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Case Study for Zoots

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SWOT analysis, mission statement, recommended strategies and implementation plan. The information as presented will be made into a Power Point presentation. MAJOR PROBLEMS AND ISSUES There will are  always times in the history of any company when they will have lost their inherent public appeal, as well as the ability to pull themselves out of floundering sales and  market plunges. The primary aspects of why such occurrences take place have everything to do with management strategy, organizational characteristics, business processes  and information systems -- four conditions of any successful operation that require constant maintenance. Industry analysts tell us that a firms resources and  capabilities include all of the financial, physical, human, and organizational assets used by a firm to develop, manufacture, and deliver products or services to its customers.  Additionally, the financial resources include debt, equity, retained earnings, and so forth. In determining the physical resources we would include the machines, manufacturing facilities and  buildings firms use in their operations. The Human Resources include all the experience, knowledge, judgment, risk-taking propensity, and wisdom of individuals associated with a firm such as Zoots, while  organizational resources include the history, relationships, trust, and organizational culture that are attributes of groups of individuals associated with a firm. This is in addition to a firms formal  reporting structure, explicit management control systems, and compensation policies (Barney 1995). INDUSTRY-COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS To begin evaluating the competitive implications of Zoots resources and capabilities, the managers must first answer  the question of value: Do Zoots resources and capabilities add value by enabling it to exploit opportunities and/or neutralize threats? Michael Porter argues that any business must respond to