Management and Organizational Studies 4410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Quaker Oats Company, Snack, Pepsis

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 4410A/B
• Professor: John White

Document Summary

Focus on 4 divisions: frito-lay north america, pepsico beverages north america, pepsi international, quaker foods north america. * exception we didn"t follow case guideline exactly this class. Purpose: not clearly stated, recommendation: make sure to clearly identify one. What: sell consumer packaged food and beverages (business they are in) How: manufacture and sell snack food and beverages to retailers, restaurants and schools , don"t sell to final consumer. Increase quakers international sales: grow international sales, through power of one strategy, fund billion share buyback plan, grow international sales, provide cash dividends to shareholders, pursue acquisitions. Increase share price: through share buyback and dividends, ** need cash for all these things. Non-financial: create healthier products, product innovation, strategic acquisitions, close relationships with distributors. Smart: not specific, not measureable, don"t know if they achievable, yes relevant, not timely, they need cash!, objectives need to be more specific and measureable, as well as timely.