BESSIE McCARTHY ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS (LEVEL 6) 2010 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT (one) Based on Assessing and Evaluating the Internal and External environmental forces of ALDI FOOD STORES TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Aim 3. Company Description 4. S.W.O.T. Analysis 5. P.E.S.T. Analysis 6. Conclusion 7. Appendices 8. Bibliography 1. INTRODUCTION This assignment will
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management of organisations‚ the culture of organisation has become a vital theme in this field. This essay examines why organisational culture is considered as one of the most important factors to organisational success by explain three viewpoints. First is how organisational culture improves the effectiveness of the organisation. Second‚ organisational culture can be a source of competitive advantage. Third‚ organisational culture has influence on organisational creativity and innovation. This essay
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ALDI CASE 1.How does ALDI ’s strategy lead to a competitive advantage ? How does the company achieve this strategy? ALDI gains a competitive advantage by several factors. ALDI offers its consumers an excellent value‚ so selling good quality products at a low price‚ thus obtain good market share‚ for example in Germany has a share of about 40 %. With this strategy ALDI and are available to any consumer purchasing power
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Executive summary This report presents a business case study of Aldi‚ to examine both internal and external factors that drive Aldi to the current successful position in the UK highly competitive grocery market. The report contains the PESTLE‚ which analyses external factors affecting Aldi’s business strategy. Furthermore‚ the report will discuss the essential business strategies; include the cost-leadership and price strategy‚ which helps Aldi to obtain competitive advantages. In addition‚ the report
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REMAKING JC PENNEY’S ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE 1 Do you think JC Penney was justified in appointing Mike Ullman‚ an outsider‚ as CEO instead of Vanessa Castagna‚ considering that Castagna was instrumental in turning around JC Penney in the early 2000s? Soon afterwards‚ Castagna left the company. What are the pros and cons of “bringing in an outsider” and promoting from within”? Discuss too the impact of such decisions on the morale of the employees. JC Penney is a mid range chain
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Culture cannot be managed Organisations do not form accidentally. It is the result of the belief that a group of individuals working together can accomplish the task that one individual cannot and the work can be done faster and more effectively. The process of organisational culture formation is first of all the process of creating a small group of individuals. From the 1980s there was a great number of discussions of organisational culture as a "source of fresh air" and antidote to attributes
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Question: Can Organisational Culture be changed? Management within an organisation has the ability to re-shape‚ re-engineer‚ re-organise and change their organisation and organisational culture‚ the majority of organisation’s today‚ have the ability to change their culture‚ however‚ at the same time‚ it is a very difficult and demanding task. This is where the four main functions of managing come into play; planning‚ controlling‚ leading and organising. Robbins at al (2009‚ p.94) defines organisational
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Sainsbury Organisational Structure and Culture An Organisation’s structure is a network of interdependencies among the people and the tasks that make up the Organisation. It is created and sustained by the basic coordination mechanisms of mutual adjustment‚ direct supervision and standardization‚ all of which coordinate inter-dependent relationships among people and groups (Wagner and Hollenbeck 2009). Pugh (1990) simplifies this by defining an organizational structure as consisting of activities
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challenging for companies to create their own unique brand. Competition is high and companies have to decide which strategy is the best for their business evolvement. This report is focused on two different companies Lidl and Aldi operating in the food retailing industry. Lidl and Aldi mostly was entering markets through Greenfield investments. These two companies chose greenfield investment as they wanted to have a full control over their business‚ promote their own brand and manage their business on
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Company Overview – ALDI: Aldi Group has been highlighted as a leading grocery chain store with more than 7‚500 stores across the globe[1]. The company has its roots in Germany that has remained its strongest market over the years with 40% market share in food retail segment‚ while aggressive expansion has been undertaken into other European countries and the US[2]. Aldi is a privately held company that operates as Aldi North and Aldi South‚ with its headquarter in Essen‚ Germany. PESTEL Analysis:
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