NIKE Part 1: Organizational Analysis 2/6/2013 NIKE Part 1: Organizational Analysis Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Overview and History 4 Organizational Strategies and Innovation 5 Organizational Design and Effectiveness 6 Competitors 7 Organizational Structure 7 Board of Directors: 8 External Environment 9 Opportunities 9 Threats 9 Internal Environment 10 Strengths 10 Weaknesses 11 Competitors 11 Nike Products and Services 12 Information Technology
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internal organizational challenges prohibited the growth of the line. Rigid profit margin expectations handed down by corporate headquarters created an environment that encouraged the sale of Nike’s high-margin products to high-end customers. Regardless of the low cost of the World Shoes‚ they were still slapped with a high profit margin‚ resulting in overpriced products compared to local Chinese products. Second‚ because of the current distribution network and infrastructure that Nike had in place for
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are the major sources of risk facing the company? Discuss potential solutions Risks: • Due to its global dominance it has created a powerful brand image around the world it has evoked strong emotions in people’s mind so much that it leads to street protests. Starbucks has a store at every corner in some parts of U.S • Global recession led to shift consumers to less costly brands e.g. (McDonald’s McCafe). The future generation and people within their 20’s & 30’s are not ready to pay High prices
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1. In referring to the opening profile and the closing case for this chapter‚ discuss the challenges regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR) that companies in the apparel business face in its supply chains around the world. In today’s globalized economy‚ the challenge in engaging in CSR is in keeping costs low while at the same time keeping profits high and shareholders happy. With the implementation of a CSR strategy‚ Milton Friedman’s theory of maximizing shareholders’ profits as a company’s
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NIKE Executive Summary Nike Inc. founded in 1962 by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight was first named Blue Ribbon sports. Their goal was to distribute high quality Japanese athletic shoes to American consumers in an attempt to compete with Germany’s domination of the athletic wear at that time (Adidas and Puma). Nike manufactures and distributes athletic shoes at every marketable price point to the global market. More than 40% of sales come from athletic apparel and sports equipment
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Company research Name: Class: Teacher: Date: Table of contents Introduction …..……………………………………………………….. Page 3 Nike history ….………………………………………………………... Page 3-4 Marketing ….…………………………………………………………. Page 4-6 Nike factories ………………………………………………………….. Page 6 Nike financial results ………………………………………………….. Page 7 SWOT analysis …………………………………………………………. Page 8 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………… Page 9 Bibliography……………………………………………………………
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Nike (NKE) In the 1950’s‚ Bill Bowerman‚ a track and field coach at the University of Oregon‚ began cobbling shoes for his runners. Bowerman and one of his runners Phil Knight formed Blue Ribbon Sports and sold shoes for Tiger shoes in 1964. While Knight was selling the shoes‚ Bowerman was ripping them apart to see how he could make them lighter and made his runners test his improved shoes. Their first full-time employee‚ Jeff Johnson‚ was an early designer of shoes and came up with the name Nike
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the current situation is of a fundamentally different order to what has gone before. The speed of communication and exchange‚ the complexity and size of the networks involved‚ and the sheer volume of trade‚ interaction and risk give what we now label as ’globalization ’ a peculiar force.( 1) With increased economic interconnection‚ some argue‚ multinational corporations. which rose the globalization of the ’brands ’ like Coca Cola‚ Nike and Sony. Anthony Giddens (1990: 64) has described globalization
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NIKE HISTORY Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Nike Inc. as Blue Ribbon Sports in 1962 with a handshake. The two man team began the company with a combined investment of $500 each. They reached an agreement with a Japanese manufacturer of athletic shoes‚ forming BRS/Tiger shoes. Phil Knight started this company selling shoes from the trunk of his car. As the empire grew‚ the two man team developed the idea to cut overheard. In 1972‚ BRS and Onitsuka Tiger went different ways and thus Nike
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