1. Introduction
Our group has chosen to do a case study in the field of food service management, as that is related to our major.
In today’s service-oriented world, we often see companies formulating creative business methods to increase competition and to meet customer demands. Prime examples of such are two leading American companies in the field of grocery retail, Whole Foods Market (WFM)
4. Threat
- Rising numbers of competitors
Many other competitors are imitating the design of Toms shoes. Therefore Toms shoes have to complete their products through research and development. After that, they promote create value and try to understand consumer’s lifecycle and needs.
- Management cost for donation
There are lots of costs for donation such as delivery, employment, manager wag
1995, Founded as a division of Microsoft
1996, Debut on Web
1999, Expand to Canada, UK, and Germany
Spun off from Microsoft
2001, Purchased by USA Networks. (33.7 million shares / 75% )
2003, USA Networks changed its name to Inter Active Corp. (IAC)
IAC purchased the remaining stakes
2005, Under the name of "Expedia", All travel group of businesses in IAC spun
of their nationality. Even though all three policies have their own advantages, they all have the drawbacks to their approaches. Therefore it is crucial to find right policy for its environment and company’s purpose.
With right staffing policy, managing expatriates is also important in HRM. Firstly, when there is selection of expatriates, companies look for people with skills and outlooks in
management.’
-Intangible changes
UNIQLO prefers from bottom to top business management instead of from top to bottom. For example in case of common company, retail stores and franchise stores have to follow company’s framework. However UNIQLO promotes retail store oriented business management.
UNIQLO also considered that it is profitable that they open the store which offers the sa