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Week 2
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The name of the organization to be researched for organizational development model is Avon Company. The company which produces consumer products began its operations in 1886 and continues to operate to date. It has performed well for most of the years but experienced declined performance as from 2006. The declined performance is as a result of faster growth in comparison to the proportion of talent and infrastructure it can support among other challenges it faces (Avon.com, 2015). As such, the company needs to change a number of its operations.
The company faces competition from major companies such as Cover Girl, L’Oreal and Revlon among others. The competitors produce similar products as the company and operate in the same industry. The strengths of the organization are that Avon enjoys economies of scale that come with the company’s existence of over 120 year (Avon.com, 2015). The company’s staff knows the various products which exist in the market and the company has branches in major cities across the globe. The company has highly skilled employees with much innovative and production skills.
Over the years, the company has built good relations with its customers and the community in which it carries out its operations thereby making a good and strong brand name for the organizations. Its customers are thus loyal and can hardly leave the company’s products for those of competing companies.
The company is however faced with challenges among them, high production costs. The high costs of production come as a result of the high demand locations where the company, in its strategy, sets offices. The company also has other challenges and it is relatively weak in its talent management practices as compared to its competitors (Avon.com, 2015).
Avon Company will offer you a good opportunity to analyze in regard to change. The fact that you identified integration of global functions into regional operations as an opportunity for growth was insightful! What does the SWOT analysis for Avon look like? In this section, you will identify their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for organizational development and threats to the organization. What resources will be needed to implement the developmental model of the opportunity you described? Consider buildings, personnel, software, vendors, suppliers, budget, etc. Add more content to meet the length / depth requirements of 2 pages minimum for the content for the 2 major grading elements. I encourage you to conduct research in our textbook and combine that new knowledge with what you are learning from other sources. You will always use our textbook as a resource to learn from. Add those references with in-text citation and apply what you learned to the scenario within your work. Once you make these changes, this information will be a solid base to work from as you continue the project in weeks 4 and 6. You will add content to this essay in week 4 directly above the references page in this document. The last portion of the project will be done in week 6. I look forward to see your essay come to life over the next 4 weeks. Your results are: 10/10 pts. Identifies an organization chosen 28/40 pts. Includes the SWOT analysis or reasons for needed change (review the archive and textbook to see examples of a SWOT analysis, add depth, showcase what you learned in the readings and from research, include in-text citation). 28/40 pts. Explains if there are any immediate resources that are necessary to facilitate the development model. (missed, showcase what you learned in the readings and from research, include in-text citation) 4/5 pts. APA: title page, layout, in-text & reference page citations 4/5 pts. Mechanics: length, spelling, punctuation, grammar Reference
Avon.com, (2015). Avon Website. Retrieved from https://www.avon.com/
