Abstract Culture permeates all aspects of any society. It acts as the basic fabric that binds people together. Culture dictates tastes in music‚ clothes‚ and even the political and philosophical views of a group of people. Culture is not only shared‚ but it is deep and stable. However‚ culture does not exist simply as a societal phenomenon. Organizations‚ both large and small‚ adhere to a culture. Organizational culture determines how an organization operates and how its members frame events both
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Introduction The corporate community has blazed a trail of leadership in the business world. The pervasive influence of the corporate principles has resulted in the emergence of a corporate culture. This culture defines the businesses contained within it. Even though each business unit expresses its own personality on the economic environment‚ the corporate culture always describes the general financial climate. Nevertheless‚ the businesses within a given industry have a say as to how the industry
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CASE 46 The Hilton—ITT Wars Professor William Z Ripley of Harvard‚ the leading authority on corporations in the 1920s‚ warned President Calvin Coolidge that "prestidigitation‚ double-shuffling‚ honeyfugling‚ hornswoggling‚ and skulduggery" were threatening the entire economic system. Plus Ca change‚ plus c ’est la même chose.’ —Rand V Araskog‚ CEO of ITT Surprised by the announcement of ITT Corporation’s (ITT) restructuring proposal‚ on July 17‚ 1997‚ Matthew J. Hart‚ the chief financial officer
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Hilton Hotels Corp. Customers satisfaction - problem is taken care of by hotel staff and the flawless stay. Late 2003‚ Hilton spent a whooping $50 Million on a customer information system. The customer information system – OnQ. Part of 2 year old customer relationship management strategy. “Reason for being”‚ “100% percent customer satisfaction” and “Customer really matter” – Hilton Hotels Corp hospitality. OnQ 70% custom coded system. Custom components - Property management system‚ CRM
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delivery* - Maid service Place and time - 496 hotels in 61 countries - reservation online: - reservation by phone: Call 1-800-HILTONS - Reservation at the desk Promotion and education Hilton HHonors Program: membership is open to anyone who applied‚ at no charge. Members earned points toward their Hilton HHonors account when they stayed at a Hilton hotel. When they accumulated enough points they could redeem them for stays at HHonors hotels‚ or use them to buy other products and services from
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Case Summary: Hilton Problem: From the case‚ we know Hilton is currently using the marketing penetration by focusing on business travelers. And now the expensive loyalty-program features that are added by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. for attracting more business travelers is threatening Hilton by increasing Hilton’s cost or decreasing Hilton’s market shares. Solution: In my opinion‚ in response to the Starwood’s strategy‚ the solution for Hilton’s dilemma should be market development
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HILTON HOTELS CASE Business Context/Key Business Drivers Hilton Hotels is one the biggest lodging company worldwide and has been recently acquired by Blackstone Group. In 2007 Hilton’s portfolio characteristics are: • close to 3‚000 hotels between all its brands; • Properties can be: a) directly owned; b) managed; c) franchised. The latter is the most common solution; • covers almost the possible spectrum of lodging. The IT function is considered part of the core business and the
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Hilton HHornors world wide : loyalty wars Hilton Hotels regards frequent guest programs as the lodging industry’s most important marketing tool‚ serving to direct promotional and customer service efforts at the heavy user. How should management of Hilton’s international guest’s rewards program respond when Starwood‚ a competing hotel group operating several brands‚ ups the ante in the loyalty stakes? Jeff Diskin‚ head of Hilton HHonors (Hilton’s guest reward program)‚ opened the wall street
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the population questions superiors and wants to rather learn the process in order to better themselves. If managers are to be effective‚ present and future managers need to develop a global mind-set and cross-cultural skills. To develop skilled managers who move comfortably from culture to culture takes time but it is needed for an efficient global economy movement. Today’s companies are using Internet technology to connect with employees‚ customers‚ supplies and other stakeholders both within and
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Hilton Case Study After staving off two major takeover attempts in the 1990 ’s‚ Hilton Hotels Corporations (HHC) decided to adjust its overall strategy and become more aggressive in its business operations. Although already a force in the hotel industry with a strategic focus in three areas: hotel ownership‚ managing and franchising‚ and timeshare; Hilton Hotels decided to shift more resources into gaming‚ resort operations and the mid-priced segment of the hotel industry (hotel-online.com 2006)
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