Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank in Atlanta‚ Georgia. With their store‚ Marcus and Blank revolutionized the do-it-yourself home improvement market in the United States. Home Depot began as a very basic store‚ operated in a large‚ no-frills warehouse. Home Depot carries over 35‚000 products‚ with national brand names along with the Home Depot brand. At the start‚ Home Depot was able to offer exceptional customer service with knowledgeable employees who could guide
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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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The Home Depot store on 59th St in Manhattan uses its storefront to attract its customers. In his book Why We Buy‚ Paco Underhill points out “the front of a store has utmost importance in determining who enters.” When it comes to generating traffic‚ and attracting people to buy‚ the front of the store has the most pull. To attract people to its store‚ the Home Depot location took advantage of its bright orange colors against the surrounding bland cement buildings with bright orange balloons as flags
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Home Depot’s Customer Service Case Study Home Depot is an American based retailer of home improvement and construction products. Home Depot also offers services to its consumers. With its headquarters in Cobb County‚ Georgia‚ the company employs more than three-hundred fifty five-thousand people and operates two-thousand one-hundred sixty-four big-box stores across the world including‚ all fifty states‚ the District of Columbia‚ Puerto Rico‚ the Virgin Islands‚ Guam‚ Canada‚ Mexico and China (wikipedia
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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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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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HOME DEPOT INC. (Note: all $ amounts are stated in millions) PART 1 a) There are 3 years covered in the following primary comparative financial statements‚ namely fiscal years ended 1 February 2004‚ 2 February 2003 and 3 February 2002: • Consolidated Statement of Earnings • Statement of Stockholders Equity and Comprehensive Income • Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows There are 2 years covered in the Consolidated Balance Sheet‚ namely fiscal years ended 1 February 2004 and 2
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Home Depot’s Bumpy Road to Equality Internet/Case Study Assignment: 1. If Home Depot was correct in that it was not discriminating‚ but simply filling positions consistent with those who applied for them (and very few women were applying for customer service positions)‚ given your reading of this chapter‚ was the firm guilty of discrimination? If so‚ under what theory? Yes‚ Home Depot was accountable of discrimination towards women due to their standards of hiring by reinforcing gender stereotyping;
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A Strategic Analysis of Home Depot GM599 A Strategic Analysis of Home Depot Introduction The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is a home improvement‚ construction products and services retailer operating over 2‚000 big-box stores in the United States and abroad. The Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank with the vision of one-stop shopping for do-it-yourself (DIY) customers‚ installation services for do-it-for-me (DIFM) customers and competitive products for the professional
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Conclusion Home Depot is a worldwide organization that focuses in the home improvement market‚ as well as provides product development for the construction industries. This strategically operated organization reflects the commitment from federal and provincial legislations in order to “take care of our people.” Home Depot pledges to create a safe work environment‚ and to treat everyone fairly. Home Depot is committed to customer service‚ and building strong relationships with costumers‚ venders
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