Nestle's Changes for success

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Overview Nestlé is a multibillion dollar company that sells everything from chocolate to cosmetics. Over the years Nestlé has been through major changes to expand the growth of the company and to succeed as a business. These changes vary from expanding into eighty countries as well as acquiring other companies. Discussion Questions Question 1 Nestlé has undergone many changes since the beginning. These changes include both first order and second order changes. First order changes are changes that “maintain and develop the organization” (Palmer, Dunford, & Akin, 2009, p. 86). One first order change that Nestlé underwent was moving many executive offices from Switzerland to the United States during the Second World War. This is considered first order change because the changes were made to develop the organization. The purpose was to increase efficiency and productivity but it did not involve fundamental changes in strategy, core values or corporate identity. Second order changes are changes that transform the nature of the organization. Nestlé began to invest and acquire companie...

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