Sheridan College HRMT 70002 Group Assignment - Case 1 and Case 2.

Sheridan College HRMT 70002 Group Assignment - Case 1 and Case 2. Case Study #1 Which managerial strategy would be most effective for this firm? INTRODUCTION Susan Superfit believes that the key of success of her business will be “highly motivated and knowledgeable employees who have a strong concern for their customers and who are also able to work as team members with the other employees to provide the best possible customer service” (Long & Singh, 2018, p. 479). Taking into consideration the scope of the business model, mission, values, and overall strategy the consensus of incorporating a high-involvement managerial strategy would be most effective. CONTEXT OF THE CASE  High Involvement Managerial strategy focuses on combining the thinking and the doing; thus, employees need to improve their knowledge constantly (thinking) to obtain the best results for their firm (doing).  This strategy is where the employer usually provides the workers with a considerable degree of autonomy on their jobs – allowing for a business structure that encompasses everyone’s ideas, performance, and decisions.  The business strategy would be most like the prospector because the firm wants to be the first to make new fitness products and solutions available to its customers. Under Porter typology, it would be a focused differentiator as the firm wants to provide unique products or services to a narrow range of customers.  The firm’s plan is to be specialized in exercise equipment and provide the clients with advice geared to specific training or conditioning needs – which means that it would be focusing on providing a distinguished servic