Procter and Gamble Environmental Analysis

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Culture is an observable, powerful force in any organization. “Made up of its members’ shared values, beliefs, symbols, and behaviors, culture guides individual decisions and actions at the unconscious level. As a result, it can have a potent effect on a company’s well-being and success” (One Page, n.d.).

Bath & Body Works is a company that operates around 1,700 retail outlets across the United States selling health, beauty and personal care items. In 2002 the company was faced with a problem - how to transform their company from one offering a promotionally priced single brand into a company offering a variety of products with varying prices for all buyers (Born).

Procter & Gamble Co is an American global consumer goods company. P&G have various products that range from personal hygiene products to household products.

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Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a Fortune 500 American multinational company, and a world 's leading consumer goods company. P&G’s work is driven by a Purpose of providing branded products and services of superior quality and value to improve the lives of the world’s consumers now and for generations to come. P&G now has 50 Leadership Brands, which are among the world 's best known and which account for more than 90% of P&G sales. P&G entered the Chinese market through a joint venture in 1988. Now, P&G is the most successful foreign marketer in China as measured by market share.

Proctor and Gamble-Scope is faced with a very important decision, they need to prepare a marketing plan for P&G’s mouthwash business for the next three years. They want to know how they are going to be able to

The main issue of the P&G Korea case is centered around the question of market share. P&G and Unilever are the two major market shareholders in the Korean detergent industry holding 80-85% of the total market share. The remaining 15-20% of the market is held by low-priced local Korean brands. There are no new markets either company can tap for further market share since most Korean households already use laundry detergent, making the market saturated. Other than peripheral chemical changes claimed to be “improvements”, there are no major innovations to be explored for product development or diversification. Per Ansoff’s strategic opportunities matrix, P&G and Unilever are both focused on Market Penetration,

Today’s business world presents numerous ethical issues. In today’s world above board/moral ethics in organizations do not often materialize intuitively. Organization must strive to provide employees with a clear understanding of the overall company vision. This will aid employees in practicing the code of ethics, policies and procedures in the workplace. Companies must be unwavering in continuously delivering the uppermost ethics of provision in which customers, applicants and employees are entitled to under fair business practices. One major core value is to uphold responsible and fair business practices.

PepsiCo is one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies with products being sold in over two hundred countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo began in 1965 when Pepsi-Cola merged with Frito-Lay and now distributes twenty-two brands of products that include Pepsi, Lays, Tropicana and Quaker. This paper will provide information about PepsiCo’s dedication to environmental, human and talent sustainability while increasing revenue by reducing essential production costs such as water use and packaging materials.

The Procter & Gamble has vast differentiated products due to its innovation culture. This is not just the invention of new products and services, but the ability to systematically convert ideas into new offerings that alter the very context of the business (Charan, 2008). The product differentiation allows the P&G to charge premium price for its products and assists to capture market share from its rivals by increasing the product demand.

The environment is like a double-edged sword, providing companies opportunities but threats as well. Therefore, in an increasingly hostile marketplace, a systematic and careful environmental analysis is supposed to be considered by companies (Johnson et al, 2011). The macro-environment of a company can be analysed by the framework of PESTEL, which includes six categories: political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal (Johnson et al, 2011, Appendix A ).

With the development of the global economy, the interaction between environment and companies became more important, therefore, throughout macro environment analysis, which includes political, economic, social, environment, legal and technology (PESTEL) that provides an indispensable part in the comprehensive list to understand opportunities and threats on the businesses (Searle and Barbuto, 2010). In this industry, political, economy and technology would mainly influence the strategies, thus

The economic and social factors play a crucial role in determining monetary climate that the business operates in and the nature of consumption habits that prevail within that particular area concerning lifestyles. These social aspects help a business organization to evaluate potential changes brought about by their products in the market. Evans and Richardson (2007), insist that an enterprise must factor in technological solutions that it can introduce within the market it seeks to establish itself and research initiatives it can introduce to help improve its operations. The environmental factors should be assessed to establish potential impacts of the activities carried out by the organization in the environment. It is important for any enterprise to be familiar to all

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