THE VIRGIN GROUP IN 2012 LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC CHANGE WALTER FEDERICO MINETTI Universidad de Ciencias Sociales y Empresariales
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Analysis 11 Virgin Entertainment Group 11 Virgin Airlines 12 Conclusion 14 Introduction The underlying case study paper depicts the development‚ nature and profitability of different business units of the Virgin Group of Companies up to the year of 2004. The companies comprised‚ strongly differ in size‚ character and industry‚ all operating under the umbrella of a single brand „Virgin“ founded‚ owned and represented by the British Richard Branson. The brand „Virgin“ has been introduced
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Ansoff Matrix of Virgin Groups‚ McDonald’s and eBay Introduction Ansoff Matrix was introduced by Igor Ansoff‚ a Russian-born pioneer of strategic management and corporate planning. He was also the strategist who first identified the fact that competitive advantage in the market was vital in the element of planning process (2001). Ansoff matrix helps to define two vital factors for marketing: what is sold and who it is sold to. Therefore‚ it pertains on the products
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289 CASE EXAMPLE The Virgin Group Aidan McQuade Introduction The Virgin Group is one of the UK’s largest private companies. The group included‚ in 2006‚ 63 businesses as diverse as airlines‚ health clubs‚ music stores and trains. The group included Virgin Galactic‚ which promised to take paying passengers into sub-orbital space. The personal image and personality of the founder‚ Richard Branson‚ were highly bound up with those of the company. Branson’s taste for publicity has led him to
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Virgin Group: Finding New Avenues for Growth Virgin is a leading international investment group and one of the most respected and recognized brands in the world. It has been one of the fastest growing companies in the world since its inception. Conceived in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson as a music mail-in service‚ the company has gone to grow as one of the largest companies in UK. Today‚ Virgin group has more than 400 companies worldwide in 34 different countries and with global
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Virgin stands as an example of the benefits and success to be derived when top management realise that simply managing people is not sufficient‚ but investing in the human element that is responsible for all aspects of the operations‚ will reap tangible rewards. Virgin approach recognised that human resource management should not just be approached from a series of procedures‚ polices and systems but should be balanced with a keen interest in the people of the organisation
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Introduction Virgin Group LTD is one of the most well-known‚ respected brand and outstanding international investment group. Invented in 1970 by Richard Branson. Virgin Group became a widespread company and began to grow up in businesses such as: mobile telephony‚ travel‚ financial services‚ leisure‚ TV‚ music‚ holiday and health & wellness. It involved in the fields of airlines‚ rail services‚ and transportation services‚ motorbike and cruise packages. They also operate gym facilities‚ racing
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weighing almost half a kilogram‚ the 1011 is where the mobile phone as we know it today was born. Later that year‚ Nokia president and CEO Jorma Ollila made the decision to focus exclusively on manufacturing mobile phones and telecommunications systems. Following this‚ the company’s rubber‚ cable and consumer electronics divisions were gradually sold off. The 1011 was on sale for two years until 1994‚ when it was replaced by the 2110‚ which introduced what has become one of the most famous sounds
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implementation of Virgin Group by V S Rama Rao on January 18‚ 2009 Grabbing and successful: Richard Branson‚ entrepreneurial owner and founder of Britain’s untraditional Virgin Group‚ has fused two dissimilar lines of work – show business and commerce – into a single‚ extremely profitable enterprise. Virgin Group comprises more than 100 companies in 15 countries. It includes Virgin Atlantic‚ a 12 plane long distance carrier‚ the Virgin Retail Group outlets that sell CDs‚ videos and games; Virgin Communications
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Virgin Group’s brand manual says "Our people come first." Virgin realizes the importance of employees in the success of the company. They develop loyalty from their own employees in order to build their reputation. Environmental and Organizational Strategic Issues Virgin Group finds new ways to lead the airline industry on environmental issues. The airline’s brand new fleet is one of the most fuel and carbon efficient fleets being operated in the world. The Virgin Group has also plan to
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