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2.4.4 Reactors
These are organizations in which top managers frequently perceive change
and uncertainty occurring in their organizational environments but are
unable to respond effectively (Miles & Snow, 1978). This may be due either
to lack of resources to withstand perceived retaliation or inability to
effectively define change.
Nowadays, textile and clothing industry experience the most turbulent
chapter in its history associated mainly with three forces that alter the
nature of competition in this sector (Owen, 2001). These forces also change
the market conditions of firms and the constant
market expansions for some
firms and market shrinkage for other firms. According to Own (2001), this
becomes prominent especially after the Chinese effect on the market in the
last decade. The recent developments indicate that there are several factors
which create competitive advantages within international markets in
addition to this, Uggla (2015) argued for critical factors which have
significant influences on the business competitiveness. These factors are
related to marketing effort, relative product quality, research and
development, product innovation, relative service quality and product
availability. The most powerful of these are marketing expenditure, relative
product quality and level of innovation. But in the textile industry the trend
is more on innovation.
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The study by (Temiroglu, 2007) indicates that it is very difficult to sustain
market share after very high competitive environment regarding such forces
as price, quality, and delivery speed. This was further substantiated by the
recent study of Makasi (2015) arguing that quality and distribution
effectiveness are the determinant factors in the textile industry. Hence, the
textile sector is seeking for alternative products which in turn require
alternative manufacturing systems and production models and methods
(Temiroglu, 2007).
According to Zairi (1994), the key elements of competitiveness include the
voice of the customer through current and future demands and the voice of
the process through establishing the organizational capability to deliver
customer wants. These elements are similar to (Temiroglu‘s, 2007) forces.
The voice of customers is the driving force for innovation particularly in
fashion oriented industry such as textile. It is also possible to infer from
Zari‘s statement that the voice of customer will continue to be the
determinant element in the future. Hence, any marketing strategy
formulation should take into account this determinant factor in these days‘
dynamic global market.
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