Home Depot Essay

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Home Depot Case Analysis Leadership 1. Analyze CEO Nardelli’s behavior and actions in the development of his change strategy in terms of the roles described by the Competing Values Framework. In analyzing Nardelli’s leadership style, would you identify it as transformational or transactional? Why? Nardelli took on the Director Role in the Rational Goal model. He pushed his ideas in order to get results. Nardelli used a transactional leadership style in that he made company culture changes plus put in processes that would change the way things would be done. Strategic Integration 2. Using SWOT and VRIO [value, rarity, imitation, organization] analyses, develop a corporate strategy (or strategic direction of the organization – not marketing or business level strategy). How would you structure the organization to support your strategy for Home Depot during Nardelli’s leadership? You may either draw the structure or describe it. S – strengths – product and price W – Weaknesses – O – Opportunities T – Threats V – Value (exploit an opportunity or neutralize a threat) R – Rarity – resource in hands of few? I – Imitability O – can org exploit the resource/capability I am unfamiliar with these. 3. If you were a consultant to H.D. leadership at the time of the case, what might you recommend to improve the capacity of the organization to enhance its performance and strategy implementation? I agree with Lowe’s hiring of more full time employees. This develops ownership and loyalty in the employee base. They also become a more knowledgeable employee that is available as a resource to the customer. One of HD’s issues that Nardelli did not adequately address is the attention the customer

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