DARDEN CONSULTING CASE BOOK 2012-2013 EDITION TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The Consulting Case Interview 1. Structure of the Case Interview 2. Frameworks 3. The Math 2. Company Overviews & Interview Processes 3. Practice Cases 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Bike DVD Rental Service in NYC Dry Wall Competitive Threat Organ Donation Case Central Power Chemicals‚ Inc. Hospital Profitability Contact Lens Manufacturer Growth TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D) 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. E-commerce
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CONTACT NUMBER: 082-4603373 SUBJECT: Management and Business Consulting NUMBER OF PAGES (excluding this page): DUE DATE: January 2015 GROUP: MBA Modulêr (Afrikaans) LECTURER: Paul de Beer & Prof Jan Havenga OFFICE USE ONLY DATE RECEIVED: Table of contents Table of contents 1 1 REFLECTIVE ESSAY 2 1.1 Primary competencies (skills‚ knowledge and attitudes) required for excellence in the field of leading and consulting for change. 2 1.1.1 Which of these pose the biggest personal
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Solberri Hotel January 20 2012 This report is in response to the request by Solberri hotel group for a review of its facing issues and identification of possible solutions. Consulting report STATE OF AFFAIRS Solberri is a group of resort hotels registered as a listed company with 12 resort hotels in Europe. Established in the 1980s‚ it had run successfully until 2003 and also incurred losses in 2005 and 2006. To improve the situation‚ Solberri implemented strategy changes to the
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SWOT Whereas the STEEP model looks at the industry as a whole‚ SWOT concentrates on your particular business. The acronym stands for Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats. Generally speaking‚ the first two are internal factors‚ and the last two external ones; those on the right of the template are positive factors‚ those on the left‚ negative. As above‚ the following diagram suggests some of the issues that may be significant‚ but as this is a personal analysis‚ only you will be
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Useful Tools and Techniques for Performance Consulting Many researchers have developed experiments within several organizations that demonstrate the right approach to effective performance consulting. Bell and Jones (2008) reported that "Research and theorizing recognizes that a manager’s identification and judgment of a moral problem is a subjective‚ socially constructed process that can be influenced by principles‚ theories‚ and values"(p. 503)
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Upon graduation‚ I plan to enter the career field of Political Consulting. To effectively enter this career path‚ I will need to not only obtain marketing skills but also market myself. The field of work is continuously evolving as new skills are becoming required to enter the field. In order‚ to be successful it is necessary to know how voters/consumers think about their decisions‚ how to brand‚ and how to form advertising and marketing strategies to reach the goal of winning an election. These
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SWOT sample Havas Sports Entertainment UK Strengths | -domestic market-reduced labor costs-barriers of market entry-high profitability and revenue-skilled workforce-monetary assistance provided | | Weaknesses | -competitive market---small business units-unknown-costs-high loan rates are possible | | Opportunities | -venture capital-new acquisitions | | Threats | -increase in labor costs-global economy-price changes-financial capacity-tax changes-increasing rates of
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Precision Consulting will help CanGo with an actionable market strategy. Every detail has been recommended on how CanGo should plan moving forward to take this company to the next level. Our team has put together a strategic plan to provide CanGo with system options that will improve their business work and operations. Every business should have ethics and social responsibility. CanGo should know the difference between right and wrong. Many businesses just want to make money‚ but this should not
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Business Model Development through Corporate Strategy Design: IBM SWOT Analysis Prathamesh Muzumdar‚ The University of Texas at Arlington. Abstract The research tries to understand the ongoing process in products and services offered by technology giant IBM. Using extensive secondary research and text mining as a primary approach to collect information to the current portfolio of IBM‚ multiple corporate strategies are designed. SWOT analysis is used as an extensive tool to take step by step approach
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consolidation and access of data among the different departments will allow for better data integrity of information. Smithon Consulting system nd data infrastructure at this time have many departments handling their own data and if another department requires certain information they must request it from the managing departments. The Human Resource system( HRIS) at Smithon Consulting‚ has major components of HR not even integrated into the system. Some these issues such as FMLA are forms that are stored
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