Strategy, Organizational Design, and Effectiveness
StarCare Specialty Health Systems was founded in 1964 as a community mental health, mental retardation facility serving a 5 county radius adjacent to Lubbock, Texas. The complexity of the organization includes a strict hierarchy of authority, uses both vertical and horizontal communication, and has a centralized structure. Policies and procedures are written in compliance with local, state, and federal laws. There is an executive committee consisting of the CEO, CFO, two Co-Associate CEOs, Medical Director, and the Director of Quality Management. These six individuals, in conjunction with the board of directors, establish the program requirements that define its strategic intent. StarCare has a mechanistic design, exhibits all the characteristics of a bureaucracy, and follows a goal approach relating to obtaining the organization’s strategic intent. This centralized structure consists of 4 levels of management before lower level positions are identified.
There are three aspects of strategic intent-mission, core competence, and competitive advantage. (Daft, 2015, p. 51). StarCare’s mission states, “We Create Opportunities for Community Growth.” Its organizational goals can be found in Exhibit 1: Source: Adapted from StarCare Lubbock Philosophy-Goals http://www.lubbockmhmr.org/about_us/Philosophy/goals.htm
In terms of strategy, organizational design, and effectiveness, no systemic issues exist for StarCare.
Wells Fargo was founded on March 18, 1852. The organization name is synonymous with the image of a six-horse stagecoach loaded with gold crossing the American West. Its mission statement embodies the organization’s ideals and standards. Its commitment to providing a valued service promising accountability and transparency community.
SFUs strategic plan to achieve their mission of leading by excellence in early care and learning focusses in three core commitments. They are Care and Learning, Sustainability and Stakeholder Relations. In each category the idea is to achieve their mission using and promoting their core values.
This report demonstrates the evaluation of current performance of JD Sports Company. Method of Analysis includes Ansoff’s matrix and Porter’s generic growth strategies to discuss the nature of the market which JD Sports invest in. The financial methods are including the flexibility and stability of JD sports which judged by the liquidity, current ratio, operation capital, gearing and profit margin of this company. These figures could be collected from the annual report or balance sheet. This report analyzed the JD sport’s position in the market, and used generic and external growth method to expand market size. Such as acquired a lot stores to improve business profitability. Obviously, JD has expanded to the European
Organizations successful at strategy implementation effectively manage six key supporting factors : 1. Action Planning
Strategy literature offers many techniques and models suited for systematic strategic analysis. The SWOT analysis, the PESTEL analysis, the Five Forces analysis framework are the prime examples of techniques that can be adopted for strategic analysis. This assignment will use PESTEL and Five forces model to analysis the environment of CRH plc.
The future, is defined as something that will exist or happen hereafter, a condition especially of success or failure, to come. The future can be scary if you don’t have a solid and feasible plan for it today. Because of this it is imperative that a I have my goals set for my future success at an attainable level. I believe that on my way to achieve my goals, I will express my talents and interests and contribute to society’s prosperity.
Globalization changes have impacted Burger King in the following ways; since the company began in 1953 with its first restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida and opened several locations across the United States, the company began its international expansion in 1969 with its first international franchise location in Canada, followed by Australia in 1971, and Europe in 1975. The setting up of franchises outside the United States was as a result of fast food opportunities arising outside the United States. So as to fully integrate in the international market, Burger King had to adopt and embrace
HP has long been one of the largest and best-respected companies in technology for decades. The company had made multiple M&A throughout the years, some very successful and others not so much. However, the acquisition of Autonomy (of around $11 billion) has earned HP a spot among the worst, most value-destroying acquisition deal of all time. This acquisition deal was said to be a disaster almost from day 1. The decision has been proved controversial, with many shareholders claiming that HP has over-paid. Although nobody could have really guessed the outcome of this deal, they were a few red flags that were raised throughout the entire process that could have saved HP its pride and money. In M&A, post-deal closing surprises are more common than one may think. Of course, a surprise of this magnitude is huge and clearly points to mistakes on HP’s part. Nonetheless, several lessons could be learned from HP’s misfortune. First, the acquiring firm should have a pre-acquisition protocol and respect it. Second, if a red flag is raised, and how ever insignificant, needs to be thoroughly inspected and cleared before continuing. Finally, there should be a post-acquisition plan put in place beforehand and the company should follow it.
In cost leadership, a firm sets out to become the lowest cost producer in its industry.
As discussed by Grant and Jennings in Organizational Behavior and Contemporary strategy analysis a true innovation in the business is more than what’s traditionally defined as innovation. The traditional definition of innovation is defined “as the adoption of an idea or behavior that is new to the adopting organization’s industry, market, or its external/internal environment.” When in reality innovation in the work place requires implementation and it is much more than a creative idea. Real innovation creates a competitive advantage and equips the innovator with the ability to overcome “the competitive advantage of other firms.” By definition true innovation in the workplace will add value to the development of a competitive advantage and in order for a CEO of a distributor to achieve true innovation, he would have to start from the very top addressing issues with his company’s culture, people, structure, processes, and incentives.
One company in Utah which stands out above others is the Sweet Tooth Fairy bakery. This bakery started out as a single bakery in Draper, Utah and now includes locations all over the state, such as shops open in Provo, St. George, Midvale, Orem, Salt Lake City, Layton, West Valley City, and Murray. There's even a new shop open in Scottsdale, Arizona, which indicates that the company truly has the potential to expand nationwide. Even though the field of bakeries is a truly congested and competitive, The Sweet Tooth Fairy bakery has managed to create some real innovation in the field, so that it stands far out from the competition. This is one of the main reasons for this company's success its creativity. As The Sweet Tooth Fairy website explains, "Forgetting ingredients or adding an extra pinch here and there is often how she discovers her most incredible delicacies. Her picturesque shops are beautifully filled with everything from cookies to cupcakes and anything in between. Young and old alike are drawn to her exquisite desserts that seem to have been created just for them." Thus, the creativity that this store has in creating baked goods that are one of a kind is a way to make all customers feel special.
Future- oriented: Strategic management encompasses forecasts, what is anticipated by the managers. In such decisions, emphasis is placed on the development of projections that will enable the firm to select the most promising strategic options. In the turbulent environment, a firm will succeed only if it takes a proactive stance towards change.
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Part three of the textbook contains chapters 5 through 8 which give a broad overview of creating an overall strategy for a company. In short, this process creates the company’s mission statement. Our social media company Twitter mission statement states, “To give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers.” This is very important because it allows both internal and external users to know what the company is about as a whole. The management strategy and decision making sections is a bit different from other aspects in business. Most of the other aspects focus more on functional areas, such as
A successful business is made up of various parts so it is imperative that managers develop the right mix of objectives and personnel if they want to have a fighting chance to survive in today’s global economy. An up-and-coming business starts with strategic, operational and tactical plans developed by top executives and other managers. These plans define what the company will accomplish and how they are going to achieve it. Effective leaders know a plan is only as strong as the people they have to do the work. Bosses cannot be the worker, front-line supervisor and senior management all at once. They have to rely on their workforce to get the job done. Managers establish a business plan and then, they turn their focus on the resources required to realize their goals. The most critical resource is their labor force. Organizational strategy is only effective if managers develop a human resources plan that specifies the appropriate manpower needed to run an effective business.