Woolworths Group Management Perspective: A Comprehensive Analysis

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Management Perspectives

Executive summary
The management is the essential requirement of an organization as the organizational structure is
comparatively large and needs to have the accurate formation of different aspects. The
management perspective is the concept of making the execution of different company aspects in
a significant manner. The report will give precise information about the management perspective
of company Woolworths Group. The brief study of the report will also discuss the different
aspects which come under the management of the company. The finding of a specific report will
have the inclusion of different aspect which will assist in information gathering.

Table of Contents
Executive summary.........................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Research methodology.................................................................................................................5
Vision and values of the organization.........................................................................................6
Insight into the culture and management style of company Woolworth using Morgan’s
metaphors.....................................................................................................................................7
Organizational theory..................................................................................................................8
Ethics and diversity....................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................13

Introduction
The management perspective is the process of making the determination of roles and
responsibilities of different departments in the company. The specific report will give concise
information about the different management perspective implemented by the company
Woolworths Group to maintain the structure of the internal and external workplace. The
company is one of the largest retail company in Australia. The report will provide precise
information about the communication channel and different commands of company. The report
will make the analysis over ethical practices and diversity of the company.

Research methodology
The research methodology will give brief information about the different aspects of information
gathering. The organization Woolworth is large and have a different aspect to be determined and
followed to attain more concise information about the company research methodology had
implemented.
The research approaches include information about the appropriate manner of accomplishment
of the report. These give the right approach to implement the information gathering.
The particular report is related to the information gathering about the management perspective of
company Woolworth both of the research approaches will be used. These inductive approach
will work on hypothesis and will give concise information about the specific research (Hossain,
et. al., 2014). This approach is beneficiary for determining proper hypothesis. These inductive
approach will help to gather the information via the help of people feedback of customers and
employees. The major focus of such an approach is marketing research.
The research methods are the most important part of research methodologies. These methods
help to make the implementation of research in a significant manner (Salih and Doll, 2013).
To make the research over Woolworth the mixed method will be used. As the method will help
to attain the employee's feedback and the numerical information will provide internal
information about the company. The qualitative method of research works on the different
aspects of real-life examples. This quantitative method of research will help to make the
numerical information gathering about the company.
The research types refer to the sources of gathering data and information. The determination of a
specific research method is necessary at the beginning of the research.
Woolworth is one of the largest company in Australia and attains respective status is the country.
To attain the most justified information related to the company the second method is most
appropriate. The secondary type of research includes data gathering from different ethical
resources (Pang, et. al., 2014). These approach helps to attain the relevant and previous
information related to the company.

The data is most necessary to make the justification for the information which has been gathered
(Sunder, 2016). The data will be gathered via the help secondary method of information
gathering. The academic journals give information about the company which is already
established and published on the company portal. The other source which will help to attain the
information are the website of the company or other sources which gives detailed information
about the company.
Vision and values of the organization
The vision if the organization refers to the ideal image of the organization in the context of future
growth and development. The focused vision of the company helps to make the understanding
and evaluation of future needs of the company.
Vision or mission of the organization Woolworth
The vision of the company is to become one of the most responsible retailers in the world and
also wants to attain the customer's values and satisfaction.
The mission of Woolworth Company is to assist the members of Woolworth with the security
of financial benefits. The company wants to provide good quality products to its customers on an
affordable and reasonable rate and the company also wants to grow economically.
Values of company Woolworth
The values of Woolworth determines the responsibilities and advantages which the company
wants to provide to its customers. These values are:
 Faith: The Company wants to make to the relationship of trust and faith with their
customers and employees. That is well known by the employers of the company that two
leaders are the most necessary element for the company to grow in a significant manner
(Diakaki, et. al., 2015).
 Brilliant facilities: The other value of the company is to provide effective services to the
customers as the services are the essential requirement to make the customers get
attracted towards productivity.
 Consistent and responsive: The company makes it the major responsibility to provide
the right and responsive outcomes to the customers and employees. These are well known

that the image of an organization majorly depends on the internal and external working of
the company and it is completely determined by Woolworth.
 Competitive approaches: The Company is majorly concerned to analyze the
competition and also makes a benchmark to reduce the issues and challenges.
Insight into the culture and management style of company Woolworth using Morgan’s
metaphors.
Morgan's metaphors provide concise information about the management and cluster of the
organizational theories (Matta, et. al., 2014). The eight metaphors of Woolworth had discussed
below:
 The first metaphor instigates the organization as a machine which refers to the technical
functionalities of the company.
 The next metaphor states the business as an organism or the approach to attain growth
and development via implementing some strategies.
 The furthermore metaphor refers to the brain or decision making as the implementation
of task and approaches in a significant manner.
 The organization needs to meet up the culture and values of the company these approach
helps to build the organizational form in a significant manner.
 The political or democratic approach of the company makes the managed facilities and
responses to the company growth.
 The organization can become the prison if the execution of approaches will not give
motivation to the staff of the company.
 The organization is most necessary to make the changes and innovation by the time to
make responsive growth and development.
 This is necessary for the organization to become the approach of domination for the
employees and customers.
Organizational theory
Management theory of organization
Woolworth is one of the largest companies in Australia and has tricky and complex management
requirements (Sallent, et. al., 2017). There is a description of the specific theory which can help
to make the management formation of the company.

