Nordstrom: Planning a better inventory Question 1 Nordstrom has famously been known for its lean retail prices and its tight inventory. Nordstrom uses demand forecasting to minimize leftover inventory. Nordstrom’s total corporate management is based on two main goals. One is to associate purchasing with demand to keep inventory as lean as possible. Second is to present customers and sales associates with a wide-ranging view of Nordstrom’s entire inventory‚ including all stores and warehouses
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Ethical Performance Evaluations Organizations have a commitment to employees to provide an evaluation based on performance that is being performed the position held. Managers include the aspects of responsibilities‚ strengths‚ and weaknesses of performance that are presented on a daily basis by an employee. Managers face moral and ethical issues that require critical decisions to be made. Using ethically responsible management practices and facing social issues during performance evaluations can
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Nordstrom’s problems... Nordstrom is a classic case of how complicated and counterproductive the business becomes if a system is not properly designed or implemented. Nordstrom’s intentions were very good when they launched their customized piece rate compensation technique called “Sales Per Hour (SPH)” for the first time in the retail industry. Their plan was to motivate all the sale employees to think and act outside the box and earn tremendous customer satisfaction thus augmenting the sales.
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ISSN 1940-204X Northlake Bookstore: Benchmarking for Performance Evaluation Hugh Grove University of Denver Tristy Hillestad University of Denver Lisa M. Victoravich University of Denver IntroductIon In September 2004‚ Wendy Wiley‚ the Northlake Bookstore manager‚ was considering the implications of a shocking development. For the first time in her seven years as the Bookstore manager‚ textbook sales for this fall had decreased from the prior fall sales. The sales decrease was approximately
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CASE “Citibank: Performance Evaluation” Harvard Business School 9-198-048 rev: October 14‚ 1999 The Performance Scorecard: a strategic management tool Frits Seegers‚ President of Citibank California‚ is convinced that “in a competitive marketplace where businesses compete for customers‚ customer satisfaction is seen as a key differentiator and increasingly has become a key element of business strategy”1. Fulfilling customers’ expectations is a critical issue for the long term business sustainability
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customer” (Harvard Business School. 1997‚ pg. 1). Mr. McGaran is an exceptional manager and his performance exceeds expectations with the exception of customer satisfaction. Mr. McGaran scored “below par” on customer satisfaction. It a must Mr. McGaran take correction actions to improve customer satisfaction in his division to bring his rating above par. Describe the approach you would take in your performance feedback session with James. What would you say‚ in what sequence would you say it‚ and what
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OBJECTIVES * One of the major objectives of the case is that Citibank has aligned its new performance evaluation process to inculcate non financial measures in the performance evaluation and thereby highlighting the importance of diverse set of measures for evaluating performance it has been a year since the California division has introduced this change through a new performance scorecard and Citibank has to make sure that the change is communicated throughout the organisation. * The Citibank
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Signature:…………………… Date:………… Background The case discuses about the evaluation of performance of James McGaran‚ Branch Manager of Citibank in Los Angeles by his Area Manager‚ Lisa Johnson‚ and the discrepancies that crept in during the evaluation process. In the case‚ it can be seen how Lisa Johnson had failed to reflect some of the performances properly leading to a stalemate position in the performance evaluation of an efficient manager like James McGaran. James McGaran was a branch manager
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LUCKNOW Written Executive Communication PROJECT REPORT Citibank – Performance Evaluation Submitted to – Dr. Payal Mehra Date – 26/10/2012 Submitted By Group 8‚ Section C Anuradha Tyagi (PGP28128) Aditya Singh (PGP28158) Bholendra P.Singh (PGP28143) K. Aditya Das (PGP28139) Vishal Raju (PGP28155) Shweta J. (PGP28159) Table of Contents 1. Abstract 2 2. Brief Overview of the current situation 3 3. Strategy for Case Analysis
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meaning and concept of the 360 degree performance appraisal process. 2. To communicate or inform the participants about the weaknesses of the conventional system and how 360 degree system overcome these weak areas. 3. To provide necessary skills to plan and implement a 360-degree appraisal System in the organization. 360 Degree Appraisal System : A latest “performance management tool” is a 360 degree appraisal system. This process enables the individuals performance to be evaluated from an all around
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