Case Memo Westlake Lanes Essay

Memorandum To: Shelby Givens (General Manager) From: Subject: Westlake Lanes: How can this be saved Date: March 10th 2010 ______________________________________________________________________________ As you know your business Westlake Lanes is currently not performing up to the mark. I think there are a lot of steps we can take for the betterment of the business. There are many problematic issues with the business and I have identified some of the core ones-: • It feels old, no major renovation…

Key Issues The key issue faced by general manager Shelby Givens of Westlake Lanes is whether or not to maintain the current practices of the business or seek new alternatives. She must convince the board that within her allotted one year, progress has been made in improving the business and ultimately convince them that profitability is in the foreseeable future and that their personal debt will be repaid. Analysis External Analysis: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Threat of new entrants:…

Westlake Lanes: How Can this Business Be Saved? Professor: Dr. Jonathan Lee 75-498 Section 2 Submitted By: Mukund Gokulka Identification of Issues: Westlake Lanes have been facing major problems in their business and was in a critical stage. Shelby Givens, the newly general manager appointed by the board is concerned whether she could bring back this business to profitability in a year’s time. After her 9-month tenure Givens bought the business back to profitability…

Case Analysis Anzaldúa, Noé Autrique, Juan Alberto De Alva, Hugo Eduardo Esquivel, Rosa Gómez, Francisco Núñez, Manuel Alejandro Servín, Erika Identified problems and relevant facts: The company’s target market strategy is not properly set because Westlake Lanes hasn’t identified the market’s new needs and trends at the same pace that the growth of Raleigh’s population has been developing. Facts: A business profile in a Raleigh paper stated that stepping into Westlake Lanes was like…

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Becton Dickinson Case Memo 1. Summary of the key issues Becton Dickinson (BD) is a large family-owned corporation with headquarters in New Jersey that emphasizes healthcare and diagnostic devices. Founding in 1897, BD has established its reputation based on a paternalistic human resource philosophy, e.g. never fires anyone, and rewards loyalty. Things had changed when Roger Kern was appointed as the vice president of human resources in 1981. He created a first-class traditional HR function…

MEMORANDUM TO: Shelby Givens (General Manager, Westlake Bowling Lanes - here onwards "WBL") FROM: Kumar Gaurav (Candidate # 75745133, UBC) SUBJECT: Recommendation towards business planning for WBL DATE: 2nd September 2013 Key Issues: Shelby Givens, G.M of WBL could not get the business on track to repay the funds the board had loaned it 16 months before. In Jan 2010, the business profited for the 1st time in two years. But, now she wants to decide on a future direction for the business, so…

Introduction Westlake Bowling Lanes is a small business in downtown Raleigh. It was founded by late Dane Sugar and is currently owned by Sugar’s Raleigh-based son, along with a pair of his close friends. During Sugar’s lifetime, he managed every aspect of the business, but after his death in October, 2008, the new board of directors failed in hiring a suitable business manager, until 2009, when they hired Shelby Givens (Sugar’s granddaughter). The company currently faces serious financial challenges…

Givens, General Manager- Westlake Bowling Lanes, Raleigh, North Carolina. Dear Shelby, Please find the attached report for the analysis for the Westlake lanes. Each options were evaluated based on various criteria and continuing the current operation and scrutinizing the costs on periodic is recommended as it is the cost effective strategy for Westlake Bowling Alley CASE ANALYSIS: Shelby Given, the granddaughter of founder of Westlake Lanes has taken over as general…

Problem Identification Shelby Givens, general manager of Westlake Bowling Lanes has worked over a 9 month period to try and get the company back on its feet. Although Westlake generated its first month of profit in over 2 years, they still weren’t close to paying back the loan from the board members. Shelby has come up with 2 ideas she thinks will revive the business and attract new customers and she is ready to present them to the board. Ultimately, the board members will be the ones to decide…