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Daevita's Strengths And Weaknesses

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Strengths A company’s strengths refer to what it does well to give value to the company. If a company’s resources and capabilities enable the firm to exploit an external opportunity and to neutralize an external threat, then those resources and capabilities are considered valuable, and are considered to be strengths (Barney & Hesterly, 2015, p. 67). Core competencies. Core competencies have been defined by Hitt, Ireland & Hoskisson (2007) as the “resources and capabilities that serve as a source of competitive advantage for a firm over its rivals (p 17). DaVita’s main core competency is its culture. They have very strong culture built around teamwork, fun, continuous improvement, accountability, and service. The concept of community is …show more content…

Socio-culture is concerned with a society’s attitude and cultural values (Hitt et al., 2007, p. 47). Barney and Hesterly (2015) define culture as the values, beliefs, and norms that guide societal behavior (p. 30). 1. Transgender issues. Transgender rights and concerns are increasingly highlighted in the news today. Most recently new items are regarding transgender bathrooms at Target and the Boys Scouts of America allowing transgender children who identify as boys to enroll. 2. Super Bowl 2017. Patriots come back for a win inn a first-time ever overtime in Super Bowl history. Patriots overcame a 25 point deficit to win the game. Brady set a Super Bowl record for passing yards. With an average audience of 111.3 million viewers for Fox, according to Nielsen, it makes Super Bowl LI the fifth most-watched TV broadcast in history. 3. Woman’s healthcare and abortion rights. This is a political legal issue, but at the same time is cultural inasmuch as it is bringing a huge women’s movement forward. This is evidenced by the March on DC and around the world, it is estimated that early projections show that over 2.5 million people participated. Early projections show that over 2.5 million people participated in the Women's Marches around the …show more content…

North Korean crisis. In a CNN report the Pukguksong-2, previously unpublicized part of its arsenal which North Korean state media described as a medium long-range ballistic missile, was test fired on Sunday under the supervision of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to North Korea's Korean Central News Agency, KCNA. North Korea is prohibited from carrying out ballistic missile launches under UN Security Council resolutions aimed in part at curbing the country's development of nuclear weapons (Almasy & Berlinger, 2017). The missile was shot into the Sea of Japan and thought to be a warning for Japan. 2. President Trump’s immigration order. New York Times reported shortly after taking office President Trump approved a sweeping executive order temporarily stopping all refugees to the US for 120 days. Syrian refugees were bared indefinitely a 90 day block from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen (Liptak, 2017). 3. Continued threat of terrorism. The House Homeland Security Committees report for February states that the terrorism forecast for 2017 is “alarming” (Singman,

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