Assessment of Core Competencies and a "SWOT" analysis of Kohler COmpany

Executive Summary Kohler Co. is a 129-year-old company strong in its tradition and focusing on quality and improving the level of gracious living for its customers. A SWOT analysis is described in this paper to discuss the Strengths - quality and employee loyalty; Weaknesses - slow traditions and limited customers; Opportunities - increase hospitality division and sell to a broader range of customers; and Threats - Porter's 5 forces. Due to the analysis provided, the core …showed first 75 words of 1706 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1706 total…competencies are revealed when analyzing Kohler's strengths and why customers purchase Kohler product or use Kohler's services. References Kohler Co. website, 2002 [Online] Available: http://www.kohler.com Kyle, Bobette http://www.ebizability.com/artman/publish/article_116.shtml Pearce, J.A. & Robinson, R.B. (2002). Strategic Management: Formulation, Implementation, and Control. 7th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing. Recklies, Dagmar (2001, June). Porters 5 Forces. Themanager.org [Online] Available: http://www.themanager.org/Models/p5f.htm