Strategic Review -- Whole Foods
Organizational diagnosis of Whole Foods, Inc. involved environmental and institutional analyses. The environmental analysis involved categories of political, economic, social, technological, geographical, community relation and informal sector network, seeking to discern opportunities and threats. The institutional analysis involved categories of organizational role & profile; membership; programs and services; resources and capabilities; management systems; and external links, seeking to discern strengths and weaknesses. The combined environmental and institutional analysis and their charted results the Company's nature and interactions for more fluid integration of Whole Foods, Inc. into ABC Company.
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Environmental Analysis
Analyzing the external forces affecting Whole Foods to see the options open to the Company (ffw.org.ph, n.d.), one can see significant opportunities and threats to the Company.
Political
Whole Foods Market, IP.LP is a U.S. based supermarket specializing in natural and organic foods and having 300+ stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom (Whole Foods Market, IP.LP, 2014). Founded in 1980, it corporate headquarters are in Austin, TX and the majority of its income is derived from U.S. sales (Hill, 2013). Whole Foods' customer base is liberal, though its CEO, John Mackey, is a very vocal, conservative libertarian (O'Callaghan, 2009). The 2014 mid-term U.S. elections giving majorities in both Houses of Congress to Republicans, is deemed very favorable to business and to corporate interests, in particular. For example, Republican tax reform is expected to close corporate tax loopholes but lower corporate taxes (Merrill, 2014). Whole Foods is a non-union employer, choosing to provide good benefits and community to workers rather than entertain the possibility of unionization; consequently, it suffers from external union opposition to its business model (Shaywitz, 2013). In addition, the Corporation was sued by the Attorney General of California in 2008 for knowingly illegally selling carcinogenic products (Baldas, 2008) and in 2014 for deliberately overcharging California consumers (Li, 2014). It appears that the 2008 suit may still be pending; however, Whole Foods agreed to pay an $800,000 settlement for the suit involving overcharging Californians.
2) Economic
Whole Foods' position as a primarily U.S.-based corporation...
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