...Alexandra K. Mejia Pepen. 12-0472 Robert Townsend’s “Up the organization” Book Review In this book we may notice that the author, Robert Townsend is a rare being—a man who succeeded in corporate life, becoming a director of American Express and then president of Avis, a car rental company, this book that has become a classic, the extremely interesting (and still relevant today, though now out of print) “Up the Organization”. In it the author make us clear about many of the holy commandments of corporate life. The book’s subtitle is kind of an exact short resume of its contents: “How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits”. Townsend’s book had the benefit not only of being free of fancy words, but also of being easily digestible—it ran to around 180 pages and was divided into very small sections, none of which was longer than three pages. It was particularly tough on the vanity and stupidity of executive leaders, and it argued that a wide range of the perks of the leader’s job should be abolished—from the reserved space in the corporate car park, for instance, to the corporate jet and the company shrink. It also show to us how to really use the spots on a company. A big example of a fancy “spot” on a company that he give us is the “Chairman of the executive committee” and how we can use this title, that nobody nows what it really means, to manipulate our clients mind. As the example...
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...The movie UP is perfect for ABC yeah the movie of the house flying with a bunch of balloons. The movie consists on a young Carl Fredrickson meets a young adventure-spirited girl named Ellie. They both dream of going to a lost land in South America. 70 years later, Ellie has died. Carl remembers the promise he made to her. So he decides to go in an adventure, while he gets stuked with a young scout kid The movie up is perfect for ABC because it covers your basic requirements. The movie UP does not contain violence or profanity it is classified PG, in addition the movie UP has a perfect length of 1hr 29 minutes. ABC wants this movie because this points are important to consider, it is important because there is going to be children of a young age that could be sensitive at violence, that could lead to an unwanted behavior. Furthermore older people can be more susceptible to violence and could dislike the movie if so, your audience will really love this movie. Don't forget about the perfect length you have to take in notice that the movie UP is not a long movie so that kids can stay focused at the movie, and is not short so that you have time to appreciate it you must consider this factor a lot so that you can make you audience happy. I guarantee that they will love it. Paul Chambers from CNN Radio, ''Pure joy and one of the best films of the year. You gotta have a good story, and this one is a gem. It even made a bit misty-eyed. Good stuff from Pixar''. Also Dan jardine from...
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...UP (2009) Cast: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Negal, Bob Peterson Director: Pete Docter A 3D animated film named ‘ Up ‘ which directed by Pete Docter, produced by Pixar Animation Studio and released by Walt Disney Pictures portrays the adventure of an old widower named Carl Fredrickson (voiced by Edward Asner) fulfilling his lifelong dream along with a young Junior Wilderness Explorer named Russell (voiced by Jordan Nagai) and a talking Golden Retriever named Dug (voiced by Bob Peterson) Carl Fredrickson always dreams to become an adventurer ever since he was a kid. He then met Ellie and both of them became friends. Both of them idolized explorer Charles Muntz (voiced by Christopher Plummer) and Carl has promised Ellie he will move their clubhouse, an abandoned house in the neighborhood to a cliff beside Paradise Fall in South America. In just 8 to 15 minutes, the film has shown how Carl and Ellie grew up and got married. As both of them grow older into their old age, one day Carl decided to surprise Ellie with two flight tickets to South America but unfortunately Ellie suddenly becomes ill and passed away. Sometimes later, a court orders Carl to move to a retirement home because he accidentally injured a construction worker for damaging his mailbox. However, instead of moving to a retirement home, Carl decides to fulfill his promise to Ellie by tying balloons to his house and make it fly. A young Wilderness Explorer named Russell accidentally...
