As Sainsbury's have a hierarchical structure they are most likely to lose a lot of money because for the marketing and research and development departments to carry out their functions they would need funding from the finance department. For this information to get to the finance department a lot of time would have been wasted and also for the finance department to reply to them, all this would cost them a lot of money. Advantages of Sainsbury's is that the power they have would be successful for the business as when work is being done the communication of the workers together when given commands from the manager and having to work better for the manager to impress them in order for more work to be done and at a more well-organized rate then if there was no pressure from the manager. Disadvantages would be that the workers would start to get stressed from having to complete the workload at too fast a pace for them to work at all times that they will start to work less and dislike there job and some days may not want to work as they are stressed to do work which is too much for them to cope as they are trying too hard to impress, this could lead to employees wanting to quit their job. Advantages are that when having to complete work set out by the manager to the employees it can be done efficiently so that the manager will be able to assess the employee and they could get a promotion to a higher part of their job.
Fewer companies are willing to enter the market because of the SOX requirements that make going public too costly. Plus, the maintenance required to stay public is too expensive for smaller companies, forcing companies to look elsewhere to raise capital. Rising costs persuade large numbers of companies to exit the public markets to sidestep SEC regulation, creates two problems. First, the overall economy could suffer because corporations limit investment projects due to the higher-cost sources of capital to fund potentially new operations. Second, financially stressed companies that go dark are the very companies’ shareholders need to monitor usually and where transparency is most important.
Low customer satisfaction is another internal weakness that is crucial to the success of CanGo. Another internal weakness includes severe communication issues within CanGo’s management and employees. External threats such as competition, plays a big role in the future success of CanGo. Your organizations internal organizational strengths such as online growth, and cost advantage offers great potential if properly utilized. Another external threat includes economic slowdown.
2. What might go wrong in the future? The Internal Venture concept requires a lot of capital funding from Telecam so, if this concept has been promoted but most venture funded turn to be failure, the financial standing could be in trouble. Secondly, when several internal ventures have been set up there is a chance that the company could turn to fragment organization. Thirdly, the stock option which intend to provide tremendous potential return to the founder of each Internal Venture, however, if the stock price of Telecam tumble down, the stock option will no longer an effective incentive to the founder member.
According to a statement from the case study, Industry observer Lior Arussy calls Nordstrom’s business strategy “greed through love.” Nordstrom’s shares the same characteristics as Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord and Taylor’s. While the price might be high to shop for clothes and home decorations at these stores, most designer brands prove to be of better quality, uniqueness, and durability. 2. How would you describe Nordstrom’s level of service on the continuum from full service to self-service? Why?
The weaknesses that Kudler may face would be the financial burden of going public. Sometimes expenses pile up just from seeking help from outsiders to protect the investments. The economy has fluctuated over the years; therefore the company needs to ensure they have contingency plans in place when business may not be as stable. There are ample opportunities that can come about from selecting an IPO. A company's debt-to-equity ratio will usually improve after going public, which tends to result in more favorable financing arrangements (2014, Going Public, para 1).
Therefore, company A needs to stop making this product. Although we can argue that if company A could reduce the cost dramatically, it can become profitable. However, as the demand of its headphones is shrinking and there are so many suppliers (due to low barrier of entry), there will be great price pressure on the product, as explained by William F. Samuelson and Stephen G. Marks (2010). The price reduction may over shallow the possible cost reduction the firm could achieve. Susan Schreter’s second step is to target new customers from within groups.
The SOX also calls for additional audits which increase business costs. If a business has increased costs and expenses due to the abidance of the SOX, it will most likely take money from other aspects of the business which can negatively impact the investors. The effectiveness of the SOX is debated by the advantages versus the disadvantages that companies and investors face. De Vay (2006) stated that, “The majority of the survey respondents feel that the benefits of
Technology Risk Presentation Tammy Radcliffe XACC/210 • Limitations of Technology for E-Business System Technology is crucial in the daily operations of any business. Production of services is related to the technology used and it encourages an increase in productivity. Upgrades in technology gives an organization advantage to the competition. This could be cost effective to the organization compared to hiring new employees and paying high salaries in the long run. Technology has had several downfalls as well.
Gap Analysis: Kuiper Leda Regardless of how successful a business is, if supplies do not keep up with demands that business will have a difficult time to make profits without the needed sales. The reverse is also true when the supplies grossly exceed demands as the excess inventory would result in tied up money that could be used for other projects or business plans. Therefore, the art of making the most of the inventory is to have the products available when and where they are needed. Situation Analysis Kuiper Leda (KL), operated out of the Republic of Novamia, is a manufacturer of electronic components, especially in the production of the Electronic Control Units (ECUs) and the sensors for the automotive industry (University of Phoenix, 2009). For the past six months, KL has introduced the new product line of producing the Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFIDs) (University of Phoenix, 2009).