the SWOT Analysis‚ in which it identifies the strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats of the target market. Another is the BCG Product Portfolio Matrix which is used by businesses with multiple portfolios or product lines in examining the products
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University of Phoenix Material/ Group Communication Theories Matrix Communication Theories Matrix Instructions: Complete the following matrix by filling in the box for each of the five communication theories with the following four items: the theory definition‚ the main principles of the theory‚ a real-world theory example‚ and an application of each theory to virtual communication. Theory definition Main principles of the theory Real-world
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The movie‚ “The Matrix” is an outstanding example of the term “Marxism”. Simply put‚ Marxism is the political and economic theory of Marx‚ advocating abolition of private property‚ and state provision of work and subsistence for all‚ and to be a Marxist‚ is to follow Karl Marx’s theories. Along the lines of Marx’s theories; a reality and way of life in the Matrix is maintained‚ oppressed‚ discovered‚ and eventually explained. Marx advocates a violent change‚ and The Matrix demonstrates this type
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