Assignment Sample on Employer Case Study

Introduction

Task 1 

1. a) Strategic analysis of the challenges of the organisation 

Issues faced by Boxraw in its business 

• One of the biggest issues that Boxraw faces in its business operation is the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact of Covid-19 was drastic in the world, and in China, it shows its dangerous effect. The pioneer of lifestyle brand Boxraw conducts its business from the UK, but it has its four major production houses in China. The advent of Covid-19 gives a large impact on the production of boxing items on a large scale (Zhang, 2022). Due to this effect, the suppliers of Boxraw in the market of China were not able to maintain supply and for that, the operation of the factories in the Chinese market was affected largely. For the issues with suppliers in the Chinese market, Boxraw moves the factories to Turkey.
• On the other hand, Boxraw faces difficulties in order to conduct its production from Turkey as this process became too expensive in the market of Turkey. Although, the quality of the production is high and well in Turkey, but the high expense of it makes issues in the continuation of the business operation of Boxraw (Reim et al. 2022). From the case study, it can be seen that the global clothing brand like Zara, and H&M shifted their business production from China to Turkey due to the drastic effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, and this leads to the increase of the process of production in Turkey.
• From the above issue in Boxraw, it can be said that the earning of profit becomes low as the price of production has increased in its business operation. Not only the profit level of this boxing equipment organisation Boxraw has been impacted due to this issue but also hit the marketing of the business of it on a large scale.
• The lack of experience of an employee of Boxraw who look after the part of supply creates issues in the business of Boxraw in its operation. The lack of practical experience this person makes difficult regarding the management of production, supplies, maintenance of communication with the suppliers and so on (Boxraw, 2023). As an outcome of it, the planning of the project management of Boxraw has been suffering from a large scale, which includes the lack of control in the production areas of it.
• The big business corporations move their business from China to Turkey, and Vietnam due to the lack of support in the Chinese market. From the business continuation of it in the market of China, it can be stated that the requirements, as well as the demand for boxing items in China, have been slowed down (Ababulgu et al. 20220. In order to maintain the price and cost of the business production of Boxraw, it turns its business from the Chinese market.

Tool for analysis of the issues in Boxraw 

“Cross Sheet” for analysis of issues faced by Boxraw

Table 1: Cross Sheet Analysis for the Business Issues in Boxraw

(Source: self-created)

1. b) Leadership model and strategies of communication and its impact on employees and organisational culture, performance 

Model of Transformational Leadership

Ben, the leader of the boxing lifestyle brand Boxraw motivates the employees and this can be known from the case study. Thus, the style of leadership of Ben is transformational. 

“Inspirational motivation”

This stage is related to the level of motivation of the leader of Boxraw Ben who promotes teamwork in the operation of this organisation. The leadership of Ben highly prioritised the concept of gaining success of the organisation with group work, which help to increase the operational effectiveness (Bakker et al. 2022). The setting of vision has been stressed in this stage, which indicates ideas of Ben for the changes in the organisational operation in Boxraw.

“Intellectual stimulation”

This stage relates to the identification of the problems in Boxraw by Ben. Ben has detected the issues with production and profitability with the use of transformational leadership in business operations. The encouragement has been provided by leaders such as Ben in the well-being of the business of Boxraw. As per the case study, it can be stated that the technology has been prioritised in Boxraw such as AI. In order to utilise as well as implement the technology in the business operation of Boxraw, Ben makes a partnership with Harvard (Boxraw, 2023). The qualities of transformational leadership lead this person to manage all these for the overall development of Boxraw.

“Idealised influence”

This stage deals with the philosophy, which has been stressed by this leader Ben which indicates transparency and accountability. The use of transformational leadership not only motivates the employees of Boxraw in the workplace but also it highly takes care of the maintenance of transparency in the professional field as well as the maintenance of accountability among the employees.

