Case 2: Whole Foods Market 1. What are the chief elements of the strategy that Whole Foods Market is pursuing? Growth Strategy: Whole Foods has maintained a growth strategy using a combination of opening new stores and acquiring smaller chains that had good management and were in promising locations. Since the company has ran out of attractive acquisition candidates they are focusing on opening 10-15 bigger stores in metropolitan areas ranging from forty thousand to eighty thousand square feet. Their main acquisition was Wild Oats in 2007 for $700 million which gave them entry to five new states.
The company has three locations (La Jolla, Del Mar and Encinitas). All stores has about 16,000 square feet of retail space located in a shopping center. The stores are stocked with the best domestic and imported foods. All stores are stocked and
Organizational Behavior at Whole Foods Introduction This paper will discuss the organizational behavior concepts that relate to Whole Foods. These concepts include Theory X and Theory Y, human and social capital, the profile of the 21st century manger, Carroll’s Global Corporate Social Responsibility Pyramid and the seven moral principles. Whole Foods Market is a supermarket chain that functions through several completely maintained divisions. The supermarkets are located in the US, Canada and the UK. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas and employed about 72,700 people as of September 30, 2012, of whom 16,400 were part-time employees and 3,200 were seasonal employees (“Company Profile”, 2013).
In relation to your current business environment (or one that you are familiar with), identify at least two different types of information technology that may be used when completing work tasks. I use emails to communicate with suppliers and customers and a Smartbook till system which is used to book parties on the internet, I also use word processor to create documents. 2. What are the benefits to businesses (and others) of using information technology for doing work tasks? The benefits of IT for work tasks is the ease of communication, many attendees at a meeting may be invited quickly and in one go rather than individually calling each person.
I work for Lifestyle Home Loans and realty company located in Inglewood California We have about 20 employees which consist of the brokers Lyondell and his wife Cynthia the secretary Maria and fourteen real estate agents an four loan officer. When I was asked to do this assignment on the office automation and group collaboration I had to think really hard on all the different software we use to keep the company running and our clients satisfied. One of the software programs we use is Microsoft word. Microsoft word is a powerful tool created to make documents look professional. With Microsoft we can create new documents, open existing files, save the active files with its current file name, locate and file formatting send the content of the document an a email, print the active file or selected items, preview files before printing, spell and grammar writing style errors, display suggestions for correcting.
Unit Five Whole Foods Market 2007 Case Study Analysis Robert Neal Kaplan University School of Business and Management MT 460-01 Management Policy and Strategy Dr. Carrie A. O’Hare [ August 5, 2012 ] Unit Five Whole Foods Market 2007 Case Study Analysis Introduction Whole Foods Markets is a food market that prides itself on providing its customers with the highest quality of natural and organic foods. With natural and organic foods increasing in consumer purchases it looks as if it is a sure win for profitability. Through the acquisition of a number of other companies, whole Foods may have grown to become the largest natural food supermarket in the United States. Staying true to their mission statement and original ideals is the formula the company credits their success to. Synopsis (Background) of the Situation John Mackey (founder) may not have dreamed that the one Whole Foods market store he helped to create back in 1980 would grow to become the leading supermarket in the natural foods industry.
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The Point of Sale (POS) cash register information is transmitted via the network on a daily basis through uploads at the store downloads at corporate. In a special report written by Liz Parks and published by Supermarket News (Parks 2005), independent grocers were encouraged t invest in technology as a way of streamlining operating costs. Chase, Jacobs & Aquilano (2005) discuss the benefits of using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) computer software to manage business operations with a single integrated set of corporate data. Having an (ERP) in place allows an organization to streamline processes through the reduction of time needed to process supplier payments or process customer orders. Kudler would be able to use an ERP to forecast future needs to assist with accurate purchasing, track vendor and retail pricing as well as other financial information.
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Strategic HR Management Final Project Wegmans Food Markets Table of Contents Abstract 1 Introduction 2 History of Wegmans 2 Why Employees Enjoy Working at Wegmans 3 How Wegmans Attracts, Retains and Develops Employees 4 Strength of HR 7 HR Competitive Advantage 8 Other Important Learning about Wegmans 11 Company Developments 12 Conclusion 13 References 14 Abstract Wegmans has done many things over the years to achieve the reputation as being one of the best employers in the United States. The company operates 67 stores in four states, employing over 30,000 people, and close to two and a half million customers per year. Since 1981, the company has given $56 million dollars in scholarships to more than 25,000 full-time and part-time employees. Wegmans turnover rate is only 6%, which is considerably lower than the industry average. Wegmans HR function is strength because they take a strategic approach that not only covers standard functions but they also capitalize on interpersonal functions as well.