Background – ‘Alliance Boots’ Alliance Boots is a parent company of ‘Boots’ and it is a multi-national U.K company. The inception year of company is 1849; Jesse Boot was the vehicle, product developer, retailer and manufacturer who continued as a pioneer for the company after his father’s death. The mission of ‘Alliance Boots ‘is driven to develop core businesses of beauty retailing and pharmacy led wholesaling across the globe. The purpose of the company focuses on ‘right to feel good’. The values of the Alliance Boots are motivated by: simplicity, entrepreneurship, partnership, care (service), and trust (Blythe, 2011). Important Historical Dates 1888- First meeting and minutes taken at the Board of Directors meeting. 1894- Prescription prices …show more content…
Introduction Alliance Boots is recognized as the world class premier international pharmacy led beauty and health group to assist people feel and look their best. The current records report more than 170,000 doctors, pharmacies, hospitals and health centres from more than 270 depots in twenty-one countries. The strategic goals of the company involve being the foremost customer care provider, trustworthy and efficient health care partner and uncomplicated organisation (SRM Case Study). The objective of this group report is to provide an overview of the ‘organizational behaviour’ which includes: analysis of the organisation within the U.K economy, impact of the environment, organisations, and people using PESTLE, descriptive evaluation on the structure of the organisation, research into the ownership of the organisation and lastly, evidence and research analysis on the culture of the organisation. Alliance Boots at a …show more content…
In addition, more than four and half billion units deliver each year to more than 180,000 doctors, health centres, pharmacies and hospitals (Alliance Boots Key Facts and Figures, 2014). According to the published online report it is reported, Alliance Boots partnered with Walgreens which also is one of the largest drugstore operator in the United States. The strategic partnership was to create global pharmacy led beauty and health business. For this reason, Walgreens invested £4.3 billion in shares and cash to gain a forty-five percent in Alliance Boots equity interest, with the remaining 55 % for the full merger to be acquired within the next three years (Bubb,
Buchanan, A. H. (2001). Organizational Behaviour:An Introductory Text (4 ed.). (F. T. Hall, Ed.) Pearson Education.
Organisational behaviour is described as 'A field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behaviour within organisations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge towards improving an organisations effectiveness.'
Walgreens is the second-largest retail pharmacy chain in the United States. The company’s mission is to be America’s most loved pharmacy-led health, wellbeing, and beauty retailer (Walgreens Mission, n.d.). Our purpose is to champion everyone’s right to be happy and healthy through the company slogan of “Corner of Happy and Healthy.” Our core focus is to improve the quality of life through our pharmacy services, Take-care clinics, and health and beauty products. These messages are widely broadcast through media such as television commercials, radio, and health and fitness magazines.
From other indicators of lack of independence there is only business relationship issue because Nancy M. Schlichting, President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Health is customer of the Walgreens Co. Also Stefano Pessina, Executive Chairman, Alliance Boots GmbH
This report therefore gives an analysis of the current culture of the organisation, referring to the present business practices and the values and ways in which the organisation is run. Despite the effectiveness of this current culture, and the challenges of ‘change’ of any sort, there
Customers make purchasing decisions based on the information they have among products and the values of goods a company offers. For that reason, companies have to promote their products to increase products awareness. In order to achieve organizational goals, companies must understand the market’s needs to ensure the success of their businesses. Such information can be gained through research. The industry that will form the basis of this paper is Western Canadian Shoe Association. The three brands under study are Reebok, Adidas, and Nike.
Knights, D. & Willmott, H. 2007. Introducing organisational behaviour and management. Australia : Thomson, 2007, pp. 344-372.
Founded in 1901 in Illinois by Charles R. Walgreen, Sr., Walgreens was a subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance. In the most recent years, Walgreen’s corporate strategy has been focused on mergers and acquisitions, the first of which occurred in 2014 when Walgreens purchased the remaining stake in Boots costing the company approximately $15.3 billion. (Walgreens, n.d.) With this acquisition Walgreens became the largest pharmacy/health/beauty combination retailer in the world, operating in all 50 states and 12 countries internationally. (Schauber, 2014)
Regarding John’s Boots, their brand image is from they produce the quality products to the consumer like comfort to wear and good material.
Bloisi, W., Cook, C. & Hunsaker, P.(2003). Management and Organisational Behavior: European Edition. Berkshire: McGraw-Hill Education
References:Huczynski, A. A. and Buchanan, D. A. (2007) Organizational behaviour: An introductory text. 6th ed., Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall.
Organisational Behaviour (OB) is the study of human behaviour in an organisation. It is a multidisciplinary field devoted to the understanding individual and group behaviour, interpersonal processes and organisational dynamics. OB is important to all management functions, roles and skills. Since organisations are built up levels - individual, group and an organizational system as a whole, it is important for managers to understand human behaviour in order to meet the organizations overall goals. I found several key learning areas that are meaningful, interesting and relevant to my work over the course of studying this unit. These key learning areas have not only expanded and improved my view of organisational behaviour but they also have
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