“Individualised consideration” 

This stage of transformational leadership deals with the role of the leader such as Ben as a mentor for the employees in Boxraw. The transformational leader also takes care of the emotional well-being of the employees. As per the case study., it can be seen that Ben as a leader takes care of this matter trick fully. An intern of Boxraw is upset with her personal issues and in order to return her to the professional area in a proper way, Ben motivates her with the presentation of gifts as well as sending of cards on her birthday. As a leader these strategies that Ben have been used to motivate the employee in the workplace of Boxraw (Mach et al. 2022). This person has prioritised innovation and creativity in order to achieve the ultimate business goal of Boxraw with the enhancement of the boxing lifestyle products in the market.

Communication strategies 

Ben mainly stresses the utilisation of social media as a medium of communication. Telegram is used as a calling app for the operation of Boxraw, which is alike to Whatsapp. As per the case study, communication has also been maintained through the user interface on laptops, desktops, and mobile. Most importantly, Boxraw uses the app named Monday.com as the medium of communication. These all gives a high impact on the employees because, with the maintenance of these communication channels, the employees of Boxraw achieve its goal in its business. These help Boxraw to earn £2 million in FY 2022 (Boxraw, 2023).  The leadership, as well as the strategies of communication, are the cultures of this organisation which have been prioritised by the leader Ben.  In order to bring a positive outcome in the performance of Boxraw these are vital.

1. c) Three recommendations to enable and improve organisational performance 

• Arrangement of training for the employees 

As per the case study, it can be seen that the employee of Boxraw who manages the production has no practical experience in this field. In that scenario, it can be recommended that the management of Boxraw have to arrange for training sessions for the employees so that they gain some experience in the field of work they conduct (Mahadevan & Yap, 2019). The lacks of experience of this employee in Boxraw decrease its performance of it and to boost the operational performance of Boxraw, the presentation of training of the employees is essential.

• Improvement of production and profitability of Boxraw

The production of Boxraw has suffered from the pandemic in China and this shifts to Turkey but the expense become high in Turkey. In that phase, it can be recommended that Boxraw has to select another place for its production which can help to maintain the cost of the production in an effective path. The high production cost in the market of Turkey reduces the earning of profit in the operational business of Boxraw. In order to manage this situation, it can be recommended that this organization has to take support of strategy of cost-effectiveness (Zhang et al. 2022). This strategy can bring well-being in the generation of profit with the maintenance of product expenses and through that, the performance of Boxraw can be improved.

• Enhancement of the demand for products 

From the case study, it can be seen that the need and demand for boxing items have decreased in the Chinese market. In that case, it can be recommended that this organisation Boxraw have to take the initiative so that the demand for boxing items can be increased. In order to do that the segment of marketing has to be improved (Ismael, 2022). In relation to this, it can also be recommended that brand awareness have to be improved so that it can give an understanding of the essentiality of the products, which Boxraw contains. This can help to boost the performance of Boxraw in the UK and China as well. Task 2

Task 2A 

1. a) Phases in entrepreneurial practice from new ideas of business to delivery 

The practices of entrepreneurs denote the persuasion of opportunities to conduct business in a good manner. Entrepreneurial practices are also referred to as the start-up of a business with innovation (Li et al. 2020). From the given case study, it can be seen that the business of Boxraw has been continuing its business for the last three years. Most importantly, innovation has been prioritised in the approach of an entrepreneur, which has been included by Ben the leader of Boxraw. The entrepreneurial practice of the business of Boxraw stresses the boxing lifestyle products for the customers. As per the case study, it can be seen that Ben does not like the term “entrepreneur”, but the way of maintenance of the business of Boxraw by Ben highlights the entrepreneurial practices and approaches.

