Case Study Of Blockbuster. this slides contain:- A) Blockbuster History B) Blockbuster Present Situation C) CEO's D) Mr Keyes High Hopes E) Question & Answer of Case Study F) Conclusion

1. Entertainment pvt. Ltd.

3. KEY POINTS
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First store was opened in October 19, 1985.
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The company was founded by “DAVID
COOK.
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After sometime COOK built a $ 6 million
warehouse in Garland.
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At the peak in 1999-2000 , Blockbuster
consisted of nearly 60,000 employees and
over 9,000 stores.

4. CEO
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JAMES W. KEYES
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2007-2011
JOHN F. ANTIOCO
1997-2007

5. PRESENT SITUATION
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Blockbuster still maintains franchise
agreements with 14 stores remaining in
the entire world.
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On November 2015, Blockbuster on
demand was shut down and all customer
were redirected to sling.
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It has more no. of warehouses in US and it
was always in rising before “2015-2016” .

7. BLOCKBUSTER'S NEW HOPES
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The former CEO of 7 – ELEVEN MR.
KEYES became the CEO of
BLOCKBUSTER.
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Left 7-ELEVEN 3 years ago.
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Changing each store to retail pattern.

8. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

9. 1.MR. Keyes obviously is a big fan of the
quantitative approach. How might
principles of scientific management be
useful to blockbuster?
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Manager's decision making.
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Right person on right JOB.
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It will improves production
efficiently.

10. 2.How might knowledge of organisational
behaviour help the company's frontline store
supervisors manage their employees? Would
Mr. keyes and other top managers need to
understand OB? Why or why not?
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Working together to achieve the common
goal/objective people behave diff. From other.
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MR. KEYES and managers need to
understand OB:-
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For the betterment of company.
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To keep the workforce highly efficient
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To research true potential.
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To work effectively in a competitive

11. 3.Using exhibit 2-7 describe
blockbuster as a system?
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INPUT.
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PROCESS.
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OUTPUT.

12. 4.Based on information from
blockbuster's web site, what value
does this company embrace that
might be important for successful
organiszations in the twenty fifth
century?
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Improving facilities to the employees.
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Improving the facilities to the customers.
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Increasing the profit of the company.

13. 5.What do you think MR. KEYES'S
quote is saying ? Do you agree or
dis agree with his statement ?
Explain?

YES , I agree – If Keyes understand the
needs of customer then only he will be able to
satisfy their need in a way which will be better
and different from the competitors.

14. CONCLUSION
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If same type of success achieved by MR.
KEYES, BLOCKBUSTER could have
been survived.
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If people were alloted to the right work ,
company's growth could have been even
more better.
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Production of company – “effectively and
effeciently” .