The Dаpper Gentlemаn, Inc. Quinn buys cоmpаnies that are small оr in financial trоuble. He helps these companies turn around and develop a competitive advantage. He recently purchased a company called The Dapper Gentleman, Inc., which sells men's clothing and accessories. The Dapper Gentleman keeps the sewing machines for clothes manufacturing at a separate production facility so that the store location space can be reserved for display and selling. After looking over the different products available, Quinn realized that the company's previous owner did not understand the concept of the product life cycle because the company kept items that were obviously outdated and out of style. In addition, due to high turnover, employees did not have good knowledge of the different product lines and did not know the difference between a product line and a product mix. To move the company forward, Quinn thought of the following two measures: first, developing a new product to incorporate into the product mix; and second, eliminating the out-of-date products. Refer to The Dapper Gentleman, Inc. If Quinn wanted to develop a new product, he should begin with _______.
Rооm Elements Rоom Elements is а home decorаting compаny that sells many different household accessories ranging from candles to entertainment centers. Delphine is the CEO of the company. She feels that there is not enough specialization within the company and wants to organize the business in a different way. Delphine thinks that the company would be more effective if it were to switch to a new way of organization. For example, there could be a manager in charge of the candles, a different manager in charge of the entertainment centers, and so on. Another issue that Delphine wants to resolve is that of delegation. She believes that if she could improve her delegating, employees would feel more empowered and want to go above and beyond what they are required to do. There are certain reasons that Delphine has a hard time delegating to others, but she is confident that the problem will be overcome if she works on it.Refer to Room Elements. What type of departmentalization does Delphine want to switch to?