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...[Author] [Institution] Introduction Globalization Over the recent decades, particularly after the fall of the Iron Curtain, the methodology of globalization got quicker and popular in so many economies. The most capable variable of globalization is finance, showed in the vicinity of transnational partnerships working in numerous nations and utilizing the new verifiable conditions further bolstering their good fortune. Globalization has an impact on virtually every aspect of our daily lives. For example, the clothes that we buy from a local retailer, incoming network Woolworths; can be manufactured in Australia or China. Entering into an outside business sector is similar to running across new domain for entrepreneurs. Remote nations have diverse laws, economies, business methodologies and coin. Social contrasts can additionally obstruct a nation's prosperity. Despite the fact that each business ought to suspect a tremendous learning bend, entering a remote business sector could be simpler with the reception of a couple of techniques (Krishna, 2005). Coca Cola One of the most popular carbonated drinks in stores, restaurants, and confection machines is coca cola and not just in one or two countries but it has got its operations worldwide. It is conveyed by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is customarily suggested fundamentally as Coke (an enlisted trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944). In the first place...
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...A pharmacist started the Coca- Cola Company in 1886. Dr. John Pemberton schlepped the magical formula to the nearest pharmacy that was Jacob’s in the downtown area of Atlanta. At the pharmacy, the doctor mixed the syrup with carbonated water where they sold it for five cents a glass. The original formula actually included cocaine. Now the company went from one product to five hundred and sold in one state and now worldwide. The company went from averaging eight drinks a day and now surpasses $1.8 billion. Coke is one of the world’s languages that is understood anywhere you go. The company sells product in over two hundred countries. Their mission statement is,” At the Coca-Cola Company we strive to refresh the world, inspire moments of optimism and happiness, create value and make a difference.” The company has many successes to learn and be inspired from (History of Coca-Cola). Excellent background – focus on creating a strong thesis statement that identifies your paper’s objective. Origin and Subsequent Evolution of Values The personal and workplace values of our team are much the same including core values like integrity, teamwork, performance, and learning. Acting ethical and developing trust and respect in the workplace is important. Integrity to me means honesty, trustworthiness, and respect. Teamwork involves sharing an open communication with other employees. Performance is based on the determination to strive for flawless performance in the workplace. Our...
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...* Acknowledgement I obliged to our deepest gratitude and gratitude to lecturer Kantharow A/L Apparavu for giving me work on this assignment and his support, of this module of Managing the Sustainable Business. Not only that, I would also like to acknowledge APU for me the opportunity so I can work on this module and understand it. * Executive Summary This assignment is about on the sustainability program of Coca Cola Company. These assignments based on the challenges and success stories of Coca Cola Company to sustain in the market and be successful in the future. Firstly, I want to introduce the Coca Cola Company and what they do in the market. Secondly, I want to write about the objectives of the Sustainability program of Coca Cola Company. Thirdly, I want to write about Success and Challenges of the Sustainability Initiatives of Coca Cola Company. Fourthly, I want to write about recommendations that I can advise to the Coca Cola Company. 1 Table of Contents Acknowledgement 1 Executive Summary 1 2 3 1 Introduction 3 1.2 General growth strategy of Coca Cola Company 3 1.3 Scope of the study 4 1.4 Mission and Vision of Coca Cola Company 4 1.5 Mission 4 1.6 Sustainable vision 4 1.7 Trend Analysis of Coca Cola 5 2 Objectives of the Sustainability Program 6 2.1 Water Efficiency 8 2.2 Wellbeing 9 2.3 Energy and Climate Change 10 2.4 Agriculture 10 3 Quality Standard 11 4 Success and Challenges Story of Coca Cola Sustainability...
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...Bus 640 Managerial Marketing Week Two Assignment One February 13, 2012 Abstract This paper will be discovering the macro environmental trends that encompass most businesses both domestic and foreign. Regardless of where the organization is located, the marketing managers must comprehend the demographical regions in which they conduct business transactions, the sociocultural situations and well the economic livelihood of the populace. Additionally, this paper will explore the technological resources, regulatory rules of the regions they are conducting business in, and the regulatory rules that may have a favorable or unfavorable affect on conducting business in the regions they wish to conduct business. The focus organization is Coca-Cola and how they marketed water and healthy beverages versus carbonated Coca-Cola products. Introduction The Coca-Cola Company has ventured into the water business with the onset of more and more people embracing a healthier lifestyle. This paper will be encompassing the six categories defined in Marketing Management A Strategic Decision Making Approach, which are demographics, sociocultural, economics, technological, regulatory, and natural environments (Mullins & Walker. p. 97). These six categories are relevant because the trends are what the marketing managers must understand to understand what influences the demands of the general market. In many areas, the push for bottled water and healthy beverages is becoming...
