The Coca-Cola Company (KO) is the world’s largest beverage company‚ and it owns or licenses more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands. The company owns four of the world’s top five nonalcoholic sparkling beverage brands: Coca-Cola‚ Diet Coke‚ Fanta and Sprite. The prototype Coca-Cola recipe was formulated at the Eagle Drug and Chemical Company‚ a drugstore in Columbus‚ Georgia‚ by John Pemberton‚ originally as a coca wine called Pemberton’s French Wine Coca. He may have been inspired by the formidable
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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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Organizational Culture and Personal Values Development XXXX XXXXX Florida Abstract Job satisfaction and job performance are interrelated topics‚ which are derived from individual personal values‚ (Iaffaldano & Muchinsky‚ 1985). Organizations can use specific processes to shape employee values‚ which will reflect the desired work culture of the organization. The development of values will shape the culture of an organization and increase job satisfaction and job performance
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Coca Cola’s operations have been blamed for exacerbating or causing stress on local water resources in some less developed countries. Review and discuss the evidence. Coca-Cola is the world’s largest beverage company offering more than 400 brands in over 200 countries. Multi-national corporations such as Coca-Cola are synonymous with globalisation and renowned for prioritising economic growth over environmental and social well-being. In their pursuit to maximise profits Coca-Cola has been accused
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indeed Coca-Cola. Although majority of time Coca-Cola has held the larger market share in this region‚ at times Pepsi has led by providing very aggressive and wittier advertising strategies (D’Altorio‚ 2010). In 2009‚ Coca-Cola has revenues of $31 billion and sales in more than 200 countries. The company is best known for Coca-Cola‚ which had been called the world most valuable brand. Coca-Cola’s has a large distribution system that includes independent bottlers partially owned by Coca-Cola‚ and company
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Subject: Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in India 1. Company Background • Coke – A sweet carbonated drink containing caramel and other flavoring components • Invented in 1886 by Dr. J.S. Pemberton • Contained extracts of Coca leaves and Kola nuts • Business sold in 1888 to business men • Candler acquired competitors and promoted Coca-Cola → Rapid sales increase since 1895 • In 1894 J.A. Biedenharn invented selling the prepared drink in bottles 2. Company Background (continued)• In
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INTRODUCTION Organizational structure describes the way a company appoints and arranges people to a job. This people will then forma the structure of the company. The company will then create and define the roles and responsibilities of each of these people giving them a department and title. Thinkers such like Max Weber‚ Fayol and Taylor in the early years of management focused on the idea of the structure that is more approachable universally; they focused on traditional organizational design that
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Coca-Cola Coca-Cola’s profile Coca-Cola started its business in 1886 as a local soda producer in Atlanta‚ Georgia (US) selling about nine beverages per day. By the 1920s‚ the company had begun expanding internationally‚ selling its products first in the Caribbean and Canadian markets and then moving in consecutive decades to Asia‚ Europe‚ South America and the Soviet Union. By the end of the 20th century‚ the company was selling its products in almost every country in the world. In 2005 it became
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Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument – Individual Profile Assessment The organization I last worked with is an IT/ITES company‚ which is one of the fastest growing fortune 500 companies. The organization has a balanced out structure however there is a little dominance towards ‘The Market’. As per my experience I can say that the reason for this is that the organization is relatively young and striving to compete with the best in the industry. This requires leaders to be competitive and
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organizations profitability as compared to its competitors in the same industry by looking at 5 forces of stress. Coca-Cola deals with a lot of pressure in the concentrate business‚ most specifically with Pepsi. I will analyze the 5 forces model to determine Coca-Colas overall profitability. The 5 forces model begins by looking at rivalry between established competitors. Coca-Cola has a direct rivalry with Pepsi in the fact that they make and distribute an almost identical product used for the
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