potential use of information technology for strategic advantage. Sunflower Inc. is a large distribution company that purchases and distributes snack foods and liquor to retail stores throughout the United States and Canada. The organization has one head office and twenty-two regions. Each region is encouraged to be autonomous to accommodate local tastes and practices. Competition is very intense in the industry and Sunflower Inc. is unable to respond to market shifts. The organization is characterized
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Wawa‚ Inc.‚ a privately held company‚ began in 1803 as an iron foundry in New Jersey. Toward the end of the 19th Century‚ owner George Wood took an interest in dairy farming and the family began a small processing plant in Wawa‚ Pa‚ in 1902. The milk business was a huge success‚ due to its quality‚ cleanliness and “certified” process. As home delivery of milk declined in the early 1960s‚ Grahame Wood‚ George’s grandson‚ opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for dairy products. Now
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Gap Inc. is a leading international specialty retailer offering clothing‚ accessories and personal care products for men‚ women‚ children and babies under the Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ and Old Navy brand names. There are four brand names included in Gap: Gap‚ GapKids‚ BabyGap‚ and GapBody. There are worldwide Gap headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area‚ product development offices in New York City and distribution operations and offices coordinating sourcing activities around the globe (www.gapataglance
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well as launching new products such as the iPod in the market which brought Apple back into the spotlight. Discussion about this issue is elaborated in the main discussion section. The first section briefly describes the current situation in the case study‚ and applies using analysis tools. This will further relate to Apple’s strategic factors and success and how it uses the STP (Segmentation‚ Targeting‚ and Positioning) tool to explain its market position. The report will also give recommendations
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Tanglewood Case Study 7 Mgmt 364 Staffing Abby Gilpin Question 2: The top 3 candidates will be Max Renoir‚ Thomas Reznor and James Heckman based on using the Compensatory Model. When looking at these 3 candidates they are the strongest in the unit weight with 70‚ 73 and 76 respectively and rational weight with 67.5‚ 69 and 76 respectively. Reznor and Renior have done well on the testing‚ conscientiousness and extraversion. Heckman’s testing was not outstanding‚ but his scores for conscientiousness
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Sony Computer Entertainment showed a strong lineup of games in the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 that was held at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles‚ California‚ but it seems that the much-awaited “Gran Turismo 7” (GT7) was missing in action. Due to this‚ the followers of the upcoming racing video game are concerned about the game developer’s decision to delay the launching of GT7. Sony was able to showcase new projects in E3 like Media Molecule’s “Dreams” and Guerrilla Games’
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ethics‚ finance and restructuring of debt. The analysis examines issues faced by a company experiencing financial distress such as a conflict of interest among debt holders‚ management and stockholders and corporate responsibility in practice. Dice‚ Inc‚ a provider of online recruiting services for technology professionals faced a series of challenges which included a troubled economy‚ undesirable balance sheets and heartless debt holders following the crash of the dot.com bubble. The company earned
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Case 4: MAGREC‚ Inc. 1.) Place yourself in the role of the manager. What should you do now? After considering what happened‚ would you change any of your behaviors? If I was Pat: Even though Fred wants me to fire Dinah‚ I believe that if I was to fire her‚ Dinah would file a lawsuit for wrongful discharge. My values and morals should not be the deciding factor in determining if Dinah’s actions are grounds for dismal. As such‚ I would meet with Fred‚ and explain to him the result
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Case 5 Magrec‚ Inc. 1. I would let a day pass and then request another meeting with Dinah indicating a sincere desire to work through the matter and the need to come to an understanding and agreement of how to work together and with the team moving forward. At that meeting‚ I would start off and thank Dinah for bringing the Partco matter to my attention. I would communicate with Dinah that I respect her strong feelings and beliefs behind her actions regarding the Partco matter but indicate
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over 10‚000 stores in Japan. In restructuring our convenience store business‚ it has become necessary to implement consolidated management of both our domestic and international convenience store businesses‚ such as that of our US subsidiary‚ 7-Eleven‚ Inc. The franchise business model in itself serves to strengthen the internal control function and selfinnovation‚ and we at Seven-Eleven Japan intend to fulfill our "corporate responsibilities" and "corporate social responsibilities"‚ in particular
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