Case Study Nestle

INTRODUCTION

The environment in which a firm operates in has a significant impact on all its operations and success since it depends on how it can adapt in the given environment (Pines, 2006). This has proven to be a complex reality to grasp by majority of business owners since different organizations have specific purpose to be achieved given the various environments that every individual enterprise runs its business inside. In addition to the important responsibilities the firm is supposed to accomplish, it is obligated to its stakeholders who put the management of the firm under pressure to perform in order to attain their differentiated objectives, despite the conflict of agency that may be created in the course of business operation (Wolak & Patrick, (2001). This therefore calls for significant strategies and policies being put in place for proper decision making in operations such as pricing and production basing to the changes in the structures of the market. This therefore, has led the researcher to take a case study of Nestle Company in regard to all aspects of business environments.

OVERVIEW OF NESTLE

Nestle is a multinational firm for beverages and food based in Switzerland with its head offices at Vevey. In terms of income, it is ranked the biggest enterprise in beverages and food industry worldwide. The firm produces various commodities ranging from foods for children, drinking water, puffed rice, tea and coffee, milk merchandises and many more. Among its brandings, 29 provide a yearly income approximating to more than one billion Switzerland currency, with a market place capital above $233 billion. The firm operates in 194 nations having around 446 industrial units in the world (Heer, 1991).

PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION

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... environment. For the past decades, trials have been observed in trying to include the UK community. There were clusters of the population that were treated as not part of the community such as the disabled, widows or widowers, the poor and the illiterate, now are being included in the conventional of socio-economic activities. The present UK administration is supporting this inclusive acts and any action taken by companies in achieving this integration. For instance it encourages firms to cooperate with agents of the state in improving education level and opportunities to train, boosting small enterprises, and promotion of programs like housing and finally encourage creation of job opportunities. Firms like Nestle having diversified commodities with a huge portfolio are in a better position hence making optimal profits compared to their competitors in the industry.