Analysis of Cadbury Schweppes TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
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1.1 Definition
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1.2 Purpose
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1.3 Sources of Data
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2.0 MISSION STATEMENT
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2.1 Peter Drucker's Questions
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3.0 COMPANY 'S PEST ANALYSIS
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3.1 Political
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3.2 Economics
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1.1 Definition
An Information System collects, processes, stores, analyses and disseminates information for specific purpose.
. Input
. Processing
. Output
The right kind of Information System must be used in order to improve the company's performance and assure that they achieve their goals and priorities efficiently.
1.2 Purpose
This report has been prepared for Dr. Uma Mohan. It discusses Cadbury Schweppes Mission Statement and Peter Drucker's Questions, the importance of the analyse of PEST and SWOT factors. Also the recommendation and importance of the Management of Information System utilised inside Cadbury Schweppes in order to achieve their goals.
1.3 Sources of Data
Information was obtained from a variety of sources. These sources include: textbook information, private and public websites. It was also utilised Cadbury Schweppes: Our business principles' booklet as the primary resource for this report.
2.0 MISSION STATEMENT
The Company's Mission Statement provides a clear framework of their strategic intent and how they do conduct their business:
Our Core Purpose is: working together to create brands people love''
CS believes that good ethics and good business go together naturally to produce the best longterm results for all their stakeholders.
Ethical business sits at the heart of CS. They are committed to the highest standards of corporate governance and Social
In order for any organization to be successful, they must be able to establish a purpose. Each and every organization must carry out this mission through its business operations and executed through all stakeholders actions. According to Radtke (1998), “A good mission statement should accurately explain why an organization exists and what it hopes to achieve in the future. It articulates the organization’s essential nature, its
"A good mission statement portrays an organization's unique and lasting reason for being, and energizes stakeholders to follow common goals. It likewise enables a focused allocation of
Modern organizations use a variety of resources to fulfill their objectives regardless if the company is a multinational or small entity, they all have a set of resources they depend on to achieve their goals. Part of the resource relied on is Information, and this information needs to be managed to optimize its value to produce the best stakeholder value they can. In order to manage these resources, Information Management systems are put in place.
Ethics, ethical values, and social responsibility should all work in unison in a corporate business structure. These key traits are better defined as maintaining overall good business morals, obtaining employees who possess personal ethical values, and finally to behave ethically and with sensitivity toward social, cultural, economic and environmental issues. For a business to better ensure these quality business traits a code of ethics should be adopted by the business. In the cases of Bernie Madoff and Enron, the most well-known financial scandals in history, I feel, gave a major hand in pushing business all across America to have and enforce the code of ethics.
Ideally, a good mission statement also provides information regarding the organization’s overall management philosophy, its business model, its technical and social competencies, and its values and beliefs (Aguinis, 2009; Azaddin, 2011; Bart & Hupfer, 2004; Covin, Slevin, & Schultz, 1994). Moreover, to make mission statements of large companies more individually relevant, Azaddin (2011) advocates flexible “guiding statements” that account for the “context, culture, structure, and needs of an organization” (p. 31). Thus, a mission statement must be meaningful and applicable to all stakeholders for strategic decision-making to be effective.
In order for an organization to be able to have an efficient and successful organization the proper Information Technology system (IT) must be in place, this document will demonstrate what system is in place to make sure system is running successfully.
In the article on Strategic Planning, what company’s mission statement is used as a good example of business purpose?
This paper will discuss how an information system is critical to the business process of an organization and how the information has impacted the organization 's structure.
The company’s purpose is to “provide branded products and services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world’s consumers now and for generations to come. As a result, consumers will reward us with leadership sales, profit and value creations, allowing our people, our
· The owner of the sole trader company has to deal with all the problems for themselves.
The Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker is experiencing an exponential year over year growth rate of their premium product. This is a situation that all new businesses strive for and although Scharffen Berger is pleased with their growth, they are facing a potential dilemma. The company must consider how they will keep up with growing demand while having enough capacity to handle the increase in production and maintain their high quality standards.
It is generally accepted that information is a vital commodity for the successful operation of today’s organizations. Nowadays modern business organizations are using computerized information systems in order to obtain such information. However as the technology advances rapidly the main issue is how can an organization should effectively use such an information system - which its management sometimes can be unpredictable - in order to effectively help the whole organization structure to improve and take the most out of it.
An information system is a base in today’s business world. Everything is electronic. In various businesses, the survival and ability to succeed strategic business goals is challenging without extensive use of information system. Businesses improve the efficiency of their operations in order to accomplish higher profitablity. Besides that, information systems are important tools available to managers for achieving higher levels of efficiency and productiviy in business operations. For an example, Zara uses the PDA technology to gather customer feedback and input.
Analysis of the Cadbury Business The person, who created the Cadbury business, is John Cadbury in 1824. The business started as a shop in a fashionable place in Birmingham. It sold things such as tea and coffee, mustard and a new sideline - cocoa and drinking chocolate, which John Cadbury prepared himself using a mortar and pestle. In 1847 the Cadbury business became a partnership. This is because John Cadbury took his brother, which also made it a family business.
There are very many types of information systems. Classification of information systems follows the organizational levels in which they are used or installed for use. For instance, there are management information systems; some of which will be covered in this project report. Management information systems (MIS), helps businesses meet their business objectives. Almost all organizations and businesses today use management information systems; be it large, small, startup or an established multi-national. This is for the sole reason that information systems have evolved from just being a tool to gain competitive advantage for businesses, to a vital tool, a necessity in the digital age we live in. Management Information Systems help managers make better-informed decisions and communicate with their superiors, as well as with all the stakeholders in the businesses their organizations are involved in.