Explore the Kudler Fine Foods virtual organization. You will find a link to the virtual organization portal on your Week One rEsource SMcourse page. This virtual organization is a unique and innovative learning tool specifically designed to teach and assess the problem solving skills necessary for success in the twenty-first century. It allows you to take the theories learned in class and apply them in realistic settings with realistic data to solve real-world problems. Once you have opened the portal, click on Kudler Fine Foods. You will find yourself on the organization’s Internet site, which will give you a picture of what the organization is like. Most of the work that you do in this course will require you to explore in depth the organization’s intranet site. Take some time to make yourself aware of the information that resides on both sites.
Once you are familiar with Kudler Fine Foods, write a 700-1,050-word paper in which you do the following:
a. Identify the primary functions of management, describing who is responsible for each function at Kudler.
b. Explain how technology and the Internet are utilized by Kudler currently and how that affects its management.
c. Cite an example from Kudler illustrating each of the five forces from Porter’s Model.
Kudler Fine Foods has three main areas of management, all of them are conducted by a President (Kathy Kudler). The areas of management are Finance and Accounting, Store operations and Administration and Human Resources.
Kathy Kudler, as President, is in charge of planning and strategy. The store has created a strategic plan. (University of Phoenix, Strategic Plan).
The director of Administration and Human Resources Develops policies and directs and coordinates adminis ...