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Kudler Fine Foods Management and Porter's Forces
MBA 502
University of Phoenix Online
Kudler Fine Foods Management and Porter's Forces
Kathy Kudler enjoyed the joy of creating her own gourmet meals. She did not enjoy the time and effort that it took in obtaining the fine food ingredients by shopping throughout the town. Kathy decided to create Kudler's Fine Foods in response to her frustration of searching high and low to find the rare ingredients for gourmet meals.
The management style and function will be discussed. Kathy's background of working with the government relate to her style of managing her business. The use of information technology will also be discussed. The company has used Michael Porter's Five Forces Model to help the company in the marketplace.
Management style and function
Kathy Kudler was VP of Marketing for a large defense contractor. Her management style is similar to that of large government operations. Kathy appears to employ the Administrative Management, employing Henri Fayol's principles 14 principles:
1) Division of work ? Work should be divided into specialized tasks with responsibility for each task assigned to specific individuals.
2) Authority ? Authority should be delegated along with responsibility.
3) Discipline ? Clarify expectations and provide consequences for not meeting them.
4) Unity of command ? Each employee should report directly to one supervisor.
5) Unity of direction ? The organization's objectives should be the focus of the employees' work.
6) Subordinat ...