Why is it important for managers to analyzing performance trends compared to an industry segment? How would a manager know if his/her property is doing well?

I am supposed to put find solutions to turn around a wooden toys producer with a 35-years history which is currently losing money. It has two factories, around 330 employees in total. It is producing trains, puzzles, action figures and micro furniture; sales have been growing  for action figures (by 63%, to 8 million), have exploded for puzzles (170%, to 1.5 million) and micro-furniture (74%, to 21 million), but have decreased by almost 60% (from 24 million to 10.5 million) on wooden trains (which is the business line with most employees), so because of that the sales turnover figures has been flat in the last two years (41.5 million). Two of the production lines (puzzles and action figures) are only operating at 75% capacity on account of market demand. All direct costs have increased (transportation&warehousing 2.7 million, materials 16 million, staff costs 11.2 million), as well as the indirect ones (mostly marketing - 2.8 milllion and R&D - 2 million). Hence, EBITDA-wise…

What recommendations could you make to an organization to account for natural disasters in strategic planning?

Read the case/senario below and answer the question(s) that follow. Auas primary school identifies a need for an assistant teacher to assist in lower primary classrooms three days a week at the school. The principal’s daughter is in her final year studying early childhood development and has been looking for a part time job for the past months without success.  He communicates this need to his wife at home and the wife is now asking him to hire their daughter. a) What type of ethical dilemma does this principal find himself in?  In detail, explain why do you say so?

Productivity and Strategy; Manufacturing To maintain profit growth, several manufacturing companies have responded to the recession by cutting jobs. After the 2008–2010 recession,for example, Harley-Davidson reduced its workforce by 1,400 in one year and 1,600 more in thenext year. As sales declined, the company reduced labor capacity at many plants. The same is trueat General Electric, Texas Instruments, Coca-Cola, and many other companies that have reducedcapacity at certain plants, closed selected plants entirely, or dropped product lines. In many of thesecompanies, the profits are held as cash, and the companies are holding off on making any new investments until economic conditions improve. Some analysts say the companies are just shrinking theiroperations to match the decline in expected future demand; the companies are profitable but smaller.Required1. Do the actions by these companies support their long-term strategies?2. How do the productivity gains at these companies affect…

What potential long-term problems might develop from encouraging customers of craft breweries to immediately adopt the industry's most recent best practice?

Why is it so important for any organisation to study and understand the external environment?

a. Conduct a SWOT Analysis of Tropical Leisure  b. Elaborate on 5 different environmental factors which are likely to impact on Tropical Leisure’s business over the next five years

Cite an event/situation/condition among business organization you know where the application of strategic management offers a competitive advantage to it's operation.

Example of a technology found in an enterprise environment.