Case Study of J D Wetherspoon Plc
Case study of J D Wetherspoon plc
Contents
I. Introduction 2
II. Discussions 2 1. Section 1: External environment 2 1.1 SPELT analysis 2 1.2 SWOT analysis 5 1.3 How to conduct a SWOT analysis used by J D Wetherspoon plc 7 2. Section 2: Organisational culture 8 2.1 Organsation culture “taken for granted assumptions” and “shared values” 8 2.2 J D Wetherspoon’s type of culture 9 2.3 Relationship between organisational culture and organisational 9 2.4 Management approach in J D Wetherspoon 10 3. Section 3: Business strategy 10 3.1 Strategies adopted by organisation 10 3.2 Benefits J D Wetherspoon gained from strategy 11 3.3 Different strategies and behaviour of the organisation 12 3.4 The factors of J D Wehterspoon hd to consider before changing its 13 3.5 Experience of J D Wetherspoon illustrates the connection between the 13 3.6 Key issues that J D Wetherspoon has had to take account of in order to 14 4. Section 4: Change 15 4.1 Why the strategy of J D Wetherspoon changed over time 15 4.2 Social responsibility lead to change in J D Wetherspoon 16 4.3 The role that management of J D Wetherspoon could paly in dealing with 16 4.4 The advice given to the management of J D Wetherspoon 17
III. Conclusions 17
IV. References 19
Introduction
J D Wetherspoon plc was founded by Tim Martin who opened the first J D Wetherspoon plc in 1979. He based his model for a pub on a 1946 essay by George Orwell which refered to an imaginary pbu called “Moon under Water”. The company motto of J D Wetherspoon plc is “ cleanliness, beer, service and maintenance”. J D Wetherspoon plc became a plc in 1992 at which time it consisted of a chain of 44 pubs. It now has over 600 pub, which means that it has expanded on average at the rate of about one new pub each week. In 2000, for example, it opened over 90 new pubs and over 50% of
Contents
I. Introduction 2
II. Discussions 2 1. Section 1: External environment 2 1.1 SPELT analysis 2 1.2 SWOT analysis 5 1.3 How to conduct a SWOT analysis used by J D Wetherspoon plc 7 2. Section 2: Organisational culture 8 2.1 Organsation culture “taken for granted assumptions” and “shared values” 8 2.2 J D Wetherspoon’s type of culture 9 2.3 Relationship between organisational culture and organisational 9 2.4 Management approach in J D Wetherspoon 10 3. Section 3: Business strategy 10 3.1 Strategies adopted by organisation 10 3.2 Benefits J D Wetherspoon gained from strategy 11 3.3 Different strategies and behaviour of the organisation 12 3.4 The factors of J D Wehterspoon hd to consider before changing its 13 3.5 Experience of J D Wetherspoon illustrates the connection between the 13 3.6 Key issues that J D Wetherspoon has had to take account of in order to 14 4. Section 4: Change 15 4.1 Why the strategy of J D Wetherspoon changed over time 15 4.2 Social responsibility lead to change in J D Wetherspoon 16 4.3 The role that management of J D Wetherspoon could paly in dealing with 16 4.4 The advice given to the management of J D Wetherspoon 17
III. Conclusions 17
IV. References 19
Introduction
J D Wetherspoon plc was founded by Tim Martin who opened the first J D Wetherspoon plc in 1979. He based his model for a pub on a 1946 essay by George Orwell which refered to an imaginary pbu called “Moon under Water”. The company motto of J D Wetherspoon plc is “ cleanliness, beer, service and maintenance”. J D Wetherspoon plc became a plc in 1992 at which time it consisted of a chain of 44 pubs. It now has over 600 pub, which means that it has expanded on average at the rate of about one new pub each week. In 2000, for example, it opened over 90 new pubs and over 50% of
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