Kudler Fine Foods: An Overview of Management
Kudler Fine Foods provides an example of the processes and principals management. According to Gomez-Mejia and Balkin (2002), there are four processes of management: planning/strategizing, organizing, leading, and controlling. Like pieces of a puzzle, the four processes make up an image of proper management.
Four Processes of Management
Planning and Strategizing
Planning takes a step back to focus in on the big picture. At Kudler Fine Foods, this starts with Kathy Kudler, President and Founder of Kudler Fine Foods. For her, the big picture was creating a one stop establishment for gourmet foods. According to the company's web site (2007), Kathy had to shop all over town in order to get the ingredients for her meals. Her vision of one enterprise to purchase all ingredients leads to the creation of Kudler Fine Foods. To be a visionary is an attribute of planning
An organization's strategies define a business's market, employment for that business, and carrying out the company's mission. With three stores in operation, Kathy employs three directors and three store managers to help at the corporate and store levels of management:
1. Harvey Stephens, Director of Finance and Accounting
2. Yvonne Reynolds, Director of Store Operations
3. Brenda Wagner, Director of Administration and Human Resources
4. Kent Vesper, La Jolla Store Manger
5. Laurie Priest, Del Mar Store Manger
6. Juanita Lopez, Encinitas Store Manger
With these three directors and managers, a team is formed to create and execute the ga ...