1. Diane and Rudy Conrad own The Grizzly Bear Lodge, a 15 rooms lodge, located close to Yellowstone National Park. The location is perfect because tourist can visit the park and make a stop in their lodge to rest the night. The company has a good reputation among his customers thanks to the quality of the service that they provided. This is the reason why they decide to expand their business and diversify their activities mainly by buying the property next to their lodge and offering entertaining activities in collaboration with local business such as rafting or hiking, for instance. However, because it is a risky acquisition, the Conrads should study the market in order to ensure that they will be able to keep the same high-quality service and increase their profits. Consequently, they must have an efficient management in order to take the best decisions to make their company grow.
First, Diane and Rudy can use feedforward because “aim is to prevent problems before they arise.” Consequently, they could “exert control by limiting activities in advance” (Bateman, Thomas S., and Snell, Scott A, p.555). Therefore, they can establish a set of rules as well as describe procedures to their employees, for instance. Thus, The Conrads can share easily their strategy as well as their vision that they want to set up, avoiding any misunderstanding or confusion from their employees.
Secondly, the Conrads can use the concurrent control system which purpose is to ensure that the
• The company has the opportunity to grow in various markets and aquire new customers such as malls, hotels, offices, and motels not only in Canada but as well as the United States.
If Parkland wants to achieve the aggressive growth that the board desires his ability to improve the capabilities and the operations of the company will be one of his greatest barriers. Due to the affluent nature of the customers and the possible variety in the product Parkland should focus on improving the company’s organizational capabilities. A new plant will eventually be needed but that decision can be delayed if Charles can streamline its operations. Parkland needs to institute policies that will measure productivity and develop an accurate method of forecasting sales. This will result in lower inventory carrying costs, fewer out of stock issues, and fewer backorders that need to be filled. If Charles can reduce the number of back orders and out-of-stock products it can focus on a single product line at a time which will reduce the frequency of expensive switching costs.
Senior Management of PepsiCo is evaluating the potential acquisition of two companies – Carts of Colorado and California Pizza Kitchen – in order to expand the company’s restaurant business. If indeed PepsiCo decides to pursue the acquisition of one or both, they must decide how to align each of these business units in its historically decentralized management approach and how to forge relationships between the acquired business units and existing business units. In their evaluation, Senior Management is faced with the question of whether the necessary capital investment in order to purchase one or both of the businesses can be profitable for each of the acquired business units, but must
Wolves have always been a symbol of the wild, free in spirit and roamers of the land. These animals are considered majestic and protectors of the wilderness. They have always roamed the western United States, although their population has fluctuated over time. Over the past 10 years wolf reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park has been a controversial topic to those of the United States. As of 1995, wolves have been reintroduced into the park. This has come with some strong opposition and yet has prevailed. The future of the wolf in Yellowstone park is now looking bright, although not certain since there still are those who want them banished again.
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[Attention getter] Do any of you know the name an animal that is on the endangered species list?
2. Evaluate Gordon Biersch's organizational alternatives to realize its growth ambitions. Recommend a course to follow?
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1. Most efficient use of resources to cover market needs. Management will look at more than
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