Day: November 2, 2009
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Adidas’s Strategy
What is adidas’s corporate strategy? •“To lead the sporting goods industry with brands built on a passion for sports and a sporting lifestyle. •To provide athletes with the best possible equipment to optimize their performance.
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Womens rights movement
During the civil war, the order on the totem pole of society went as follows: men (of course), animals on the farm, slaves, then women. Women had no say in anything. They simply cleaned, cooked, and the other end of it needs no mention. As wives, they owned nothing. Their husbands were legally able to…
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Wriston Manufacturing-Detroit plant
Detroit’s production is unique when compared to other Wriston plants. Runs are typically low volume, involve significant set-up time, and vary significantly due to the sheer volume of different products lines, families and models. It is notable that the Detroit plant is the only plant manufacturing all three product lines: brakes, off-highway and on-highway axles;…
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Cultural Conflict between the UK workforce versus Japanese Workforce
Wilson Ltd, a UK-based engineering firm in producing motorcycles realised that its business strategy needed to be revamped as it had loss market shares predominantly to the Japanese because of their far superior technology. Hence, change-management was much needed at Wilson in order for the company to ensure its survival and stay relevant as well…