Case #1 Acquire or Develop talent My professional Recommendation: I think it is best for Tanglewood to focus more on developing talent from within because it saves the company time and money. In house employees already know about the company, and the products it has to offer. They also know about and are use to the organization’s culture, and has a proven track record. Therefore, fewer resources will be needed for this candidate. Hire Yourself or Outsource My professional Recommendation: I think it is best for Tanglewood to focus more on doing the hiring themselves because they get to set the criteria for the new employees themselves, and they get a chance to get a feel for the employees first hand.
Since consumers will be more likely to support American vendors, this will keep the American businesses running and not force them to cut costs to compete with imports. As long as American businesses do not have to cut costs and layoff workers to compete with imports, the American job base stays stable and possibly could grow.
Acquire or Develop Talent Tanglewood should acquire talent, because it wants to keep performance and customer service at high levels. In addition, while old stores under Tanglewood have the same basic look, the management styles and human resource can use some improvements. Acquire talent is very helpful for new stores, because employees would “hit the ground running” and be at the peak performance the moment they arrive. Hire Yourself or Outsource Personally, I think Tanglewood should hire itself. Outsourcing is more practical for small and medium companies.
You have plenty of locations and if you firmly believe in your company culture, than those who come work for you will stay. Overstaffing vs. understaffing Being a retail chain of stores I believe that during down season it would be better to be understaffed since you are not as large as other retailers and cannot afford to waste money. However, during high season you should overstaff since you want to maintain that great and comfortable experience for your customers that you are well known for. This is another reason for having a flexible workforce. Short vs. long-term focus In the case of short or long term focus when it comes to employment, it is my opinion that it depends on what you are looking for.
(Heizer, Render, 2011, p. 50) 1) What constituent the mission of Minit Lube? The mission of Minit-Lube is to provide fast and affordable services, hopefully less than gas stations, automotive repair chains and auto dealers while delivering better service. Supply the customers with a top of notch prevention care maintenance and interior auto cleaning, to keep the customers satisfy. 2) How does the Minit-Lube operations strategy provide competitive advantage? Minit lube use the 10 strategic OM decisions as follow a) Goods and services design According to Heizer and Render, designing goods and services usually determine the lower limit of the cost and the upper limit of quality.
The products will be served in a friendly manner and the atmosphere will be a serene one that will leave our customers feeling satisfied after their encounter with our company. This will cause our business to succeed and thrive throughout the years. Caffe Umbria’s ideology is to provide its target market with high quality but mid-priced coffee on the go and in bagged blends to make and serve at home. By providing a cheaper alternative to places like Starbucks and other name brand expensive coffee shops, Caffe Umbria must make many smart choices when it comes to planning pricing, packaging and distribution. Companies with smaller profit margins must create a larger following of loyal customers because they need to rely on the quantity of customers, not the markup, for their profits.
This will allow management more time to focus on company values and management duties instead of performing a multitude of tasks that are non-management related. Kudler Fine Food’s growth is to remain as a customer oriented business that provides high quality gourmet foods. Implementing supply chain technology will automate the manual inventory and ordering performed by the owner within Kudler Fine Foods will alleviate responsibility on the owner and ensure products are ordered correctly and in a timely order. An opportunity exists to reduce the responsibility by either hiring help with purchasing products and inventory or by training others to use an automated inventory tracking system. Both would incur costs, but implementing an automated inventory tracking system will save time.
Consumers are demanding chemical free homegrown products. It is easy for consumers to find other companies who can provide comparable services. However, new technology is only a fraction of what makes Gene One stand out over their competitors. Consumer loyalty and strong leadership will give them a major advantage. The challenge for Gene One will be to maintain their cohesiveness as a management team and maintaining a high level of social responsibility while expanding the company to a publicly traded organization.
They believe that less on paychecks means more on living values. There is the housewife’s syndrome – living happily ever after, means the family will have a large amount of consumption. Hayes states that radical homemakers don’t distract themselves with these types of dreams instead they believe that it is possible to build a life serving economy, greater social change, better life, and brighter future. People achieve this by only improving domestic live, and it also services to reduce people’s ecological impact and helps to generate living for
Decreasing time of development and avoiding any issues with IS by the new approach did not affect of product quality. The KPI of employees increased and cost of production decreased by locating manufacturing and distribution function to less expensive locations. This actions helps Lego to reach their objectives and shows that they are on the right way to reach the fruits of the new business strategy. 2. Which of the generic strategies does Lego appear to be using based on this case?