Question 1:
1. What type of leader was Akio Toyoda and why? How would you “Build a Leadership Brand” for him and Toyota using Ulrich and Smallwood’s article? Recommend structural changes to Toyota’s management. (For this question use, it is referring to the document of Toyota: the Accelerator Crisis case study as well as the “Build a Leadership Brand” article which I have attached. )
2. Using Hofstede’’s cultural model, including new areas covered in class, explain the differences or similarity between KFC China versus KFC US for each of the six dimensions. What three managerial changes would you recommend to KFC China?
( I have attached a powerpoint about the Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions in a ppt called Cultural Dimensions. Please add some terms mentioned there. KFC China and KFC US should be referenced the attached case study: Yum! China and the article: KFC’s Radical Approach in China”)
1. Calculate Yum Brands China’s latest net profit margin?
2. Calculate Yum Brands US latest net profit margin?
3. Why do you think the two Yum Brands net profit margins are different?
4. Why did Yum Brands spin off Yum China?