The business ideas of Ben have been constructed at a younger age of Ben which this person utilised in the business operation of Boxraw. In relation to this, it can be said that at the age of 15, Ben imports from “China, “Alibaba”, “eBay” “MP4 players, “DVDs”, “USBs”, “clothes”, “watches”, and so on. At this younger age, the idea of imports of Ben was innovative which aim to make more money. The entrepreneur practice denotes the ideas of business, which shows the participation of Ben in the boxing club. Ben is planning of opening new “Boxing Gyms” for encouraging the love for boxing among different people. His love for boxing gives him the ideas of new business developmental plans. His main objective is to promote his business to different parts of the world to attract more customers. He plans to engage PR agents for publicity and promoting his business. He plans to take initiatives of taking different promotional activities for growth and publicity of his company. On the other hand, the entrepreneurial business idea of Ben in Boxrraw highlights the slogan “Boxing is Love” (Boxraw, 2023). This includes the charity with the registered of 501C3 in the USA and through that they take initiatives to put the boxing gyms in the developing world and the first step was in Liberia.

1. b) Strategies for addressing and managing risk with a new entrepreneurial business venture

“Entrepreneurial risk management” is appropriate in order to solve the risks in the business operation of Boxraw. According to this risk management, there are four stages such as

“Problem”

The issues with the entrepreneurial business conduction of Boxraw include production difficulties. On the other hand, this organisation also faces issues with the lack of profitability on a large scale. Most importantly, production issues become major in the business of Boxraw as the production employee of it does not have practical experience. The assessment of the risks in this organisation helps to determine its negative impact on the growth and development of Boxraw (Boxraw, 2023). On the other hand, the demand for boxing products become low in the market of China which decreases the performance of the business of Boxraw on a large scale.

“Idea”

This organisation set the ideas in order to solve the issues in the operational part of the business. The major step of it to shift its production is from China to Turkey. This transformation of the production area does not support the business of Boxraw as the expenses of its production of it have been increasing day-by-day whcih affects its profitability of it on a large scale.

“Experiments”

Ben as an entrepreneur has conducted the experiments in order to bring well-being with the solving of the issues in the business. One of the major experiments denotes the shifting of production houses from China to Turkey, but this did not work for long. The other experiment of Boxraw includes the maintenance of production with inexperienced employees, which decreases the operational effectiveness of this organisation.

“Solution” 

Table 2: Risk Assessment for Boxraw

(Source: Self-created)

1. c) Entrepreneurial traits and characteristics for strategic positioning of the newly proposed business venture to the organization

The entrepreneurial traits of Boxraw include the establishment of the connection of its people to the customers. In order to make the business strategic, Boxraw utilised social media in a fire part with the implementation of Telegram. Technological implementation is the other strategic approach stressed by the business of Boxraw with the large use of AI and for that, this boxing lifestyle production organisation makes a partnership with Harvard. On the other hand, the traits of the entrepreneur in Ben are enough like a good leader who motivates the employee in Boxraw. From the optimism, the business of this organisation has a lack as it has to go through several issues in its business (Anwar et al. 2021). The level of confidence is large in Ben, which helps the continuation of the business of Boxraw in the market.

On the other hand, the passion of this person is high which helps to open a new start-up for the boxing world. The discipline in the business of Boxraw is huge which Ben has prioritised. The other traits such as proactiveness, open-mindedness, competitiveness as well as the kindness of the leader of Ben support to reach the goal of the business of this organisation.

Task 2B

• The business idea of Boxraw is to promote his brand name and value to different parts of the world which is beneficial for the company growth and profit. (Boxraw, 2023)
• The organization is facing different challenges of funding which can be reduced with promotional activities through PR agencies.
• People who are actually motivated to work and hungry for work are always helpful for organizations to ensure work to mitigate issues of funding  and production in organization
• Well mannered behavior with employees, respecting their ideas, innovating new AI, customized customer services to develop business (Kerr et al. 2019). Ben has followed these development features in their organization with development of entrepreneurial features in the organization

1. a) Business idea

The main business idea of Boxraw Company is to promote different products essential in the boxing gyms to a large part of country. Not only the country, the company owner’s main aim is to spread the brand name to the outside of the country and enrich his sales in the global market. On the other hand, it has also been seen that this idea is beneficial for growth and innovative work in an organization as employees feel valued and they feel they should contribute to the development of the organization. It can be said that, this organization is planning on developing the promotional activities to gain more profit. If the company can reach to a large customer base, more customers can know about the company which will be benefited for the organization. He recruits different PR agencies that can start campaigns and promotional activities for the brand and its products to target right audience.

