Taska Kyrana Sdn. Bhd.: to change or not to change its operating days?
Publication date: 26 June 2018
Abstract
Subject area
Entrepreneurship, Marketing management, Consumer behaviour
Study level/applicability
Undergraduate students, taking courses of entrepreneurship, marketing management and/or consumer behaviour that cover the topics related to entrepreneurial challenges, institutional support, growth strategy, market segmentation and marketing promotion strategy.
Case overview
This case demonstrates the dilemma of a founder, cum entrepreneur dealing with the issue related to a change in operating days that would affect her business profitability in the kindergarten industry. The case begins with the problem faced by Azizah Ayob, the founder and entrepreneur of Taska Kyrana when she hears that the state minister of Johor has announced that business operation days will be changed from Sunday to Friday with effect from 1 January 2014. The change would be applicable to government institutions in the state. However, businesses and corporations in the private sector can choose to continue observing Saturday-Sunday weekends or switch to the new official rest days of Friday-Saturday. As customers of Taska Kyrana consist of parents working in public and private sectors, as well as Singaporean parents, Ayob needs to choose either to follow the state requirement or to maintain the usual operation days.
Expected learning outcomes
Using this case, the students should be able to understand the need for institutional support for an entrepreneur; understand a possible growth strategy to cope with the volatile situation; understand the importance of a proper segmentation strategy to target the right group of customers; and understand the importance of a promotional strategy to attract new customers and to retain the existing one in a volatile situation.
Supplementary materials
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Subject code
CSS 8: Marketing.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
Disclaimer. This case is written solely for educational purposes and is not intended to represent successful or unsuccessful managerial decision-making. The authors may have disguised names; financial and other recognizable information to protect confidentiality.
Citation
Hashim, H., Basiruddin, R., Quoquab, F. and Md Husin, M. (2018), "Taska Kyrana Sdn. Bhd.: to change or not to change its operating days?", , Vol. 8 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-04-2016-0050
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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