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...from the company’s perspective water is the key component of profitability. Other stakeholders, such as residents of the surrounding area and organizations such as the World Wildlife Foundation and other environmental groups had a different point of view; profitability was not a concern. These stakeholders were concerned with long term effects of demand on the water supply and contamination of water runoff. 2. If you applied the strategic radar screens model for this case, which of the eight environments would be most significant and why? The Coca Cola Company (TCCC) seemed to that it did not do deep environmental analysis before they operated in the state of Kerla. If we applied the strategic radar screens model for this case, we believe that the Geophysical and Social environments would be most significant. The plant was surrounded with villagers that would need the water to live, and the mass production capacity for the soft drinks deprived the local villagers of supplies for drinking and irrigation. However, TCCC was not concerned with the physical surroundings of the company’s plant and the effects it would have on the village. In addition to the lack of geophysical analysis, TCCC forgot to study the social environment. The India Resource Center seemed to have an influence on the people in India and a non-profit organization with one full-time employee was able to impact the sales of the company and shut down its plant. We believe that a company must scan and analyze...
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...would allow for employees to make a professional first impression on clients. • Supervisors need to inform employees when their clothing is inappropriate. This can prevent the same employees from having similar problems in the future. Supervisors might find it helpful to have a specific set of guidelines to refer employees to. • With detailed guidelines it would be possible for employees to have casual dress days. Employees need to remember they are representing the company. • One advantage of a dress up policy is that employees are likely to look acceptable even if they bend the rules. A dress up policy would also increase the reputation of the company because it will appear more professional. A dress-down policy simply confuses employees about what is considered appropriate. Casual dress policy can may simply cause more problems within the organization. I think you will find it most appropriate and in the best interest of the company to consider a more professional dress-up policy. All the Best, Name Schilling & Voigt, LLP 4500 Water Street Bridgeport, CT 06699 Phone:...
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... ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS Nature of the Organization The Coca Cola Company is an American multinational company that is a part is in the drink industry. Coca Cola is located is located in located in Atlanta. Coca Cola currently offers more than 500 brands worldwide. They are also offering product in more than 200 countries of the world. Coca Cola currently employs 146,200 employees. It is a prestigious company and it has a well managed performance management system in order to achieve higher employees’ performance accordance with organizational goals. Coca Cola is one of the most valuable global brands of the world. Coca Cola has been holding the largest market share in the beverage industry with approximately 40% share in industry for several years. Coca Cola is has a very strong brand recognition in market due to the strong marketing and advertisement strategies they have. Pierce says, “Coca Cola focus on corporate social responsibility programs like healthy leaving, recycling packaging, water stewardship, energy conservation and much more provides the competitive advantage to company over others.” (Pierce, 1987) They focus on ways to make the environment better and safer. HR Support of the Company Mission Human Resources according to DeNisi & Griffin, “are the people that an organization employs to carry out various jobs, tasks, and functions in exchange for wages, salaries,...
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...Coca-Cola 1. What do you think is the most important emerging issue in the design of work? Encouraging performance excellence by creating meaningful and involving jobs seems to be a hallmark of Coca-Cola’s approach to employee motivation throughout its global operations. The most important emerging issue in the design of work is hiring competent, driven and highly motivated workers. In order to have a successful company, it is essential to have these types of employees working for the company. Although financial incentives such as pay and bonuses are an extrinsic motivator, it will keep the employee motivated to do their job adequately and to their full potential. It seems as though the employees at Coca Cola Company are loyal, dedicated and motivated. Each department has a Manager/Leader who absolutely loves their job and the way the company is taking their brand to another level by not only supporting and encouraging the staff to be creative, but putting out the best products on the market and staying among the top distributors of soft drinks. 2. Discuss the most likely organizational design for Coca-Cola Company. Job design is the specification of the content of a job, the material and equipment required to do the job, and the relation of the job to other jobs. A well-designed job promotes the achievement of the organization’s strategic business objectives by structuring work so it integrates management requirements for efficiency and employee needs for satisfaction...
