Case Study 2: Going to the X-Stream Tamara A. Scott MGMT 3600 Sec. E02 Spring 2013 Professor Emily Lane Gil Reihana is a smart‚ young‚ ambitious‚ and educated entrepreneur. After graduating college with an information technology degree‚ Reihana inherited a substantial amount of money. With investments from multiple family members & coupled with his inheritance‚ Reihana launched X-Stream. X-Stream is a technology company that assembles personal computers and sells them through chain
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Continuing Case Starbucks #3 Regional and Functional Departmentalization: Starbucks uses geographical departmentalization to arrange their organizational structure. (See diagram below). Geographical organization is an effective way to keep the company running smoothly and connected to the leaders’ vision and strategic direction as “Starbucks continues its global expansion and pursues innovative strategic initiatives.” (Page 358 Paragraph 1 Management ninth edition. Robbins Coulter Langton).
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Company Background Three Seattle academics and entrepreneurs‚ English teacher Jerry Baldwin‚ history teacher Zev Siegel‚ and writer Gordon Bowker‚ started the Starbucks Corporation in 1997. Their primary product was the selling of whole bean coffee in one Seattle store. By early 1980’s‚ this business had grown into four stores selling the coffee beans‚ a roasting facility‚ and a wholesale business for local restaurants. "There store did not offer fresh-brewed coffee sold by the cup‚ but tasting
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Business Law Sample CASE STUDY SITUATION GO FAST is a motorcycle manufacturer in the southern United States. Though sales have been steady‚ profits have declined because of increasing operational costs. The Board of Directors felt a fresh look at the operations side was needed. They developed a 5-year plan to increase operating efficiency and set out to find someone to lead the effort. Four months ago‚ GO FAST found what they saw as “the person” to be the new operations director and develop a
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Throughout the world people are always talking about global warming and how the world has become so polluted. People often want to do something about it‚ they just don’t know what. That’s where Global Green USA comes into play. Global Green USA is a national environmental organization. The mission of Global Green USA is to foster a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure future. In order to do this the organization must understand if they have the right strategy and culture to perform
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Starbucks Case Analysis Table of Contents I. Executive Summary II. Company Profile III. Marketing Analysis IV. Competition V. Company Product and Services VI. Recommendations/Conclusion I. Executive Summary In 1971‚ three young entrepreneurs began the Starbucks Corporation in Seattle Washington. Their key goal was to sell whole coffee beans. Soon after‚ Starbucks began experiencing huge growth‚ opening five stores all of which had roasting facilities‚ sold coffee beans and room
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This is a strategic report on Starbucks. First of all I will explain the external environment of Starbucks using PESTEL analysis‚ Porter’s five forces analysis and competitor analysis. Next will be an analysis of Starbucks’ strategic capabilities. These will be determined using a resource audit‚ a value system analysis‚ the identification of possible core competences and the identification of important stakeholders. After this I will present a SWOT analysis of Starbucks before discussing three possible
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Starbucks Video Case 1. Describe the coffee industry prior to the creation of Starbucks. How did Starbucks change the product and create the specialty coffee sector? Starbucks opened its first store in 1971 and prior to that the coffee industry was different. Before Starbucks there were virtually no independent coffee shops. While coffee was cheap at around 50 cents a cup the quality was also cheap. Coffee was canned‚ tasted terrible and there was no such thing as gourmet coffee. However Starbucks
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problem is anti-globalization which makes more difficult for Starbucks to enter in new markets. Symptoms:1. Protests from anti-globalization activists. 2. If those activists have enough media power it leads to international scandals sometimes even involvement of celebrities (who also might be activists of anti-globalization). And finally the worst situation for Starbucks:3. They receive push-backs in new markets. That is why Starbucks needs to establish some systematic method or decision process
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Objectives 3. Significance 4. Impact of HRM 5. HRM Shareholders 6. HRM Roles & Responsibilities 7. Shift of Focus on HRM functions 8. Starbucks- Company Profile 9. Leadership Style at Starbucks 10. Factors affecting Starbucks HR Practices 11. HRM Models 11.1. Matching Model 11.2. Harvard Model 12. High Commitment HRM 13. Starbucks & HCHRM 13.1. Job Security 13.2. Selective Hiring 13.3. Training & Dvpt 13.4. Employee Involvement & Info Sharing
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