Proctor and Gamble (DRAFT) Case Discussion Questions What strategy was Proctor and Gamble pursuing when it first entered foreign markets in the period up until the 1980’s? • In 1915 opened a plant in Canada to produce Ivory Soap and Crisco • In the 1970’s P&G entered Japan and other Asian Nations. • Strategy- P&G entered a nation by acquiring an established competitor and its brands. i.e. case of Great Britain and Japan. • Strategy- the Company developed new products in Cincinnati and then
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environmental complexity by BHP management was clearly limited. It is evident that the decisions were made on a complex/stable analysis‚ while the changing environmental conditions failed to be taken into account. Most significantly‚ the actual environment itself‚ its geographic instability and rainfall levels were overlooked in the decision-making process. High rainfall levels result in a larger than usual runoff into the OK Tedi River. An environmental impact statement was compiled which would bring
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Best Buy is a part of a very competitive and popular industry. Best Buy could be placed into many different industries such as entertainment‚ electronics‚ appliances‚ etc. The industry sector of Best Buy’s external environment is made up of several different factors such as competitors‚ competitiveness‚ industry size‚ and other related industries. The factor in the industry sector that has the biggest impact on a business would most likely be the competitors. Although Best Buy may not have direct
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External and Internal Environments By Sarah Bruce Professor Ira Poladeen Business Capstone April 28‚ 2015 An organization’s environment includes factors that it can easily change as well as factors that it cannot easily change. The factors that it cannot easily change are said to be the general environment (Faye‚ T. 2011). It is this environment that I will discuss as it relates to a struggling‚ once thriving industry: office-supply stores. Office
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Apple was the most successful initial public offering after Ford Motor Company in 1980. Apple also was the fast company that hit the Fortune 500 in the history. However‚ Apple nearly goes into bankruptcy by the middle of 1990s due to the fierce external competition from the IBM and the Microsoft and the internal rapidly growth. In order to stay afloat‚ apple focused on innovated their personal industry line. This helps Apple became successful ever after. Nowadays‚ the Apple Company involved
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The external environment’s effect on management and strategy A complexity theory approach Roger B. Mason Durban University of Technology‚ Kwa Zulu-Natal‚ South Africa‚ and Honorary Research Fellow‚ University of Wolverhampton‚ Wolverhampton‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the influence of the external environment on the choice of strategic management activities‚ from a chaos and complexity perspective‚ since a business environment is a complex adaptive system. Design/methodology/approach
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replaced two-thirds of the company’s senior management team and trimmed 3‚700 jobs‚ more than 10% of the company’s work force. Employees of the century-old company thought they had seen the shake-up of all shake-ups. Just wait until they see what Procter & Gamble Co. could have in store. In announcing the $52.4 billion takeover of Gillette‚ P&G’s CEO‚ A.G. Lafley‚ said he planned to "learn a lot from the people at Gillette" and talked about ways the companies could combine Cincinnati-based P&G’s knowledge
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THE GENERAL EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT - Laka Muralidharan General external environment is composed of dimensions in the broader society that influence an industry and the firms within it. These dimensions can be can be grouped into the following six environmental segments: demographic‚ economic‚ political/legal‚ sociocultural‚ technological and global segments. 1) Demographic segment China and India account for 1/3rd of the population and experts believe that they will remain the top two populous
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Founded in 1837‚ Procter & Gamble is the #1 U.S. makers of household products and a recognized leader in the development‚ manufacturing‚ and marketing of a broad range of products including Crest toothpaste‚ Tide laundry detergent‚ Ivory soap‚ Pampers diapers‚ and Dawn liquid detergent. Procter & Gamble has operations in over 70 countries and employs over 100‚000 people worldwide and markets to nearly five billion customers in over 140 countries. Procter & Gamble’s purpose or mission statement
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Questions: 1) The reengineering efforts of P&G focused on the business process system. Do you think other processes‚ such as the human system‚ or other managerial policies need to be considered in a process redesign? 2) What do you think was the reaction of the brand managers‚ who may have worked under the old system for many years‚ when the category management structure was installed? 3) As a consultant‚ would you have recommended a top-down or a bottom-up approach‚ or both‚ to process redesign
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