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...strategies to defeat the company. There are four management functions of the Coca Cola Company which include planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Controlling is the most crucial function of management. In this function the company evaluates that either they have achieved the goals which they had set before. If the answer is "yes" then the employees and managers are rewarded with bonuses and other ways otherwise if not then the managers have to take action to solve the problem. It is important to keep a control over your company because it helps managers know whether organisational goals are being met and, if they are not being met so what are the reasons. Controlling helps in employee empowerment and it helps to protect the organization and its assets. The Coca Cola Company uses the step process which includes measuring actual performance, comparing it with the set goals or standards and take actions to address any issues. The managers measure the performance through written reports by the head of that responsible area, through statistical reports which helps managers in making decisions and compare with the competitors especially pepsi. The managers measure the performance like whether the costs are kept within the budget or not. If the costs exceed the budget so managers take actions to control the...
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...Cola Company, 2002). The company is a top brand that is aware of the tasks that makes Coca Cola successful by operating responsibly. Coca Cola’s Business Environment Coca Cola’s Business Environment can be divided into internal and external. Internal business environment most important aspect consists of effectiveness in the product development, in the course of organization skills and valuable communication channels. Coca Cola should perform frequent evaluations of the company and be ready to take action if any issues are found that will affect the company or customer. External business environment can be very influential and have an effect on the company. In the external aspect knowing the SWOT analysis of Coca Cola will be very helpful, because the changes of the company will generate the opportunities and or the threats that Coca Cola officials must be conscious of. Coca Cola’s Financial Health Coca Cola Co. performance is an excellent channel for the future. Shows the history of what the company is all about, but lacks of upcoming tasks. The company’s total return, matched up with competition shows the best returns after the recession. Starting with the income statement of Coca Cola Co., and matching it with Pepsi Co. amazingly both statements show similarity except the last two years, were Coca Cola had an increase of almost a 57% on 2010 from 2009, but then it shows a drop on 2011 of 25%. Now on the other hand, Pepsi Co. kept the increase slow...
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...HELP SHEET 2.11 P1: Describe the recruitment documentation used in a selected organization The desired organisation we shall see regarding this matter is a famous departmental store in bangladesh. Agora is a renouned departmental store which is owned by Rahimafrooz Ltd. Agora founded in 1954 by Late A. C. Abdur Rahim. If agora decides on hiring employees for their many deparmental stores situated accross the whole of bangladesh they have to initially advertise this vacancy. There can be a number of ways to advertise this vacancy, out of the many a few may be via newspaper, posters, website, web adverts and existing employees. Hypothetically if we say the vacancy is for a cashier, in that case the recruitment process would be a lot quicker with a healthy number of curriculum vitae (cv) to choose from. The advert should state the job description and should specify the duties the position holds. It should also state the educational qualification and skills they require in the applicant. After the vacancy has been advertised, interested applicants will send their cv to the given address which will state their name, educational qualification, work experience, career objective and expectation, personal skills, a personal statement etc. on approval of the cv’s the preferred candidates will be notified by the employer for a interview. This is the part were the employer gets to meet up the candidates face to face and have a conversation with them and choose the best fitting...
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...the structure of the company from top management to the employees in power line. In the past few years, Coca Cola Co have a centralized organization more. After Doug Investor was pushed to resign as chairman and CEO of Coke the organization really changed the way that they ran things. Many of the most powerful people, is tired of leadership Investor narrow management style and become concerned about his future at the company. When Doug stupid took over the organization structure of the Coca Cola Co is from centralized structure into in a decentralized structure of the Coca Cola Co's chairman and chief executive officer. Doug Investor was running the show, unwilling to accept the advice of others, this is when the lattice obvious stupidity to replace him as chief executive officer. The centralized management mode in the past had everyone in the main branch of Atlanta. All areas of the business from Atlanta building diplomacy in the different countries and different problems are concentrated in the United States. After daft took over as CEO He decided that the company would be better run if there were more of a decentralized form of management put into place. Presently there are more top executives out in different countries where coke has gone into so that the Coca Cola Company as a whole will benefit all over the world. The employees even up to the top executives can see the difference and can see the purpose and direction that the company is going in. A good chief executives...
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