Case 1: Global Human Resource Management at Coca-Cola 8/16/2013 1. What is Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial position: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? Does this policy make sense? I believe Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial positioning is primarily polycentric; however‚ I also believe it involves many characteristics of both ethnocentric and geocentric staffing policies as well. According to Dowling‚ et al‚ a polycentric staffing approach involves the multinational
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brand Coca-Cola has strong brand recognition across the globe. The company has a leading brand value and a strong brand portfolio. Business-Week and Interbrand‚ a branding consultancy‚ recognize. Coca-Cola as one of the top 20 brands in their top 100 global brands ranking in 2009.The Business Week-Interbrand valued Coca-Cola at $67‚000 million in 2009. Coca-Cola ranks well ahead of its close competitor Pepsi which has a ranking of 22 having a brand value of $12‚690 million Furthermore‚ Coca-Cola owns
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THE COCA COLA COMPANY By: Rachelle L Goude May 27‚ 2006 Summary of the History of Coca Cola On May 8‚ 1886‚ Dr. John S Pemberton‚ a pharmacist in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ USA mixed the syrup that became Coca-Cola ’. His friend and bookkeeper‚ Frank M. Robinson‚ thinking that the two C ’s would look well in advertising ’‚ suggested the name Coca-Cola ’. He wrote the words in his now familiar Spenserian script‚ and the world ’s most recognized trademark was born. Selling his creation from Jacob
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E.g. be healthy and fit. The Coca-Cola Company Mission Our Mission is: • To refresh the world - in mind‚ body and spirit • To inspire moments of optimism - through our brands and actions‚ and • To create value and make a difference - everywhere we engage Is the desired future state of an organisation. It is an aspiration around which a strategist might seek to focus the attention of members of an organisation. E.g. To run the Dubai marathon. The Coca-Cola Company Vision To achieve our
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1.0 Part 1 Evaluation Coca-cola Company is one of the world largest soda companies which recently launch Coca-Cola Life‚ with a low calorie drink in Argentina. This new Coke Life or Green Coke has contained around 100 calories per 20 ounces‚ 250 calories compared with regular Coke. Its product unique selling proposition (USP) is sweetened with combination of sugar and the naturally occurring‚ no-calorie sweetener stevia and plant bottle. It position them self between Diet Coke and the brand’s classic
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the local cola brands such as Tikli and Choice cost only half the price offered by the Coke Company‚ which gave them the advantage in getting the major market share before CCI came out with the idea of Chota Coke. Acceptability: The initiatives of Coca-Cola Company in distribution and pricing were well supported by the extensive marketing in mass media as well as through outdoor advertising means. The company put up hoardings in villages and started wall paintings in the name Coca Cola on the compounds
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1.What role does corporate reputation play within organizational performance and social responsibility? Develop a list of factors or characteristics that different stakeholders may use in assessing corporate reputation. Are these factors consistent across stakeholders? Why or why not? Corporate Reputation is particularly important when considering the role that it plays regarding organizational performance and social responsibility. A company’s overall success or demise mainly relies on its
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INTERGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION (IMC) According to Wikipedia‚ integrated marketing communications (IMC) is defined as a process for managing customer relationships that drive brand value primarily through communication efforts. Such efforts often include cross-functional processes that create and nourish profitable relationships with customers and other stakeholders by strategically controlling or influencing all messages sent to these groups and encouraging data-driven‚ purposeful dialog with
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A12-04-0025 Coca-Cola’s Marketing Challenges in Brazil: The Tubaínas War Introduction For about a decade‚ the Coca-Cola Company’s Brazilian subsidiary tried to stop the growth of tubaínas (too-bah-ee’-nas). The word tubaínas designates numerous brands of fairly inexpensive‚ carbonated‚ and rather sweet beverages sold throughout Brazil. For more than half a century‚ hundreds of micro‚ and a few medium-size‚ manufacturers produced and distributed the so-called tubaínas on a local or regional basis
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marketing environment of Coca Cola. Before Neville Isdell was brought out of retirement in 2004‚ Coca Cola’s main product focus was single mindedly devoted to the traditional cola‚ producing ‘syrupy concentrate for bottlers‚ under license‚ to transform into the world’s favourite drink.’(Jobber‚ 2010) But in the face of changing consumer’s attitudes towards soft drinks and the pushing of healthier choices by the state governments‚ (Fresh! Healthy Vending‚ 2010) Coca Cola was slowly losing out to
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