1. b) Risks

This organization has faced the risks of uncertainty with development of funding and risks of suppliers. It has been seen from the case study that due to the issues of Corona Virus uncertainty of production has been seen to increase in this organization. Therefore, it can be stated that the sudden outbreak of Covid-19 increased a great loss for development of production all over the industry. On the other hand, it has been seen to compete with other brands like Zara and H&M with their high prices. The price of fashion needed to encourage the development of boxing is also going high. Therefore, it has been seen that the risk of funding is also associated with the development of this organization.

1. c) Strategies to mitigate risks

It has been seen people in this organization of Boxing are hired in a way that employees are hungry to do work as well as Ben himself is also struggling to mitigate issues in the organization. It has been seen organizations have started hiring new expertise employees to increase production. On the other hand, Ben has changed business approaches to increase development of the organization. They have also done the business of car selling to fund the gap with the profit from this business. Therefore, several strategies have been followed by Ben to restructure organizational workflow.

1. d) Characteristics of entrepreneurial traits

Though, he does not like the name entrepreneur and always treats their employees as family with a good relationship. Ben has incorporated some Telegram to communicate clearly with employees, Zendesk as a supporting backend application with development of unique facilities provided to the organization. Contrarily, they have also developed strategies for employee motivation in organization.

Task 3

In this task, we have discussed the implementation and use of the CMI code of conduct in organizations for personal and professional development of employees. Rolfe’s model of reflection has been used in this area to understand individual and professional development that has been elaborated on in a chosen case study. Rolfe’s reflective model is a three-step model that delivers a simple understanding of the situation, learning and development from this situation, and further improvements with those learning in the personal and professional account (Rolfe, 2002).

What

As per the case study it has been seen that teamwork and transparency in the work are the goal of leadership in Boxraw. The leader Ben has supported the work of their employees and he wants to understand the thinking of their subordinate. It has been seen from the case study that Ben used to develop hard work for their employees to achieve a goal of £10 million this year. However, he has arranged holidays with employees to make them feel happy and relaxed from work for some time (Boxraw, 2023). On the other hand, it has been seen that Ben always tries to understand the situation of sadness and happiness among employees. Send them gift cards and birthdays to feel them. Thus, in my understanding it has been seen that Ben is always used to developing a healthy relation with employees, understanding their need with development of respect and understanding for employees. Therefore, I have seen from this case study “Respecting people with whom you work” that the CMI code of conduct has been maintained (Managers, 2023). It has been seen that in this organization there is no harassment to employees and employees can freely express their thoughts that CMI respects for others being implemented in this organization.

So what

This helps me to understand that communication is an excellent tool to be incorporated with employees. On the other hand, I have seen employees in this organization valued with dignity and integrity. Provision of value to employees in an organization helps the owner to achieve all the security and working engagements for growth in an organization (Zaware, 2020). Thus, I have learned for the growth of an organization and to achieve goals through the work of employees in the organization. The leader of the organization should be transparent with them and supportive to understand their situation.  On the other hand, respecting employees also creates accountability for them, which helps them to be motivated to work hard for the development of organizations (Fang et al. 2019). Thus, I have learned accountability is an attitude that a leader should also show to his subordinates.

Now what

According to the case study, it has been seen along with technology driven communications with employees employers also need to develop open communication with them. Thus, in future I have to develop my communication skills to bridge the gap with other coworkers and colleagues of mine. As stated by Niamey & Andersen (2020), open communication is a skill that helps employers and employees to be more engaged with work with self motivated work engagements.  Therefore, it can also be stated that to motivate employees respect is also provided to employees.

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