Diageo

As a result of the approach, there was high turnover of staff and there was very little initiative amongst the remaining staff. Individuals were initially reported as being highly competent but later were blamed for things going wrong, shortly before they left. The team was very tightly knit and generally appeared supportive of the team leader.

The aim/objectives of this assignment are to explore employee relations in detail, including the psychological contract, differences between fair and unfair dismissals, redundancy, and the direct link to my organisation. Pershing is a medium sized financial services company, who has seen strong growth over the last two years during the economic downturn.

In the whole process, the only party which is most affected are the workers of the Whyalla-based steel unit for no fault of theirs. The management walked away handing over the administration to Grant Thornton, the banks though will take a haircut on their lending’s, but they too will survive, however, the workers who have toiled hard for the company for decades will face the

1. What do you think about the capital structure policies Diageo has pursued in the past. Do they make sense? How does it compare to Diageo’s competitors’ policies? Which competitors would make for the best comparison? 2. Why is Diageo selling Pillsbury and spinning off Burger King? How might value be created through these transactions? 3. Based on the results of the simulation model, what recommendations would you make for Diageo’s capital structure? Does the model capture all of the important risk factors faced by Diageo? Would you want to adjust the model I any way?

Over the past 12 months, from the 29th December to 28th December 2013, Greggs plc have had many difficulties that range from market competitiveness to profit warnings. This report will identify those key difficulties that cause many issues for Greggs plc within that period. Ultimately, this report will review the prospects of Greggs plc and whether we should continue with maintaining Greggs plc or possible dropping them from our portfolio.

In the Romano Pitesti case, Tickton-Jones’ Management Team is faced with a situation that is not altogether uncommon in the business world, in that some employees feel that members of the Sales staff are being given “special” treatment by the company. Romano’s actions have probably not been as bad as what has been described to Management, but due to the fact that employees are still trying to find their place in the new, combined company, any hint of “unfairness” is immediately put under a microscope by other employees, and therefore, Management will have to take some sort of action, in order to show the other employees that their concerns are being taken seriously.

Even though DMC had grown to become a multi-billion dollar company and consistently ranked in the top five in their industry, DMC’s returns between 2008 and 2012 showed great profits and loss swings unpredictably. These ranged from a net income loss of $1.5 billion in 2008, $1.9 billion in 2009, to a profit of $1.9 billion in 2010, $1.7 billion in 2011 then a loss of 1 billion in net income in 2012, the most recent year. (Table 1) Despite of the up-side-down net income and over $3 billion

Diageo has plans to launch another new flavour for its CIROC range of premium vodka - CIROC Lime (Marketing week, 2015),The Ciroc brand is aimed at young 25 -30 year old professionals who like to go out to night clubs on a Friday night, after a hard week at work.

Born in 1997, Diageo was a product of merger between Guinness and Grand Metropolitan. Guinness and Grand Metropolitan were also products of mergers. Guinness acquired Distillers in 1986 and Grand Metropolitan had expanded from its roots as a hotel business into spirits, Pillsbury, Burger King and various pubs.

Till this day, employees that worked at the plant believed they did the best they could with what they had to work with. Furthermore, there was no trust between management and employees.

The decision taken by top management on sept.2006 for closing Wales factory directly affecting on 300 workers who are affiliated to GMB (Britain’s General Union) which is leading union having 0.6 million members throughout the UK. Union has trying to put the pressure on management by taking the support of some local political parties.

Unfortunately, the same issues that existed with the overall governance existed here. The company may have been acting as an exemplary corporate citizen, but with no overall strategy and minimal communication, there was no consistency or coordination, and the company was not getting the public relations benefits that they might have otherwise gained (Veleva, 2010).

The issues in this case are clear. Euroland has a long history that at one time dominated the market. Unfortunately, our days as leader have vanished. We are currently trading at a price below comparable companies. This can be attributed to our reduced profitability and our failure to gain sufficient market share for new products. The market signaling for Euroland is not good. Analysts are encouraging people to sell their stocks. Clearly, we need to pursue strategies that drive up their stock price in the interest of stock holders. This includes increasing our net income and gross sales. To stay competitive and capture the market share that has been lost, significant investments will need to be made into the company.

SABMiller PLC is a global giant in the brewery industry and has a track record of innovation and growth. Being one of the world’s biggest brands, SABMiller has adopted a unique style to ensure competitive advantage and remain at the forefront of the brewing world.

Unhappy employees may result in low output, strikes and poor work ethic, which will in turn have an adverse effect on the wealth of the partnership. Our business will strive to provide good working conditions for its employees. We will make sure that our business does not hinder the community by spoiling the environment which might give us bad publicity, resulting in the lack of customers coming to our shop and penalties arising.