Business Management Assignment - John Lewis
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Added on 2021-01-03
Business Management Assignment - John Lewis
Added on 2021-01-03
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................11. History and summary of John Lewis.......................................................................................12.Vision, leadership style and management practices and the various strategies........................23.Analysis of Leadership Style, Management Practices and Strategies adopted by John Lewis34. Reccomendations.....................................................................................................................5CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTIONBusiness management means managing the activities of the business getting peopletogether to complete the desired goals and objectives of the business effectively and efficiently.Present study will be based on the John Lewis company is a chain of high-enddepartment stores. It was founded by John Lewis in 1864. Its headquarter was located atLondon,SW United Kingdom (Hammer, 2015).Report will include the history and summary of Tesco. It will also include about theleadership style, management practices and its various strategies.MAIN BODY1. History and summary of John LewisJohn Lewis was founded in 1864.In 1905 Lewis acquired a second store, Peter Jones inSloane Square, London. His son John Spedan Lewis began the partnership in 1920. Thepartnership firm was purchased in the London. Jessops re branded itself as John Lewis on 27October 2002. Thee name of the partnership firm bought as Self ridge Provincial Stores. Thisgroup consist of sixteen suburban and provincial department stores included Cole Brothers,Sheffield and many more all of them continue to trade and then re-branded as John Lewis &partners. Its branches in London named as Peter Jones, John Barnes, John Pound and BonMarche (Roseman and vom Brocke, 2015).The provincial branches were Robert Sayle ofCambridge and Peter borough, Tyrrell & Green of Southampton and Lance & Lance of Weston-super-Mare. They also had “silk shops” at Edinburgh.The first John Lewis store was constructed as part of a shopping centre was relocated inNottingham. The announcement of an anchor tenant such as John Lewis contributes to thecertainty. John Lewis stores closed on Mondays allowed staff two day weekends. It is the firstdepartment store in the UK that adopt central buying, the Jonell name for own brandmerchandise in 1937. The brand was replaced by John Lewis in 2001. It also provides Waitroseown brand products such as cleaning materials and party stationery. Investment has been madeacross the group in the twenty-first century. This is the largest branch in the partnership. Thecomplete building was completed in 2007. It also started its new 'Place to eat' restaurant and abrasserie and bistro in the store. John Lewis food hall from Wait rose was opened in thebasement. John Lewis changes its brand name to become John Lewis & Partners. John Lewis &partners is the eighth best private sector employees in the UK based on the reviews and ratings of1
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