Group Discussion

GROUP DISCUSSION Student Name Student Id Course Title: Course Code: Course Instructor: Institution: Date: Ron Jon Surf Shop and Hilo Hattie 2 Facebook 3 References 4 Ron Jon Surf Shop and Hilo Hattie Both Ron Jon Surf Shop and Hilo Hattie are retail business organizations where the first one is based on New Jersey and specializes in body boarding and surfing equipments; and the second one is based on Hawaii and offers Hawaiian casual fashion. The main similarity between these two is that, both of them was founded a long time ago and since then, they have been using traditional management techniques that involves creating attestation and interest of the customers. Both of them have specific products, targeting specific group of customers and for that, they organize a well structured management system to make sure that only the knowledgeable and enthusiastic staffs are appointed for working in their organizations. From operational management, organizational structure and marketing strategy points of view, there are not any major differences between these two except for their diversity in products, customers and locations. The website of Hilo Hattie does not provide enough information about the company organizational planning, organizing, staffing, leading and control. The site says very little about the organization; only the Group Incentive page provides some basic info about the company incentive programs. The Ron Jon Surf Shop website is also not very informative about their organization; however, the Customer Care page contains the company’s motivation and message to the customers. In the FAQ page, th...