Tesla Motors Inc. is an American public company which is known worldwide because of its experience in designing, manufacturing and also the selling of electric cars and electric components for vehicles. The motor was started back in the year 2003 in San Carlos, California in the United States (Teslamotors.com, 2014). The company had its headquarters in Palo Alto and at the time of its inception, Elon Musk was its chief executive officer (CEO) (Hunger, 2010).
Environmental concerns have been raised from time to time because of the dependency on the gasoline-fueled engine as the chief auto powertrain technology. This has resulted in exposing many automobile users to unpredictable prices of fuel. These issues were, however, the reason for the inception of Tesla Motors so as to bring into existence another set of automotive which serves the similar purpose; but uses another form of energy that being electricity to drive them instead of the disadvantageous gasoline-powered engine. This invention was influenced by a number of factors in terms of their planning and performance (Hunger, 2010).
Factors affecting Tesla’s planning and performance
The success of any organization just as the Tesla Motor largely depends on the planning of the activities by the management team in the company. A good performance is always attributed to the planning strategy that a certain company has. The following are therefore four factors that affect the planning and performance of the company.
Management
A company that is well managed is successful in most of its activities. Management is said to be the planning and organizing. This is so because good leadership skills oversee the general working of every unit in the organization. The management of Tesla...
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Every organization and business enterprise has a dream of making the highest profit in all their ventures as well as minimizing all the inputs while at the same time maintaining the quality of their products and services. This goal cannot be achieved without the proper and powerful management team that directs all the organization operations and calls the shots. Management comprises of procedures and processes for rationalizing and connecting the activities of the business in order to achieve defined objectives and goals. In most cases, management is included as a fundamental of production process in the same category as machines, raw materials, and cash (Niederle, 2013). However, for an organization’s management to effectively and efficiently manage all its activities that include staffing, organizing, coordinating and controlling, it has to be conversant with rules of the land regarding
The contraposition for Tesla Motors is the rapid service received. Despite not having a traditional infrastructure, the company beats it opponents in its operational expeditiousness. The Palo Alto automaker’s response time for issues is often overnight, and always beyond convention. One customer with some play in his gears had his entire drivetrain replaced.
Tesla motors is a company that produces and sells automobiles. Tesla is not any old automobile company. Tesla specializes in all electric cars that run 100 percent on battery and focuses on the future. Tesla is looking into the future and realizes that fossil fuels will eventually run out. Tesla is moving toward a zero-emission future for the better. A tesla is a vehicle, an all-electric vehicle that combines safety, performance, and efficiency. In 2016 Tesla’s annual revenue totaled to 7 billion dollars. Tesla is a profitable company. Tesla has seen potential growth in annual gross income, since 2012 from earning 30 million dollars to 2016 earning 1.5 billion in annual gross income. (1) The Tesla factory is located
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The future American commuter will undoubtedly have to transition from the use of fossil fuels to new alternatives due to the diminishing availability of the nation’s oil resources. How will America respond to this upcoming issue? It is difficult to predict which alternative fuel source America will ultimately choose, but with the premier of Nissan’s electric powered Leaf and other companies; such as Tesla Motors and Chevy, with their electric cars ready for market, the electric car may be winning the race to become the new standard for the gasoline alternative. Electric cars resolve long standing environmental issues, but it will need to maneuver around many roadblocks to become a marketable consideration for the general public. The cost of electric cars, currently on the market, makes them an impractical purchase for the average consumer. If cost is not the growing concern in today’s economy which prevents the consumer from considering this option; they may deny the technological advance due to battery storage capabilities and the inadequate infrastructure in place to refuel and provide for them.
Apart from Musk’s concise vision statement Tesla has a truly inspiring mission statement, “At the core, Tesla Motors believes that electric cars should not be perceived as a sacrificial mode of transportation. Tesla Motors has brought the best of both the automotive and technological worlds together by permanently etching the image of electric cars being a step backwards in performance, efficiency, and design” (Tesla Motors,
The focus of Tesla Company is on a niche in the automotive industry, which is building and selling electric cars. To a company like General Motors, the electric cars line of business is considered a side business, hence it only needs to study the patterns of Tesla’s cars then build on of its kind that will take Tesla out of business (Debord, 2015).
Tesla, it will change your life forever. Tesla was founded not by Elon Musk, but rather by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in July 2003(Visual Capitalist, 2017.) Elon Musk then took over in 2004 with the Series A. On July 19, 2006 tesla officially became a car company. Tesla struggled, but managed to pull through and pay back a loans by May 2013. Tesla is the first all American car company since Ford in 1956. Tesla is working hard to improve and create new cars every day (TechCrunch, 2017).
Despite its success, Tesla Motors has been facing serious challenges throughout its history, for example:
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Tesla has managed to build a notable brand name for itself not in the electric car market, but in the overall automotive industry. Its brand performance offers a robust, reliable and unique image that gives customers the satisfaction that electric cars can be stylish, reliable, hassle-free and much less bulky than internal combustion engine vehicles.
The car market has been ran by companies such as Volkswagen, Toyota, Ford, BMW, and many other companies, but one of the newer, up and coming companies in this market is Tesla Motors Inc. Tesla has been around for a little over 10 years, and have come quite a long way from where they began. Tesla now sells luxury electric vehicles different than any other electric vehicles today, and they have big plans for expansion in the future. Tesla may not be one of the biggest car companies today, but one day they will be considered alongside companies such as Toyota and Ford.
Usually Managers have the role to manage the company’s performance; therefore they must be trained professionally in the field of administration management, Project Evaluation and Maintenance management. The must also be well versed with the adhering to the objectives of performance management in a given company or a business organization. On the other hand, employees of the same organization must be sure and certain of their duties and roles. Certainly, they will work with an aim and focus to achieve specified goals of the company. An organization with suitable management acquires many professionals with appropriate skills and knowledge. On acquisition, the firm will have expectations towards achieving high standards performance across systems management. Such professionals will always work at the best interest of the company, with skill and care and they will go ...
As Schermerhorn states in Management planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are the tools needed by managers to accomplish performance goals. It is crucial that managers be able to recognize and act upon problems or opportunities as they arise. Planning is perhaps the cornerstone of the four processes. All good processes were at some point given great detail so as to anticipate possible problems and solutions to those problems. When the Honda Motor Company decided it needed to refine its inventory they didn't just jump at the first idea that was proposed; they first set their objectives and discussed ways to meet those objectives. After giving careful consideration to processes and the streamlining of those processes human error rose as the top need for change. Sounds simple you might respond; in reality it is much more complicated.