Case Study: The Home Depot Preface This Essentials of Strategic Management assignment has been made by three persons which have been working together and individually to finish the assignment properly and in time. Secondly‚ we would like to thank the company whose websites we were able to visit and use‚ to get additional information that we could use for leading the assignment of Home Depot to a successful ending. We can say‚ that it was a pleasure to work on this assignment and would‚ in the
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Function at Home Depot‚ Inc. Abstract This paper discusses the role of human resources at Home Depot‚ Inc. According to Grossman (2008)‚ the organization had to lower costs‚ increase customer service ratings‚ and revitalize the culture in an unstable economic environment. This paper identifies key problems in the company’s decision to reduce its workforce in an effort to redefine the role of human resources management. It also examines how Home Depot fits the Lepak
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INTRODUCTION Home Depot enjoyed high growth of revenues and profits in the period 1978-2003. From 7 mio USD of revenues in 1979 to 64‚8 bn in 2003. Revenue growth was generated mainly due to external growth coming from mergers and acquisitions. Home Depot has four product categories: Building and Remodeling‚ Home Décor and Organizing‚ Outdoor Living and Tool and Hardware. Company went through some structural changes when in 2000 first non funder Bob Nerdelli became the CEO of the company. Nerdelli
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| The Home Depot‚ Inc. | Suggested Growth Strategy | | Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………….2 Strategic Audit Case Analysis………….........................................................................................4 Introduction 4 Past Corporate Performance 5 Financial Analysis - Ratios 5 Financial Analysis – Financial Statements 6 Financial Analysis – Industry/Competitor Comparison 7 Strategic Posture 8 Current Mission 8 Current Objectives 9 Current
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Home Depot Environmental Analysis Home Depot Environmental Analysis An organizations external environment consists of three interrelated sets of factors that play a principal role in determining the opportunities‚ threats‚ and constraints that the company will face. The first factor is the remote environment that comprises of factors originating beyond any organizations operating situation such as economic and technological factors. The second factor is industry environment. This more directly
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Quiz 1 Edgar Sanchez Management 3303 Chris Zigrossi 8/29/13 Question 1 Home Depot represents the customer intimacy section of market discipline. Which is a marketing strategy ‚where a service supplier or product retailer gets close to their customers. The reason they go with this marketing strategy is because they give you solutions‚ advice ‚ and ideas. I pulled a direct quote from home depots corporate page that ensured me that it is not by luck people will receive this service it is
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Competitor Analysis Home Depot competitors are primarily in the home improvement and hardware retail industry‚ but also compete in the building materials retail and distribution‚ consumer electronics and appliances retail‚ and convenience stores and truck stops sectors. Some of Home Depot’s main competitors include: Lowe’s‚ True Value‚ and Ace Hardware. Now‚ these competitors are the main competition of Home Depot and all three stores carry about 75% if not more of what Home Depot sells. Keep in mind
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1. In my opinion‚ Nardelli’s programs were failed in changing operation of Home Depot to a more effective one. There are two reasons that Nardelli was not more successful. First‚ most employees did not want to an outsider to “GE-ize their company and culture.” Employees in Home Depot did not trust their new manager‚ which led absent support when Nardelli carried out the new process. The second reason was also the more important reason. Nardelli used the concept learned from industrial businesses
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HOME DEPOT Financial Analysis The Home Depot at the end of 2000 stands on rock solid financial footing as the World’s largest home improvement Retailer. As they continue to grow in size‚ so has their outcome of success. Home Depot’s net revenues have grown 208% between FY 1995 and FY 2000. Home Depot’s growth in net earnings over the same period has been 284%. The revenue that the firm is retaining as profits is outweighing the total amount being brought into the company. In 1998‚ Home Depot was
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CSR Case Study: The Home Depot Giving back to communities Prepared for: Interdepartmental Working Group on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Corporate Social Responsibility: Lessons Learned Final Home Depot Case Study 1 Corporate Overview Home Depot was founded in 1978‚ and has grown to become the world’s largest home improvement retailer and the second largest retail chain in the USA with total sales of $53.6 billion in 2001. The company employs a workforce of more than 250
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