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1. Enables the creation of new products and services that provide potential
access to a wide variety of markets.
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1. 1. MANAGEMENT BYWALKING AROUNDGET MANAGEMENT OUT OF THE
OFFICE
2. 2. I y o u wa it fo r p e o p le to c o m e to y o u, y o u ll o nlyf g e t s m
a ll p ro ble m s . Yo u m us t g o a nd find the m . The big p ro ble m s a
re whe re p e o p le d o nt re a liz e the y ha ve o ne in the firs t p la c
e . W. Edwards Deming
3. 3. Also called management by wandering around. The purpose of
this exercise is to collect qualitative information, listen to suggestions
and complaints, and keep a finger on the pulse of the organization. In
MBWA practice, managers spend a significant amount of their time
making informal visits to work area and listening to the employees.
Involves direct participation by the managers in the work-related
affairs of their subordinates, in contrast to rigid and
distant management. Unstructured approachWHAT IS MBWA?
4. 4. This technique was marked by personal involvement, good listening
skills and the recognition that everyone in an organization wants to do
a good job In the 1970s, when their company began growing, Bill
Five Forces model is used to analyze competitive environment of the company on the
market. These forces are more aggressive in the mature and aged markets, thus
decreasing the overall profitability of any company playing on such a market.
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Competitive rivalry - the competition aggressiveness in the industry.
2.
Threat of substitution - the amount of other alternative products which can be
used to replace company offering.
3.
Threat of new entry - the entry barriers to start the business in the industry.
4.
Buyer power - how the customers are influential and organized to decrease the
product prices.
5.
Supplier power - how the vendors are unique and powerful to keep high prices
for your input materials.
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returns on
investment," Porter wrote. "If the forces are benign, as they are in
industries such as software, soft drinks, and toiletries, many companies are
profitable."
Competitive rivalry.
much power a business's supplier has and how much control it has over the
power of the consumer to affect pricing and quality. Consumers have power
when there aren't many of them, but lots of sellers, as well as when it is easy
to switch from one business's products or services to another. Buying power
is low when consumers purchase products in small amounts and the seller's
product is very different from any of its competitors.
This
There are several examples of how Porter's Five Forces can be applied to
various industries online. As an example, stock analysis firm
Trefis looked
at how Under Armour fits into the athletic footwear and apparel industry.
Competitive rivalry
Cost leadership:
Differentiation:
Focus:
Primary Activities
Primary activities relate directly to the physical creation, sale, maintenance
and support of a product or service. They consist of the following:
Support Activities
These activities support the primary functions above. In our diagram, the
dotted lines show that each support, or secondary, activity can play a role in
each primary activity. For example, procurement supports operations with
certain activities, but it also supports marketing and sales with other activities.
Innovation-The process of translating an idea or invention into a good or service that creates value or for
which customers will pay.
To be called an innovation, an idea must be replicable at an economical cost and must satisfy a specific
need. Innovation involves deliberate application of information, imagination and initiative in deriving greater
or different values from resources, and includes all processes by which new ideas are generated and
converted into useful products. In business, innovation often results when ideas are applied by
thecompany in order to further satisfy the needs and expectations of the customers.