SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY Soft Systems - Modified December 2005 Bob Williams 1 bobwill@actrix.co.nz The Kellogg Foundation http://users.actrix.co.nz/bobwill SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) was developed by Peter Checkland in the late 60’s at the University of Lancaster in the UK. Originally it was seen as a modelling tool‚ but in later years it has been seen increasingly as a learning and meaning development tool. Although it develops models‚ the models
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KEL182 CHRISTIE L. NORDHIELM Quaker Oats’s Oatmeal Division Polly Kawalek emerged from Bob Morrison’s office after her annual review in December 1998. By any measure‚ 1998 had not been a successful year for Quaker Oats’s oatmeal division (“Oatmeal”)‚ and culpability fell on Kawalek’s shoulders. It had been the warmest winter in memory across the country‚ causing demand for oatmeal to drop‚ and failed product releases had cost sales and led to trade marketing spending deficits. Furthermore
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Kellogg’s Special K brand a ‘good source of fibre’ is targeted at women who are health conscious about their body weight attracting a lot of consumers and therefore has been a success to the company. The Special K brand has a variety of products; ✵ Cereals ▷ Original Cereal ▷ Low Fat Granola. ▷ Red Berries ▷ Cinnamon Pecan ▷ Protein cereal ▷ Chocolatey Delight ▷ Blueberry ▷ Fruit and Yoghurt ▷ Vanilla Almond ▷ Honey and Oats Learning “Learning is the process of Acquiring knowledge
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PESTLE ANALYSIS OF AUTOMOBILE SECTOR OF INDIA: PESTLE Analysis PESTLE Analysis is a simple‚ useful and widely-used tool that helps you understand the "big picture" of your Political‚ Economic‚ Socio-Cultural and Technological‚ Legal and Environmental aspects. As such‚ it is used by business leaders worldwide to build their vision of the future. PESTLE analysis is concerned with the environmental influences on a business. Identifying PESTLE influences is a useful way of summarizing the
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Phase 5 Individual Project Hellena Elaine Wesson MKT305-1301B-01 Robert W. Touro March 25‚ 2013 Executive Summary “Kellogg is a Global Company Committed to Building Long-Term Growth In Volume and Profit and to Enhancing its Worldwide Leadership Position by Providing Nutritious Food Products of Superior Value” (W. K. Kellogg). We are the largest cereal company in the world‚ ahead of all North America’s frozen food companies‚ and only one company leads us in producing cookies‚ savory snacks
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main powerful countries included the U.S‚ France and Great Britain. The U.S decided to construct different agreements and pacts with other nations before completely isolating oneself from the outside world. Some of these agreements included the Kellogg Briand Pact and the Five Power Treaty. Since all countries had different beliefs in the agreements‚ it was difficult to negotiate. This also made it harder to prevent war and begin peace. Nevertheless they followed through with their attempt of
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Introduction Kellogg Company of Great Britain Ltd Kellogg Company of Great Britain Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kellogg Company of Michigan‚ of the US‚ and remains the dominant brand in the UK breakfast cereals market. The company has a large portfolio of well-established cereal brands‚ seven of which were in the top ten RTE (ready to eat) cereal brands in the grocery trade in 2006. Kellogg’s operates mainly in the RTE sector‚ with a range of 34 products‚ and is most famous for its Corn
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4The CPW Value Chain PAGEREF _Toc401266462 \h 4Centralization of the Upstream Activities. PAGEREF _Toc401266463 \h 5De-centralizing downstream Activities PAGEREF _Toc401266464 \h 5Evaluate the international competitiveness of CPW compared to the Kellogg Company. PAGEREF _Toc401266465 \h 6Kellogg Background Information PAGEREF _Toc401266466 \h 6Value Chain PAGEREF _Toc401266467 \h 6Kellogg Advantages PAGEREF _Toc401266468 \h 6CPW Advantages PAGEREF _Toc401266469 \h 6Suggest how CPW can create a blue-ocean
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2013 Planning and Measuring Performance All organizations need appropriate standards to measure organizational performance. Those standards are usually determined based on goals set by the company or industry principles. Some of the goals for Kellogg are to strengthen its brand through advertising and consumer promotion and to increase revenue to an estimated $15 billion annually with Pringles business. Standards to evaluate these goals would include annual sales results‚ number of coupons redeemed
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Salary today (US$) Salary increase (%) Career progress rank Work experience rank Aims achieved rank International course experience rank FT.com Business School Rankings - Custom PDF download 1 1 Kellogg / Hong Kong UST Business School Kellogg-HKUST EMBA 465‚774 42 25 2 1 41 2 2 Columbia / London Business School EMBA-Global Americas and Europe 265‚596 89 18 25 8 8 3 3 Trium: HEC Paris / LSE / New York University:
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