Bargaining Power Model- The Laws of Human Resources Application of the Bargaining Power Model to Evaluate the Outcome of the New York City Transit Employees Strike of 2005 Background: On December 20‚ 2005 the Transport Workers Union (TWU) called a strike in the city of New York after initial talks to resolve issues on a new contract with the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) failed. The strike was‚ “Over wage rises‚ health-care and pension costs and the retirement age of employees.”
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products. Bargaining Power of Buyers. The greater the bargaining power of buyers‚ the lower the industry’s profitability. Bargaining power of buyers will be determined by the buyers’ price sensitivity and their importance to the individual firm. As the volume of purchases of a single buyer increases‚ its bargaining power with the supplier increases. Bargaining Power of Suppliers. The greater the bargaining power of suppliers‚ the lower the industry’s profitability. Suppliers’ bargaining ability
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Beats and other audio devices manufacturing companies. They are not only competing in the quality of audio system‚ but also in its special features‚ comfort‚ designs‚ and brand image. Therefore‚ the rivalry among established companies is high. Bargaining Power of Buyers: HIGH In the market‚ the buyers can be either consumers or distributors‚ such as wholesalers. As there are many competitors in the industry‚ it is very easy for buyers to purchase a different headphone audio brand instead of Skullcandy
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Power of Suppliers In contrast with the Power of Buyers mentioned above‚ Power of Suppliers refers to the bargaining power or ability to dictate terms of pricing and quantity of goods when dealing with Supermarkets. Since the supermarket industry has become concentrated (reduced in number of companies)‚ mainly by the five companies mentioned above‚ suppliers are forced to increase output while decreasing prices. This growth of Supermarkets as Buyers has had an adverse effect on the suppliers. Smaller
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Hotel industry. Bargaining Power of Suppliers Bargaining power of supplier in hotel industry is very weak. Hotel is a service field and they need a lot of manpower to run their business and provide services to consumer‚ so hotel staff as their main supplier in-charge of daily operation. Besides‚ each of hotel staff receive income every monthly and bonus every year and have the right to negotiate salary and resign the position Bargaining Power of Customers Bargaining power of customers tend
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Strategic Analysis of BMW AG 1.1 Evaluation of strategic factors affecting BMW strategy To understand factors that influence on the competitiveness of BMW the SWOT analysis is applicable. Strength Weakness • Strong Brand Reputation • High cost policy • Trained and highly skilled workforce • Inefficient brand portfolio • High quality products • High product prices • Corporate Social Responsibility • Inefficient level of acquisition and • Contribution to the environment
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3 1. How Porter Five Forces Model Reflect Upon the Reality 3 1.1 Porter Five Forces Model 3 1.2 Substitute 4 1.3 Threat of New Entrants 5 1.4 Rivalry 5 1.5 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 5 1.6 Bargaining Power of Buyers 5 2. Compare Theory and Practice 6 2.1 Rivalry for Ford 6 2.2 Threat of New Entrants 7 2.3 Bargaining Power of Ford 10 3. Strategy of Overall Cost Leadership 11 4. A Plan for Ford 12 4.1 SWOT Analysis of Ford 12 4.2 How measurement Ford can implement 13 4.3 The Risk
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Industry Analysis Bargaining power of Buyers Buyer power is moderate. The Buyers: Buyers here comprise of individuals (business as well as leisure travelers) and B2B buyers which comprise mainly of travel agents‚ travel companies‚ and charter companies. The airline industry typically has a large number of buyers – the Indian Airline Industry had 73.8 million passengers in 2009. Inadequate differentiation: Even with the entry of low cost carriers‚ the sector lacks adequate product differentiation
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With its three brands‚ BMW‚ Mini and Rolls-Royce‚ the BMW group is competing in the industry of luxury automotive and motorcycles. This industry is performing well ; while the motorcycle market has been relatively flat these last years‚ the automotive market shows a positive increase with a strong growth in China (+17.4%) and Europe (+6.6%). In this industry‚ BMW faces the competition of two major rivals‚ Audi and Mercedes-Benz. As these three groups represent an important part of the market‚ competition
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successful a bargaining unit will be in negotiations. Intra organization is when each respective in a particular bargaining unit works towards a consensus. The inability to agree within ones bargaining unit slows down the process and can create dysfunction. Negotiating starts within each bargaining unit during pre-bargaining preparation. This is where discussion and negotiations begin within each bargaining unit to decide what is most important to least importance. Once the pre-bargaining preparation
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