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1. Provide an executive summary to your paper that indicates your analysis of the major issues presented in the case concerning Outback and the highlights of yoru recommendations for the continuing success of the company ( see question 4)

2. Conduct an analysis of outback's current situation using the management process ( planning, organizing, leading and controlling) as your framework. Integrate any course material you fee lrelevant in answering the question. You should find many of the handouts from class discussion ( strategic management equation, essence of the management challenge, job design alternatives, management power equation etc) very helpful in catalyzing your thinking

3. What has outback done to successfully Attract, Develop and Retain the best people ( the goals of human resource management) it is interesting to note that at the time of writing the case Outback still did not have a human resourcing department at their Corp HQ

4. In your opinion what are the top 3 - 5 challenges outback will face as they continue to grow and strive to remain a success story and WHAT actions do you recommend for meeting these challenges? Be as creative and specific as possible

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1. Provide an executive summary to your paper that indicates your analysis of the major issues presented in the case concerning Outback and the highlights of your recommendations for the continuing success of the company ( see question 4)
Outback Steakhouse has used elements of planning since its inception, however, evidence of systematic planning have not been noticed. The company has meticulously, organized its resources, processes and people. Outback Steakhouse founders have shown elements of exemplary leadership; however, there leadership vision has not been clearly articulated. There are several elements of control including control of managers, control of quality and control over suppliers that have been noticed in Outback Steakhouse. What has enabled Outback Steakhouse to hire, develop, and retain quality personnel are the selection of the right employees, personal attention by founders to staffing, excellent emoluments, very good working conditions, and stock ownership.
2. Conduct an analysis of outback's current situation using the management process ( planning, organizing, leading and controlling) as your framework. Integrate any course material you fee lrelevant in answering the question. You should find many of the handouts from class discussion ( strategic management equation, essence of the management challenge, job design alternatives, management power equation etc) very helpful in catalyzing your thinking
Planning; Planning, has been used extensively by Outback Steakhouse. There was planning in the selection of locations for Outback Steakhouse. Even in the choice of partners, the inclusion of Tim was an instance of planning. Further, there was planning in the selection of the exact category of the restaurant to which Outback Steakhouse belonged. Further, there is evidence of planning in the manpower selection, recruitment and deployment. The ad hoc research carried out by the founders had planning in it. There was planning in the way in which finance was raised from the market.
Currently, there is extensive planning at Outback Steakhouse. There are well defined objectives for expansion in the US, rollout of Carrabbas Italian franchise, development of additional restaurant themes, and international franchising. There is a time frame for each objective, the resources required for achieving the ...

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