Ah Belo Corp-A



Ah Belo Corp-A

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to make an analysis on the publicly traded company in United States, and make an analysis on the strategic position of the company. The paper is a reflection of the mission, vision and main stakeholders of the company, and the ways through which the five forces of competition have impact on the company. The paper is also a brief reflection of the SWOT analysis of the company and the ways through which the company can capitalize its strengths and opportunities, and overcome its weakness and threats. This paper also provides the reflection of the different types of strategies which the firm can utilize in order to increase its competitiveness and profitability, and the different corporate governance issues which can affect the company's decision. The publicly traded company chosen in this paper is Ah Belo Corp-A (AHC) (Dowling, 2004). The main operations of Ah Belo Corporation are newspaper publishing. It is an information and local new company which is located in United States. The company runs and maintains four metropolitan daily newspapers and other websites associated with it.

Mission of the Company

The main mission of the company is to properly serve the online users, readers and advertisers by providing the highest quality of journalism and earning highest revenues by attracting a huge number of the audience.

Vision of the Company

The Ah Belo Corp is working with the vision of being the leading news provider along the globe by attracting the maximum number of the audience.

Primary Stakeholders of the Company

Following are the main stakeholders of Ah Belo Corp-A:

1. Shareholders

The shareholder is an investor who provides capital to the company and can more or less involve in their management. Given the contribution made generates certain expectations about the behavior of the company in general and with regard to their contribution (Mansfield, 2006). Their interest with the organisation is to get the return from the company's shares and investments.

2. Senior management

They want to assume the management of the company and also generate certain expectations about it (Morrison, 2002). They are perhaps the part that the company may identify itself as a relationship manager node. Their interest with the company is to gain the profit from the company.

3. Employees and workers

As the main asset of the organization and certainly one of the stakeholders closest to the organization, CSR requires them to provide a fair, scrupulously respecting their rights as individuals and labor law enforcement. Beyond this, responsible management of HR evaluate and reward the contributions of each member of the organization and provide, beyond the professional, the cultivation of all aspects of the person. The main interest of the employees and workers from Ah Belo Corp-A is to gain the job satisfaction and pleasant workplace environment.

4. Suppliers and contractors

The ability of large companies control over their suppliers is huge. In the automotive sector, for example, work systems are used just-in-time, you only have stock of parts to keep running the assembly line for ...