Case 1.2: Trader Joe's Keeping a Cool Edge

1. In what way does Trader Joe's demonstrate the importance of each responsibility in the management process?
2. What are the bigger risks that international ownership and global events pose for Trader Joe's performance effectiveness and performance efficiency?
3. What should she do and what should she avoid doing in the first few days to establish herself as a skillful manager of this team?

1. Planning: They try to make their stores differentiate from their leading opponents. They constantly have new products and try to make their workers have a "One in one out" mentality to maximize costs.
Organizing: Their fast-paced and quick-selling mentality allows their workers to have an open-mind to its new products
Leading: They allow their workers to taste their products in means to find the best quality and delicious goods. Through this, it gives workers more opportunities in the industry and as a workforce. They want workers who want to be their and have the desired soft skills to do their jobs successfully.
Controlling: A responsible, knowledgeable and friendly "crew" is critical to the success of the industry. They measure their leading opponents in the industry and see how they can do better.

2.  The bigger risks of having an international company is that there will be more problems and controversy. In many instances, having such a big company will lead to any inside scoop be much more larger and negatively impactful to the country. One example, the boycott in 2011 that argued for  better wages and Florida produce fields. It makes a small problem look like a bigger problem when a massive company like Trader Joe's is targeted.

3. What Hazel should do is to display or managerial skills and abilities that can effectively maximize expenses. Since the company typically only higher manger among workers, it is imperative that she shows her softs skills and willingness to work harder than the rest. What she shouldn't do is allow herself to be overwhelmed by the workload and trying to do too much. She must wait for the opportunity at the right time all the while completing her daily work tasks efficiently and in a timely matter.