video: Ford’s Global Auto Strategy Running time 5 minutes. Available from ABC News A good film to use as part of lecture on Chapter 2: Global Enterprise [which lecture?] This short film describes Ford’s big gamble in the auto industry to develop a global car on the same platform worldwide. The auto is the Contour in the U.S. or the Mercury Mystique; in Europe it has been very successful as the Mondeo. The narrator explains the auto is to be sold in 60 countries yet remain responsive to local
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of generic strategies (overall cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ focus) ➢ Describe each of the strategies ➢ Provide examples of firms that have successfully attained as a means of outperforming competitors in their industry ➢ Address how these strategies help a firm develop a favourable position vis-à-vis the five forces ➢ Pitfalls managers must avoid if to pursue successfully these generic strategies ➢ Conditions under which firms may effectively combine generic strategies to outperform
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Internal Environment Corporate Structure Rosetta Stone’s headquarters are in Washington‚ DC. Here the decisions are made that move the company forward. Their whole focus is put on their one product‚ which is a computer program that teaches people a language in an innovative way‚ they have differentiation in their product in the sense that they have different languages and that they specialize their products to their customer. They have a second office in America in Colorado. Furthermore there are
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Internal Analysis of Coke and Pepsi (Appendix A) In this session‚ we would analyze Coke and Pepsi internally using SWOT analysis. SWOT is the short form of Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats. In Appendix A‚ we can see that the major strength for Coke is its name value. Coke is the World’s leading brand for CSD. Marketing and advertising is the major battleground for the CSD industry‚ from the SWOT analysis‚ we can see Coke did a great job for that. Being the market leader is definitely
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Internal Recruitment The assessment of an employer’s current staff to ascertain if any current employees are sufficiently skilled or qualified to perform required job vacancies. When a business engages in internal recruitment‚ a current employee might be reassigned to the new position by giving them either a promotion or an internal transfer. Advantages of Internal Recruitment Reduced Recruiting Costs There are costs associated with recruiting‚ especially when your search is conducted outside of
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Case Study in: Johnson‚ G. et al.‚ 2005. Exploring Corporate Strategy. 7th ed. Essex: Pearson Education Ltd. 1. Internal audit of tangible‚ financial and intangible resources Tangible Resources 1. Human Resources * Ryanair currently employs 2000 people (2003) from 25 nations. * The pay is performance related and among the highest in the airline industry (Annual Report 2004‚ p. 5). Travel concessions and participation in the share option program is granted to all employees. In 2003 over 30% (639
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monitor and evaluate customer service to internal customers - Knowledge Questions 1. Understand the meaning of internal customer 1.1 Describe what is meant by internal customer Internal customers are people within your own organisation such as employers or colleagues who you provide a service for‚ e.g. 2. Know the types of products and services relevant to internal customers 2.1 Describe the products and services offered by own organisation to internal customers 3. Understand how to deliver
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References: Ali‚ K. (2007). Commercial Business Organization. New York: Routledge-Cavendish. Britton A. & Jorissen A. (2007). International Financial Reporting and Analysis. Boston‚ Massachussetts: Cengage Learning EMEA.
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Internal Controls Internal controls are all the procedures and measures companies put in place in order to achieve two specific goals related to accounting (Kieso‚ Kimmel‚ & Weygandt‚ 2011). The first goal is the protection against loss of assets from various sources such as theft or accounting error (Kieso‚ Kimmel‚ & Weygandt‚ 2011). Companies‚ clients and shareholders must have assurance that there is suitable control over all business assets like inventory and bank accounts all the
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Organisations cannot operate without communication. Communication can take various forms but all forms involve the transfer of information from one party to others. It is also one of the things that most companies struggle with. A big part of the challenge is that there are so many different people you have to communicate with and it often has to be done in different ways. Communications are at the very heart of all business activity. So it is essential that people in a company assess such practices
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