PepsiCo’s Diversification Strategy in 2008 PepsiCo. has some important internal strengths. First of all, there is a tight control on the different levels of the supply chain and this has led to great efficiency. Second, there is a huge international exposure, a wide range of products and financially speaking there are impressive revenues. Last but not least, the company has a clever management. As for the opportunities there are many: one example is the potential growth of markets (especially
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Arab Open University Faculty of Business Studies B301A – Making Sense of Strategy (I) Fall Semester 2012 -2013 Tutor-Marked Assignment, TMA This tutor-marked assignment draws mainly on Blocks 1 & 2, “Readings for Blocks 1 & 2”, Units 1 & 2 of Block 3, and the first 6 Readings of “Readings for Block 3”. It consists of five (5) questions and accounts for 20% of the total grade assigned to the course. This assignment will be graded out of 100 marks, of which 80% of these marks will
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(Robbins & Coulter, 2012). It lays the foundations for growth, improving productivity, and to improve return on investment for the organization’s investors. Operational planning details how the organization will accomplish the goals, objectives, and strategies outlined in the strategic plan. Operational planning is a bottom-up approach that addresses the needs and performance of the organization in the short-term, one-year and under. It addresses the question, what are we going to do this year and how
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well-known organization the company strives to remain competitive within a global market. To succeed, the company used strategic planning to identify an aggressive strategy within their 2012 annual report. Wal-Mart management entitled the strategy“Delivering Everyday Low Price (EDLP). According to Wal-Mart’s 2012 annual report, the EDLP strategy represents an essential component of its message of delivering the lowest prices possible every day to its customers. As part of the EDLP plan, the company initiated
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Scenario 1 The VP of Operations has assigned me and my team to come up with a strategy of initiating this new beverage into the global marketplace and provide feedback of our strategic marketing plan back to him; resulting in downward communication commonly used within many corporations amongst upper and middle managers but “the best communicators explain the reasons behind their downward communications but also solicit communication from the employees they supervise.” (Robbins & Judge, 2011, p
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Assignment One Reading a Strategic Plan As a volunteer radio presenter for ArtsoundFM in Canberra, I am very interested in community radio and its benefits to the local community through its varied program mix and community announcements. With this in mind, I have selected the Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) to evaluate their Strategic Plan. I see the benefit of this organisation, in terms of them being an “independent non-profit funding agency”, to be valuable to their stakeholders
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are required to reach the long-term goals of the company. This paper’s purpose is recognizing and exploring the external and internal situations of two successful organizations, Apple and Coca Cola. Also, to examine the competitive advantages and strategies used by these organizations, as well as sustaining value in an increasingly competitive market through creative strategic business plans. Another area being explored is the measurement guidelines used to substantiate the strategic effectiveness
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Ethics Reflection Paper Ethics and social responsibility are important concepts that play a significant role into implementing a strategic plan. Ethics and social responsibility will benefit an organization into having a successful strategy plan and reduce and any potential negative impact of a operation. The subjects to address in this paper are the following, the role of ethics and social responsibility in developing a strategic plan considering stakeholder needs and how my ethical
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year the leaders of each of these particular division lines meet to discuss the outlook and strategy for the upcoming fiscal year. These sessions can last as long as three to four weeks and are typically done outside of corporate headquarters. In order to prepare for the strategy sessions, each of the senior leaders must diagnose their existing business portfolio to access how their current, and former, strategy resulted. This helps the organization and the specific business unit, decide whether to inject
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any situation there are always challenges that will prevail and how you deal with these challenges will determine the outcome to a specific design. With that being said I feel that the possible challenge I may face as I progress in this class is strategy implementation. When you are proposing a plan, it must be direct and entail all of the necessary elements to be successful. The issue I have would have to learn what is of mere importance verses least important as I tend to prioritize all designs
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