Henri Fayol’s management theory
Henri Fayol’s management theory provides precise information about the basic needs of the
company. There are majorly five essential requirements of the company which will be discussed
below.
 Planning: The planning plays an essential role in the formation of management of the
company. These help to make the determination of future approaches which helps to
extend the business.
 Organising: The organization of different resources is most necessary to make the
sequence of task completion. If the company make the proper allocation of task it will
make the more appropriate formation of tasks.
 Commanding: These are the major responsibility of higher authority to provide the
learnings and guidance to the employees to make the task completion.
 Coordination: the management of the organization mainly requires the coordination of
staff members to complete the work. These also provide a balanced workplace to the
company.
 Controlling: This is most necessary to monitor and analyse different tasks of the
company. The control over company helps to attain the right decisions for organizational
growth and development.
The organizational structure of Woolworth
The company is going well in the retail industry and have the impactful stage in front of the
market in Australia. The organizational structure of Woolworth includes the balanced inclusion
of different department of the country in the formation of company growth and development.
The senior authority of company majorly plays a vital role in decision making in the context of
company growth and development. The next approach of the company leads towards the staff
and employees of the company who makes their efforts to attain the growth and development in
the context of company values (Sunder, 2016). The resources and formation of different project
estimation are one of the major concern for the company.
Chain of command and channel of communication

The chain of command or responsibilities of the company related to the employee and
customers satisfaction. The company is concerned to provide the transportation and union
facilities to their employees. The company also makes productivity as per the government
policies and environmental requirements. The company have the command on other retail
industries.
The communication channel which implicit by the company are both written and oral. The
written communication methods of the company include the availability of newspaper or blog
advertisement. The oral or verbal communication channels include television aids, videos and so
on (Hossain, et. al., 2014). These approaches help to make the customers aware of the
productivity and services of the company.
Ethics and diversity
Ethical practices in company Woolworths
The company is majorly concerned about the customer values and trust and also needs to make
the approaches which help to make the ethics and balance in the working of the company. The
company is focused to provide the human rights to its employees as well as their supply chain.
The company had implemented the policy to analyse the ethics in the company which known as
Ethical Sourcing policy which includes rights and regulation regarding different aspects like
corruption, bribery, fair right and safe working conditions. The ethical policies of the company
are validated from the United Nations Global Compact which makes the ethical policies more
legal and justified.
The policies mainly focus to provide a better and balanced workplace to the employees and also
have the concern to make the effective functioning of the supply chain. These policies will
effectively help the company to enhance its performance and will also make the customers attract
(Salih and Doll, 2013). The policies include different aspect which needs to be followed from
corruption to child labour and working hours. The critical formation and analysis of company on
such factors makes the entire functioning more stable and accurate. Thus, it can be stated that the
company attains the effective ethical policies to make balanced management of the company.
Diversity in company Woolworth

Woolworth is recognized as one of the most diverts companies of Australia as the company had
achieved the 24th spot in the survey which apprehended in the context of diversity in the
companies. The specific rank which has been attaining by the company showcase the efforts of
the entire organization in the form of performance, productivity, marketing and customer
satisfaction. The higher authority of companies always tries to make the policies which help the
employees to feel flexible in the company and also make the completion of different tasks this
assists in a significant manner to attain the performance management in the company.
The company always looks after the competition and other relevant resources which helps to
make the determination about different requirements of the customers and market. The company
is not only providing effective productivity but also making the efforts to be on stable growth.
The stability of the organization is helping the company as these are the result that the company
is attaining achievements from the past three years (Salih and Doll, 2013). The changes are
making the customers more aware and relative to the company services and all of these
approaches collaboratively helping organization to grow in a significant manner.

Conclusion
These are concluded from the report that the management perspective of the organization
determines company growth and development. The report had included information about
different aspects of management which have been implemented by the company Woolworth. The
company is one of the largest retail company in Australia. The main objective of the specific
report was to determine the importance of management in the context of organizational
development. The secondary method of research had been used to gather information about a
different aspect of company Woolworth. The report had discussed the Maslow's hierarchy which
can help to attain the management of the company. The report also discussed ethnicity and
diversity in the company. The communication channel of companies and values implicit by the
company also discussed in the report.

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