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Strategic Planning
Introduction
The Walt Disney Company is a family entertainment company that ranks among the largets and most powerful global syndicates. What once began as Disney vrothers, has changed to Walt Disney Productions and Walt isney Company. It is divided into three segments: Creative Content, Broadcasting and Walt Disney Company.
The purpose of this paper is to answer several issues listed on the strategic planing checklist with direct emphasis to Walt Disney Company. We will discuss the grand strategies and the long-term objective of Walt Disney Company. ... Finally, separate from this paper, we will introduce an interview of a Walt Disney employee.
Divestiture Strategy
One of the grand strategies that Walt-Disney may want to take a look into for the consumer products is the divestiture strategy. ... This would enable Walt-Disney to still receive a percentage profit from the retail sales but without all of the overhead and management responsibility. Walt-Disney can now concentrate on their parks and resorts, Studio, and media networks, which is more in tune to their core competencies.
Market Development
This strategy has been in use by Walt-Disney with their transition into other markets such as Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong in 2003. ...
Product Development
With the existing Disney theme park sites, develop new attractions or rides that will appeal to the new visitors or returning visitors. ... Walt-Disney theme parks have been losing money due to the economy, lack of travelers, and the costs of conducting business. Many theme park goers are spending their money in amusement parks but not necessarily with Walt-Disney. Disney may want to look into acquiring other theme parks in the Orlando or in the Anaheim area. ... New markets will be acquired which may be used to bring these new customers to Walt-Disney・s other theme parks. ...
Walt Disney・s long-term Objectives
An organizational Long-term objective usually refers to the plans that an organization targets to achieve in the long run; such a target is normally within the scope of the organizations mission statement or vision statement. Walt Disney・s mission statement states that ：it・s objective is to be one of the worlds leading producers and providers of entertainment and information using its portfolio of brands to differentiate it・s content, services and consumer products.
Approximate Word count = 1897
Approximate Pages = 7.6
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