TEACHING NOTES Barclaycard Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo and Nurdilek Hacialioglu with contributions by Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat and Douglas Wood 1. INTRODUCTION The case study is concerned with how a long-standing market leader tries to maintain market share and develop its business in an industry undergoing significant change. Students are challenged to formulate‚ evaluate and compare a range of strategic options and to choose the best way forward for Barclaycard 2. POSITION OF THE CASE The
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modern approach in organization design. It is an organization that is not defined by‚ or limited to‚ the horizontal‚ vertical‚ or external boundaries imposed by a predefined or traditional structure. This term was coined by former General Electric chairman Jack Welch because he wanted to eliminate vertical and horizontal boundaries within the company and break down external barriers between the company and its customers and suppliers. Traditional companies with boundaries‚ rules‚ and extensive plans
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the source of data are primary and secondary PRIMARY SOURCES * Observation * Consolation with the managers of various departments like production‚ HR etc. SECONDARY DATA * Report from various departments. * Report from other external magazines and internet. * Policy manuals. LIMITATION * The major constraint was the duration of the study was only 21 days. * Couldn’t spend much time with top executives because of their busy schedule. * Due to absences
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P1: Describe the internal and external factors to consider when planning the Human Resources requirements of an organization. The author picked John Lewis as a company to elaborate upon in this report. When looking into the company John Lewis they are uprising. They expand and broaden their range of products and services. They sell products to upper and middle class customers. John Lewis also has 28 department stores and 4 John Lewis at home stores. As well as the John Lewis department stores
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Introduction Nike’s organisation structure/design Diversity and inclusion mean different things in different countries and to different people. At Nike‚ Diversity and Inclusion is what drives creativity and innovation. It takes every one of our over 30‚000 employees working at the top of their game for Nike to reach its highest potential. And we know that outstanding teams are composed of diverse people‚ backgrounds and skill sets. Nike’s ability to lead in innovation and creativity hinges
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Foundations Foundations of of Organization Organization Structure Structure 15-1 Chapter Chapter Learning Learning Objectives Objectives After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: – – – – – Identify the six elements of an organization’s structure. Identify the characteristics of a bureaucracy. Describe a matrix organization. Identify the characteristics of a virtual organization. Show why managers want to create boundaryless organizations. – Demonstrate how organizational structures
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traditional and religious festivals and events can influence the demand of certain goods‚ like Christmas tree is in higher demand in the month of December 14. number of sellers also impact demand by influencing the price of certain goods. Competition Competitors are always looking to take a bigger share of the market‚ perhaps by cutting their prices or by introducing a new or better version of a product Social factor The facts and experiences that influence individuals’ personality‚ attitudes and lifestyle
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way people and groups interact with each other‚ with clients‚ and with stakeholders. Organizational culture is defined as a pattern of basic assumptions invented‚ discovered or developed by a given group‚ as it learns to cope with the problems of external adaption and internal investigation that has worked well enough to be considered valid and therefore is to be taught to the new members as the correct way to perceive‚ think‚ and feel in relation to those problems. Organizational culture is a set
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TYPES OF ORGANISATION QUIZ 1) Which form of business organization do you think is most suitable for each of the following businesses? Explain your answer fully: a) A young student is planning to offer his services to neighbors as a gardener. He will purchase only cheap tools to start with. (3) The sole trader form is most suitable for this business‚ because sole trader is most common form- operated just by one person‚ and this business is running only by a young student‚ which is only one person
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the overall environment. Manager must have a good understanding of the environment of the organizations function so that it can optimize the performance of the organization. Basically people classified the environment into internal and external environments and external environment is then further divided into general and specific or sometime task environment. Internal environment is the conditions and forces present and at work within an organization such as owners‚ board of directors‚ employees and
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