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Business Policy & Strategy
Week 3 Project 1
Sherman Pickett
ITT Technical Institute, Professor Raymond Poirier
Abstract
The intention of this paper is to write a strategic plan that forecasts success for Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc. in the near future and incorporate the following: * The roles and responsibilities of the board of directors in corporate governance and the way the board affects a company’s operation. * A list of the core competencies of the company. * Create an EFAS and IFAS matrix to understand the external and internal strengths and weaknesses. * The various decisions taken to formulate the plan and the reasons for those decisions. * The SWOT
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| TOTAL SCORES | 1.00 | | 3.55 | |
After the Vermont Teddy bear strategists have scanned the internal organizational environment and indentified factors for the corporation, they want to summarize their analysis of these factors by using an internal factor analysis summary or IFAS as shown below: Internal Strategic Factors | Weight | Rating | Weighted Score | Comments | Strengths | | New management team/ strategic management | .18 | 2 | .36 | | Leadership in market | .15 | 2 | .30 | | Stage I–II issues not resolved | .10 | 3 | .30 | | Made in the United States/ offshore outsourcing | .10 | 3 | .30 | | Direct mail/800 number | .08 | 4 | .32 | | Customer service | .07 | 3 | .21 | | Quality/variety | .07 | 4 | .28 | | Weaknesses 00 0 | | Finance | .20 | 2 | .40 | | Retail stores | .05 | 2 | .05 | | TOTAL SCORES | 1.00 | | 2.52 | | The tables are one way for Vermont Teddy Bear to analyze how well management is responding to these specific factors in light of the perceived importance of these factors to the company. After having losses three out of four years totaling ($5,855,998) a strategic factor analysis was used to derive the above tables. Some of the factors used to
Vermont Teddy Bears is a private company that specializes in the manufacture of novelty items based on an e-commerce business model. Company management aims to generate new revenue streams through modifications to the retail system and the
Common stockholders are the basic owners of a corporation, but few stockholders of large corporations take an active role in management. Instead, they elect the corporation’s board of directors to represent their interests. Board members seldom get involved in the day-to-day management of the company. They establish the basic mission and goals of the corporation and appoint
341). It is aimed at identification of internal and external forces that may influence the company’s performance and choice of strategies in the future (Kotler et al., 1999, p. 111).
In today’s society, it is evident individual's needs, wants, and behavior have quickly adapted and evolved over the years, but so have business organizations. What once started in 1922, as a simple creation to fulfill John A. Macdonald's promise to unite the new country of Canada by building a transcontinental railway, has now transformed into what is recognized as the Canadian National Railway Corporation, with a market cap of $55.9 billion just over 100 years later (Forbes). It is important to understand CNR’s key to success is based on several factors such as; maintaining and constantly improving their formal design
Although Vermont Teddy Bear is a company with a rich track record in the business of "last-minute gifts", its mission statement lacked its basic goals and philosophies that aim to shape its strategic posture.
This is the most important aspect to help determine the managerial strategy to use, because it help ask two questions to determine
In large corporations the success or failure of the company is the responsibility of the board of directors. According to Richard DeGeorge, “The members of the board are responsible to the shareholders for the selection of honest, effective managers, and especially for the selection for the CEO and of the president of the corporation.” (p. 202). The board members have a moral responsibility to ensure the corporation is run honestly, in respect to its major policies, and to ensure the interests of the shareholders are satisfied. The next responsibility within a corporation is the responsibility management has to its board of directors. DeGeorge writes, “It must inform the board of its actions, the decisions it makes or the decisions to be made, the financial condition of the firm, its successes and failures, and the like.” (p. 202). The management of the corporation is morally obligated to
1) How would you describe Vermont Teddy Bear (VTB)’s business model (the products and services it sells, target market/s to whom it sells them, the value proposition it offers, and its financial model)?
It is the board's responsibility to consider and authorize a suitable remuneration package for the company's chief executive officer (CEO), make recommendations with respect to the attractiveness of dividends and dividends pay out, approve stock splits, form the audit committees, approve the company's financial statements, oversee management’s involvement in the shareholders and other stakeholders long-term interests and recommend or discourage major decisions such as acquisitions and mergers.
The Vermont Teddy Bear Company has a few qualities the CEO can accentuation to help the organization and enhance inspiration. The primary quality is representative preparing and unwaveringness (Wheelen and Hunger, 2004). We realize that the organization's workers are not unionized (Wheelen and Hunger, 2004). The organization additionally does not appear to be stressed over the likelihood of their workers unionizing, demonstrating the representatives are upbeat and substance (Wheelen and Hunger, 2004). This is a great quality for the organization. Upbeat and substance representatives are fundamental to the thriving of the vacationer business that exists in their Vermont
The IFE matrix is a summary step in conducting an internal strategic management audit of the PepsiCo. This strategies-formulated tool is to summarize and evaluates the major strengths and weaknesses in the functional areas of business. It also provides a basis for identifying and evaluating relationship among those areas of a business.
ReferencesDess, GG, Lumpkin, GT, Eisner, AB 2007, 'Strategic management' , 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
The Ford Motor Company is a multinational automobile company that is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. They produce a wide range of vehicles that are sold around the world, and based on sales, they are the fifth largest automobile manufacturing company in the world (David & David, 2017). This paper is a case study of the external factors that affect the Ford Motor Company’s strategic planning. It will use three tools to analyze Ford’s strategic position. The three
This essay deals with the issues in corporate governance is a requirement for boards to consist of a majority of independent directors. Analysing the above mentioned statement the terms of the statements should be elaborated in detail for better understanding of the statement. This statement arise certain questions when an individual tries to understand it in depth. For example, what is corporate governance? What is the role of the board in legal context with regards to the above statement? What does the term independent director’ mean?
Internal factor analysis conducted through functional analysis covering Finance, Human Resource, Marketing, and Operations functions.