Question 1 Introduction Wal-Mart is which started from a humble store in Ozarks is now one of the largest corporations in the America. The success of Wal-Mart is mainly due to its core competences. Core competences are valuable‚ rare‚ costly to imitate and non-substitutable. Before identifying core competencies of Wal-Mart the resources and capabilities must be identified. Tangible Resources 1) Financial Resources Wal-Mart has the ability to generate internal funds. This is evident in Exhibit
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Burger King Ethics Burger King has strived to have very good ethical practices installed into their system of business. Honesty‚ integrity and respect are very common goals in the restaurants of Burger King. Good business practices are audited often to insure the quality and respect of the management and employees are in order. These ethical practices begin in the management section of the company. Senior executives “partake in personalized videos about BKC’s gifts and conflict of interest policies
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History Burger King‚ often abbreviated as BK‚ is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County‚ Florida‚ United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King‚ a Jacksonville‚ Florida-based restaurant chain. After Insta-Burger King ran into financial difficulties in 1954‚ its two Miami-based franchisees‚ David Edgerton and James McLamore‚ purchased the company and renamed it Burger King. Over the next half century‚ the company would change
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Core competencies for leaders and his team A current need for companies to ensure their permanence in the market is definitely the best performance of its human talent. For this it is important to make use of best practices with an emphasis on talent‚ expertise‚ learning and skills appropriate for the tasks assigned to each of the partners. By having a clear picture of the skills required by each of your employees to carry out activities according to the position they play they will be more likely
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Weaknesses - small target market- unhealthy environment | Opportunities - product improvement- branding | Threats - competitors (McDonald/Wendy’s)- health concern | Introduction: Over the years‚ Burger King has successfully grown simply through integrated marketing communication system. Today‚ Burger King is showing healthy profits‚ rising stock prices‚ and strong international growth. In past‚ BK’s advertising and corporate strategy failed mainly because they didn’t listen to their customer and
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ideology to the standard set by the ten core competencies of social work. In 2008 The National Counsel of Social Work created a manual that serves as an ethical compass showing one the virtues that need to attained to practice appropriate‚ and efficient social work. Each one of these competencies is an ability that lends to the proficiency with which one can work with‚ and help to influence individuals on the micro‚ mezzo‚ and marco levels. The first competency that is discussed is: identifying as
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1. What are Burger King’s communication objectives for it’s target audience? Burger King’s target consumers already know about the product‚ and since the franchise is profitable‚ we can assume that the consumers also like it. Burger King’s communications objectives are to move its target consumers into at least the “Preference”‚ but preferably the “Conviction” stages of buying process. 2. With its focus on the "super fan"‚ does BK risk alienating other customers? What are the implications
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What is a leader? According to the Army’s Leadership manual ADRP 6-22‚ there are three core competencies that encompass a total Army leader. Someone who leads‚ develops‚ and achieves‚ essentially this means someone who is able to lead others by example while being able to develop them into hard working individuals and future leaders‚ and finally to achieve an overall desired outcome to the mission and units goals. According to chapter seven of ADRP 6-22‚ a leader who develops is someone who able
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W5 ASSIGNMENT 1. What do you think of Burger King’s advertising tactics? Is it OK to attract new customers while alienating others? Is Burger King’s advertising ethical? Explain. The success of advertising is very often based on its ability to surprise or in BK’s case shock the viewer. I think that the goal of each organization is to maximize its profits. BK like all organizations had a particular target market segment which it wanted to cater to. Thus‚ its advertisements
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than 95 people and just 5 layers of management‚ from the CEO to the front-line employee1. It managed to make profit for decades in America despite the period of slow demand for steel‚ and the stiff competition in the industry. So‚ what are Nucor’s competencies that enable it to enjoy continual success? To explore its sources of competitive advantage‚ value chain analysis is constructed. Value-Chain Analysis Inbound Logistics Scrap metal is one of the main inbound logistics. To better control the raw
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