BUMGT1501: Lauren’s Balancing Act – Case Study – Federation University Australia – Management Assignment

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DeMarco’s Department Store manager Lauren Brewster’s ‘Wow’ moment came when she observed a Chicago restaurant staff’s gushing treatment of an international celebrity. ‘Everyone dreams of that kind of star treatment,’ Lauren told her assistant, Jack Klein. ‘Think about it. People brag about their bank or the local bar where “everybody knows your name”, or enjoy showing off a favourite restaurant where the hostess always remembers their favourite table.’ DeMarco’s, like other upscale department stores, suffered the double whammy of a slumping economy and increased competition from discount retailers and online shopping. How could the store, the ‘box’, compete, retain its old customers and build a strong future customer base? ‘We’ve always known that it’s all about customer service,’ Lauren said. ‘But what’s so great about grabbing a giant plastic shopping cart and slogging through some giant warehouse in your shorts and flip-flops and then joining the herd at the checkout? That is not a shopping experience.’ ‘And what isn’t great about being treated like Oprah from the moment you hit the door until the sales associate swipes your card and hands over something lovely that you just purchased?’ Jack asked. Lauren’s idea was that store customers receive that personal, upscale, ‘you’re somebody special here’ treatment at DeMarco’s. Sales associates would raise their own professional level, regard customers as worthy of personalised service and build their own clientele. As an added incentive, the entire DeMarco’s sales team was changed over from hourly pay to straight commission. ‘Your pay is built through your own initiative and individualised service that makes customers return to you again and again,’ Lauren instructed the sales force at the outset of the experiment.

Questions:

1) Identify and describe how the four management functions contributed to improving the business in the case study.

2) What one management approach best suits this organization or could be adopted by the organization.

3) Explain how Lauren could improve the effectiveness and efficiency in managing the enterprise

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