Mark H. Bourgoin Group 3 Strategic Audit Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc. Section II II. Corporate Governance Note: I would classify Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory as a Stage III “Divisional Structure‚” per the textbook (Hunger & Wheelen‚ 2010‚ p. 196‚ fig. 5-4). A. Board of Directors 1. a. Chairman: Franklin Crail (CEO and President) b. Directors: Bryan Merryman (VP‚ CFO‚ COO‚ and Treasurer)‚ Lee Mortenson‚ Gerald Kien‚ Clyde Engle‚ and Scott Capdevielle
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The Walt Disney Company is an American diversified multinational mass media corporation headquartered in Walt Disney Studios‚ California. It is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. The company is best known for the products of its film studio‚ the Walt Disney Studios‚ and today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel‚ ESPN‚A+E Networks
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Strategy Formulation Module(3): Strategy Implementation Module(4): Control & evaluation Summary & Conclusion References Introduction Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle‚ Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world‚ with 20‚366 stores in 61 countries‚ including 13‚123 in the United States‚ 1‚299 in Canada‚ 977 in Japan‚ 793 in the United Kingdom‚ 732 in China‚ 473 in South Korea‚ 363 in Mexico‚ 282
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Nike was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by University of Oregon track athlete Philip Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman‚ and officially became Nike‚ Inc. in 1978. The company takes its name from Nike‚ the Greek goddess of victory‚ and adopted the well-known logo‚ called the “Swoosh”‚ first used by Nike in 1971. Nike produces a wide range of sports equipments. Their first products were track running shoes‚ for a wide range of sports including track & field‚ tennis‚ baseball‚ Association
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Events The Wacky Widget Factory‚ a firm‚ decides to produce 5‚000 gadgets instead of 10‚000 widgets. This is a microeconomic issue because it deals with an individual firm. The opportunity cost would be 10‚000 widgets. Individual firm would be effected. The U.S. government reduces funding for the Environmental Protection Agency‚ an agency in charge of regulating and monitoring the level of all pollution in the U.S.‚ by $250 billion to reduce taxes on the wealthiest Americans. This is a macroeconomic
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PepsiCo‚ Incorporated is one of the largest Fortune 500 companies in the world. It got its start as the Pepsi Cola Company in 1898 when a pharmacist from Chinquapin‚ North Carolina. A pharmacist named Caleb Bradham invented the Pepsi Cola soft drink. The soft drink was originally named “Brad’s Drink” but was later renamed “Pepsi-Cola” combining the terms “pepsin” and “cola.” Along with selling the soda concoction the many soda fountains‚ Bradham also bottled and sold the drink in his own stores.
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products and drinks‚ although these are often categorized separately. The term Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) is used interchangeably with Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). Three of the largest and best known examples of Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies are Nestlé‚ Unilever and Procter & Gamble. Examples of FMCGs are soft drinks‚ tissue paper‚ and chocolate bars. Examples of FMCG brands are Coca-Cola‚ Kleenex‚ Pepsi and Believe. The FMCG sector represents consumer goods required for daily or frequent
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Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to analyse the problems and issues faced by the Boeing company over history and provide a strategic plan for its future growth and development. At first this report gives an introduction on the background and the current situation of Boeing. Then it conducts a series of analysis on the factors that might influence the development of the company‚ they include: SWOT analysis to discover the company’s internal strengths and weaknesses together with
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Questions to ask (factory tour): 1. Strategic Role A. What does this plant aim to do exceptionally well? i. Low cost? High quality? Quick response? ii. Note doing a certain things? iii. What is he plant’s strategic purpose? B. Talk to plant’s managers: i. What is the plant’s role? ii. Do they have priorities and have made decisions that reflect them? C. Talk to operators: i. Do they understand the plant’s strategic priorities? ii. Find whether operator’s perception of the plant’s role
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INTRODUCTION Our organization‚ Factory Outlet Store (FOS)‚ is a retail store that sells discounted clothing for adults and kids‚ from brand names such as Old Navy and Abercrombie & Fitch. FOS is a well-established brand and has a popular chain of stores in Malaysia‚ but we are looking to expand to Thailand with a first-ever four-storey FOS shopping center instead of freestanding boutiques. We are interested in expanding to Thailand as it has a dynamic retail sector. Some of its major retailers
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