SEU Concepts of Management Question Responses

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Assignment Workload:

  • This Assignment consists of a Mini Case.
  • Assignment is to be submitted by each student individually.

Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:

After completion of Assignment-1 students will able to understand the

LO 1. Identify and explain the concept of management, functions, roles and skills of a manager (Lo1.1)

LO 2. Recognize the functions of planning, organizing and controlling and how they interrelate (Lo2.1)

Assignment Regulation:

  • All students are encouraged to use their own words.
  • Student must apply “Times New Roman Font” with double space within their reports.
  • A mark of zero will be given for any submission that includes copying from other resource without referencing it.
  • If the assignment shows more than 5% plagiarism, the students would be graded zero.
  • Solve each question up to 200-250 words


Assignment-1

Please go to Chapter 1 “The Exceptional Manager” available in your textbook Management: A Practical Approach 7th edition by Kinicki, A., & Williams, B., at the end of the Chapter read Case: “Target CEO Works to Regain Consumer Trust after the Company was Hacked.” and answer the following questions:

  • Assignment Questions:

Q1. From a management perspective, do you think Target made any major mistakes? Explain.

Q2. Which of the four principal managerial functions were exhibited by CEO Greg Steinhafel?

Q3. Which of the seven managerial challenges discussed in this chapter is Target facing? How are they handling these challenges?

Q4. What is your evaluation of Steinhafel's ability to effectively execute the three key managerial roles—interpersonal, informational, and decisional? Explain.

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Management in Action Target CEO Works to Regain Consumer Trust after the Company Was Hacked Minneapolis—Executives settled around a square table inside a Target Corp. conference room here earlier this month and munched on store-brand snacks as they chewed over something far less appetizing. Opinion surveys commissioned by the company found that the massive cybertheft that waylaid Target late [in 2013] had knocked confidence and trust in the 51-year-old retailer to an all-time low. . . . Target was having trouble shaking the fallout from a key decision by Chief Executive Gregg Steinhafel that made the crisis appear even worse than it already was. The initial evidence had indicated that credit and debit card numbers of about 40 million Target customers had been stolen. But the retailer had learned later that the hackers gained access to partial names and physical or e-mail addresses for as many as 70 million people—a breach that some top executives counseled against disclosing because it was unclear what kind of fraud danger it posed. Nevertheless, Mr. Steinhafel insisted on making the bigger number public, sparking news reports that as many as 110 million Target customers had been affected. At the meeting, Chief Marketing Officer Jeffrey Jones groused about the huge number. The public “keeps hearing that equals one-third of all Americans,” he said. “That’s hammering us.” Mr. Steinhafel says he has no regrets about the aggressive disclosure and other costly decisions in the wake of the crisis. “Target won’t be defined by the breach, but how we handle the breach,” he says. . . . The executives acknowledge the crisis has damaged the retailer’s bull’s-eye brand, while analysts estimate it may cost Target billions of dollars. During the holiday-shopping season, Target’s sales and store traffic plummeted. Call-center volume overwhelmed employees. Executives testified before congressional panels, and the company is facing federal and state investigations into how the cybercrime occurred from its store registers and computer network. . . . Over the two months since the crisis erupted, Mr. Steinhafel, 59 years old, has lurched from one difficult decision to another. At one point, he proposed in a meeting that Target would provide free credit monitoring and identity-theft insurance for one year to all its customers. Scott Kennedy, a senior executive, asked: “You’re saying we will give this to any customer who’s ever been in a store, but we aren’t checking?” Mr. Steinhafel nodded. “Then we’re offering this to all Americans,” Mr. Kennedy replied. Target went ahead with that plan. The breach could wind up costing Target, which notched $73 billion in sales in 2012, a few billion dollars, people familiar with the matter say. . . . New chip technology to replace magnetic strips on credit cards could cost about $100 million, one executive told Congress. Card-monitoring services for customers could cost tens of millions, according to one executive. Hundreds of millions of marketing dollars could be diverted to repairing the brand. In addition, costs are mounting for reissuing cards, staffing call centers, forensic and data-security units, and lawyers for public inquiries and private lawsuits. . . . The CEO, who likes to say “retail is detail,” is known internally for paying surprise visits to Target stores—there are about 1,800 in the U.S. that drew about 32 million customers a week before the crisis. Store managers say they warn each other to be alert for a man snooping around the aisles, frequently snacking from a box of animal crackers. . . . Recently, Mr. Steinhafel says, he stopped a manager who was reading e-mail on her cellphone as she passed through Target’s downtown Minneapolis headquarters. “Please be in the present,” he recalls telling her. . . . From November 27, the day before Thanksgiving, through December 18, Target executives say, shoppers’ payment-card data was captured through “malware” installed in Target’s computer network. The hackers had entered the network through a vendor. . . . The breach got wide publicity. Shoppers clogged Target phone lines and stores. Some sent tweets and e-mails that they would never again shop at Target. On the last weekend before Christmas, the big crowds at Target stores had dwindled. On December 20, Mr. Jones, the chief marketing officer, urged Mr. Steinhafel to appear in a video on Target’s website. The CEO was reluctant. He didn’t have a script and was exhausted. With a camera rolling, Target’s public-relations chief, Dustee Jenkins, asked him questions. Mr. Steinhafel, clad in Target’s trademark red shirt and khakis store attire, thanked customers for their trust, provided tips to monitor their accounts, and promised zero liability to shoppers for any fraudulent charges. Mr. Steinhafel began holding twice-daily “status meetings” in a 32nd floor conference room. . . . Early this month, prompted by the Target data breach, Congress held hearings on cyberattacks. As Mr. Mulligan, the CFO, made his appearances, Mr. Steinhafel and his executive team watched from the company’s “situation room.” The Exceptional Manager CHAPTER 1 37
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Running head: TARGET CASE STUDY

Target Case Study

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TARGET CASE STUDY

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Q1.
Yes, I am convinced that Target made several huge mistakes. A significant mistake that
Target did is the decision by Mr. Steinhafel to extend a one year insurance against identity theft
and credit monitoring of all their customers. The insurance would be offered free of charge. The
company gave all the insurance to all customers who had been in their stores. There were no
plans to check whether this had happened. As a result, the company would end up incurring a
cost to the tune of several billion dollars. A more rational way of dealing with the problem would
be to extend the insurance to only the customers affected by the security breach.
On the other hand, it could be that the company was trying to fix its bruised image
through public relations. However, such an approach would be costly for Target. Another
mistake that Target’s CEO decided that the company should release a statement to th...


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