Givens‚ General Manager- Westlake Bowling Lanes‚ Raleigh‚ North Carolina. Dear Shelby‚ Please find the attached report for the analysis for the Westlake lanes. Each options were evaluated based on various criteria and continuing the current operation and scrutinizing the costs on periodic is recommended as it is the cost effective strategy for Westlake Bowling Alley CASE ANALYSIS: Shelby Given‚ the granddaughter of founder of Westlake Lanes has taken over as general
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issue faced by general manager Shelby Givens of Westlake Lanes is whether or not to maintain the current practices of the business or seek new alternatives. She must convince the board that within her allotted one year‚ progress has been made in improving the business and ultimately convince them that profitability is in the foreseeable future and that their personal debt will be repaid. Analysis External Analysis: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Threat of new entrants: In regards to ease of
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that outlines four different frames (perspectives) to assess organizational issues. How do the issues that Westlake Lanes face‚ fit within each of the four frames? Structural Frame: - Are there clear goals and objectives / vision / direction? – No‚ Sheila Givens consulted the employees personally and allowed them to create the vision statement due to the understanding of Westlake lanes. Also‚ the objectives were not clear due to multiple discrepancies including poor sales in food and beverages
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TO: Shelby Givens‚ General Manager‚ Westlake Bowling Lanes FROM: Exemplar #1 SUBJECT: Business Strategy for Westlake Lanes – Analysis and Recommendations DATE: March 10‚ 2010 1. Issues and Options Since 2004‚ Westlake Lanes has experienced declining revenues and increasing costs driven primarily market factors and an absence of effective cost and operations management. Despite the company’s recent turnaround under Shelby Givens’ leadership‚ it is not on track to repay the Board for
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MEMORANDUM TO: Shelby Givens (General Manager‚ Westlake Bowling Lanes - here onwards "WBL") FROM: Kumar Gaurav (Candidate # 75745133‚ UBC) SUBJECT: Recommendation towards business planning for WBL DATE: 2nd September 2013 Key Issues: Shelby Givens‚ G.M of WBL could not get the business on track to repay the funds the board had loaned it 16 months before. In Jan 2010‚ the business profited for the 1st time in two years. But‚ now she wants to decide on a future direction for the business‚ so
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Memorandum To: Shelby Givens (General Manager) From: Subject: Westlake Lanes: How can this be saved Date: March 10th 2010 ______________________________________________________________________________ As you know your business Westlake Lanes is currently not performing up to the mark. I think there are a lot of steps we can take for the betterment of the business. There are many problematic issues with the business and I have identified some of the core ones-: • It feels old‚ no major renovation
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Case Analysis Anzaldúa‚ Noé Autrique‚ Juan Alberto De Alva‚ Hugo Eduardo Esquivel‚ Rosa Gómez‚ Francisco Núñez‚ Manuel Alejandro Servín‚ Erika Identified problems and relevant facts: The company’s target market strategy is not properly set because Westlake Lanes hasn’t identified the market’s new needs and trends at the same pace that the growth of Raleigh’s population has been developing. Facts: A business profile in a Raleigh paper stated that stepping into Westlake Lanes was like
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Strategic Management 04-75-498-01 Westlake Lanes Individual Case Submitted to: Professor Fritz Reiger Submission Date: Thursday‚ February 11th 2013 Key Issues Westlake Lanes is far from being one of Raleigh’s and the United States leading marketers of bowling. Shelby Givens‚ the new appointed general manager of Westlake‚ wondered if the company was on the right path. The imperative issues facing the general manager were‚ its sales revenue‚ expenditures and accounts payable
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Tennessee V. Lane Case Before 2004‚ courthouses and other public buildings differed from how they are today. There was one thing that these buildings did not have‚ a handicapped entrance. At this time‚ it could be very embarrassing to be handicapped because you could do nothing for yourself. If you wanted to enter a public building‚ you had to ask someone to carry you in‚ or even worse‚ you might have to crawl up stairs to enter! This was a definite problem that had been around for years‚ however
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descriptive detail‚ thought-provoking messages‚ and gallows-humor. These two pieces of art are called Beer Street and Gin Line. Beer Street depicts cheerful‚ heavy-set‚ and well-dressed individuals holding large mugs full of beer. On the other hand‚ Gin Lane shows a much darker scene of poverty stricken individuals with alcoholism running rampant. One of the most obvious differences between these two photos is the people portrayed within them. In the lower right and left sides of Beer Street picture there
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