Alan Mulally Source: http://media.ford.com Recent History • Ambiguous business-level strategy in last decade – Neither successful differentiator nor cost-leader • Lacked innovation in compact and mid-sized cars • Focus on SUV division and luxury portfolio • Rising gas prices – Consumers fled SUV and luxury portfolio → Strategic Failure • Costs grew disproportionately to rivals – Estimate: Costs Ford $2500/vehicle more to produce than Foreign rivals Industry Analysis • N.A. Automotive
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External communication This involves building and maintaining a positive relationship with the media (television‚ print‚ web‚ et cetera). This includes‚ but is not limited to‚ drafting and dissemination of press releases‚ organizing press conferences and meeting with media professionals and organizing events for the media as a group. Internal communication strategy There are two sides to strategy in internal communications. In the first instance there is the organization’s strategy — what it
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Case study: Ford in China Ford motor company one of the biggest auto-making multinationals in the world has made a tremendously successful entry into the Chinese market. In Nov 2006‚ it announced its accelerated plan in China and a strong yearly performance in 2006 at a growth rate of 100.8 per cent. The origin of Ford’s presence in China can be traced to 1913 when Henry Ford sold his famous Model- T ‘s in Shanghai. Today Ford is back in China in a big way. Ford sells two car models
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1081209020 Li Hongke 1081209050 Lu Linlin 1081209031 Lu Yao 1081209043 March 2009 Abstract Excessive cash and undervalued stock price forced Ford to conceive an unprecedented cash payout system - Value Enhancement Plan in 2000. For a dual-stock-structure company‚ this recapitalization did favor much Ford family which held the dominant voting power by giving it larger flexibility‚ enhanced control with less capital as well as tax benefit and confidence improvement. While
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Ford Swaps Accounting Over Interest Rates Section 404 requirements were implemented by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2004. Section 404 reporting on internal controls required many large filers to restate financial statements in order to correct misstatements. This report will focus on Ford Motor Company‚ and how they were affected by the new accounting rules. More specifically‚ it will discuss why restatements of Ford’s financials were necessary‚ and who prompted the change. Then‚ it will discuss
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Conclusion V. Sources INTRODUCTION “For seven years the Ford Motor Company sold cars in which it knew hundreds of people would needlessly burn to death.” Mark Dowie‚ Author of Pinto Madness (8) One of the biggest automotive news stories in the latter part of the 1970’s dealt with tales of exploding Ford Pintos and the considerable awards civil court juries were presenting to victims of accidents involving the cars. Ford produced the Pinto automobile from 1971 to 1980. Initially the
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role in modern communication strategies. The use of instant messaging features on home computers‚ laptops‚ cell phones‚ and other electronic devices makes it very easy to communicate with others. Although instant messaging lacks the ability to recognize facial expressions‚ it is a very popular communication tool among teenagers. Do you think technology has changed the way you communicate with people? I believe the more technology advances‚ the more our communication strategies will change.
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Communication and Collaboration Strategy Chirstina Johnson GEN/200 Patrick Sullivan University of Phoenix January 17‚ 2011 Communication and Collaboration Strategy There are eight learning styles I have evaluated this week‚ I will speak upon three of them; Verbal-Linguistic‚ Interpersonal‚ and Intrapersonal. Verbal-Linguistic helps to analyze our own use of verbal communication‚ learning‚ teaching‚ recalling terms easily‚ and explaining‚ using wit‚ and compelling someone to
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Case Study: Ford Mondeo In 1992‚ Ford Motor Company decided to produce a world car‚ that is‚ a car that would be produced and sold internationally with little variation in the vehicle between markets. This world car was named the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique for the North American market and the Ford Mondeo for the European Market. All of these models were built with a 90% similarity due to body design differences‚ local conditions and mandates. Ford decided to expand internationally
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Internal corporate communication on strategy and employee commitment International Business Communication Master’s thesis Michéle Fenech 2013 Department of Communication Aalto University School of Business Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) Internal corporate communication on strategy A CRITICAL COMPARISON OF and employee commitment EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCES IN THE CONTEXT OF INTRA-COMMUNITY SUPPLIES Master´s Thesis Master’s thesis Katharina ele Fenech ´ MichWeber 26.09.2012 2013
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