Danone
Case Study
Contents Page
Executive Summary Pg. 3
Introduction Pg. 4 Background Pg. 4
Problems Pg. 5 Issue 1- Lack of formal IT systems Pg. 5
Issue 2-Lack of incentives & rewards Pg. 5
Issue 3-Geographical dispersion Pg. 6
Issue 4-Development of Networking Attitude Pg. 8 -Why should the issue be addressed Pg. 8 -Competitive Advantage Pg. 9
Recommendations/ Strategies Pg. 10
Deeper/Wider/Richer Advantages & Dissadvantages APPENDIX
Deeper strategies Pg. 10 -Marketplaces Pg. 11 -Who’s who Pg. 11 -Communities Pg. 12
Risks & Barriers Pg. 13
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However, Danone may need to consider extending its concept deeper, richer or wider to determine whether the benefits may be higher than they currently are (Edmondson, et al., 2008).
Background
Danone’s success is largely attributed to the knowledge and abilities of its employees. The sharing and retaining of this knowledge is extremely important in ensuring the long-term effectiveness of Danone. The Networking attitude initiative was launched at a Danone conference in the fall of 2002 as a means of circulating good practices and enabling the sharing of knowledge across groups in the geographically dispersed company (Edmonson et al, 2008, p. 1-8). Several tools have been developed as part of the initiative, most notably knowledge “marketplaces”, a “who’s who” internal directory system and sharing networks (Edmonson et al, 2008, p. 1). From 2004 to 2007, Danone employees shared almost 640 good practices with colleagues and overall, the Networking attitude initiative has made practical information accessible to about 5000 of the more than 9000 Danone managers around the world. The initiative has incurred very little cost and was seen highly successful by 86% of general managers according to an internal survey (Edmonson et al, 2008, p. 1).
Problems
Issue 1 – Lack of formal IT systems
The knowledge that is shared amongst employees at
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As we all grow older we begin to have less time, which is not beneficial to our time becomes more valuable. This generation starts to neglect our regular routines because technology has become something so important to the world. We lose track on what is important: eating breakfast, finishing work, finishing your chores, etc. Breakfast is what gives us the energy we need to get through the day; there are people who are used to not eating breakfast, but others need it. A simple drink or snack can help you every morning and give you the energy you need to get through the day. That is where Danone comes in, this is a quick drink you can grab out of your fridge and get on the go. If you are running late, do not have time to make yourself something, or maybe just craving a snack Danone will be the best choice for this problem. Dannon is a dairy drink, it’s basically like yogurt but it isn’t as thick. Even if you do not just want the dairy drink you can get
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Danone is a worldwide food company established in Paris, in 1919.The headquarters are situated Boulevard Haussmann,Paris.It produces and distributes food,dairy,baby food and water and employs 7600 employees globally .Franck Ribound is the chairman and C.E.O,Jacques Vincent is deputy chairman. Here is the difference of the stock price and volume produce by the firm. The Group Danone is a French food-products multinational corporation based in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It produces dairy product, bottled water, cereals, baby foods and yogurts. In the U.S.A it is marketed as the Dannon firm.
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