Elektra Products‚ Inc. Statement of the relevant facts Barbara Russell is a new CEO. She still has to earn the respect of her subordinates. Changes in the company has to be made. The company experienced many problems in the previous years. As stated in the case the problems are: Declining market share Increased foreign and domestic competition Few new product ideas Rare coordination between the sales and manufacturing department Low morale Employees are seeking other jobs C.Many
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Elektra Products‚ Inc. Case Study Top management could have used the other classes‚ like the middle and lower level managers and the employees. The team shouldn’t have been able to be notified of “empowerment”. Also they should’ve known a positive attitude was needed in every task in order for it to be done effectively and efficiently. Mr. Griffin needs to join employees/managers from all classes to the team. Because of his lack of conceptual skills he doesn’t do this at first. He doesn’t have
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Case Analysis Report Elektra Products‚ Inc. I. Introduction Elektra Products‚ Inc. is an 80 year old publicly held company that had once been a leading manufacturer and retailer of electrical products and supplies. In recent years‚ the company experienced a host of problems: market share was declining in the face of increased foreign and domestic competition; new product ideas were few and far between; departments such as manufacturing and sales barely spoke to one another; morale was at all
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Elektra Case Study 1. How might top management have done a better job changing Elektra Products into a new kind of organization? What might it do now to get the empowerment process back on track? As the new CEO‚ anyone who is not there to give their support should be given a boot. Offer early retirement package to those not supporting the plan. 2. Can you think of ways Barbara could have avoided the problems her team faced in the meeting with department heads? Communication. Involve all other
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by producing new and innovative products. SWOT Analysis Strengths * Personalized products. * Well-positioned company. * Hard-working and loyal workers. * Good and exceptional reputation. Weakness * Stagnant revenue. * Retiring employees. Opportunities * Expansion. * Partnership opportunity. * Industry and life style trends. * Merging or acquisitions possibilities. * Potential introduction of other products & services. * Use of internet
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GROUP 5 STRATEGY Case for critical analysis Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL)–Metro & London Lite 1. What would the SWOT analysis look like for this company? Strengths: We have specialized our market focusing in young people‚ which is hard because they do not usually read newspapers. We have also founded a new newspaper‚ which is called London Lite‚ which is mainly designed for women. We have the biggest newspapers sold in the UK‚ and we have sold
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Chapter 1 Case Questions 1‚ 2 & 3 1. How did Domtar’s strategies align with its mission? Explain your answer. For its overall strategy during the economic downturn‚ no matter how much its operations have been changed by time and technology‚ the enduring values remain to generate growth‚ excellence‚ and pride. Domtar was among the most cost-competitive papermakers in North America. Their strengths include the best workforce in the industry‚ efficient assets‚ high-quality products‚ strong brands
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Marriott’s WACC? The weighted average cost of capital measures the average risk inherent in the corporation and overall capital structure of the entire firm. Noting that low asset betas for less cyclical industries such as utilities and household products‚ versus the much higher asset betas of high-tech firms and luxury retailers‚ we can’t deal with the varied businesses in the same way when doing the valuation since that different lines of businesses have varied Betas. Meanwhile‚ Beta‚ in turn‚ affects
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1.0 Introduction This case study is based on the company Elektra Product Inc .It is enough mature publicly held company that had once been a leading manufacturer and retailer of electrical products and supplies. But‚ nowadays the company is facing a host of problems. Market share was declining in the face of increased foreign and domestic competition‚ new product ideas were few and far between and departments such as manufacturing and sales barely spoke to one another. The confidence was
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Administration Xavier University‚ Cagayan de Oro City Case Analysis 2 PACKAGED PRODUCTS Submitted by Corazon Caseres Lagamayo MBA-2 Submitted on July 03‚ 2010 I. FACTS OF THE CASE • Packaged Products specializes in the production of cereals and ready-to-bake products • Given the continued growth‚ Mr. Robert Yamani‚ marketing director‚ proposed to continue to be a new-product oriented by introducing one new product or an improved product every year. • A sizeable portion of
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