Case study on Meeting the Diversity Challenge at PepsiCo: The Steve Reinemund Era

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Introduction

In the current age, there are only a handful of successful and lucrative companies that have not managed to consolidate and preserve their existence, but also successfully manifested their global presence with lucrative operations and successful operations. Interestingly, given the stringent and the competitive dynamics of the modern corporate world, managing a multinational and global presence, is the most perplexing and the horrendous task for any company. However, amongst those handful of companies is the most renowned soft drink (cola) company that has won the hearts and minds of its consumers for countless decades, which is renownedly known as Pepsi co.

Overview Of The Case Study

This paper primarily revolves around comprehending the prime aspects that have been eloquently enunciated in the given case study, which pertains to Pepsi co and its processes, operations, success, as well as prevailing issues. The basic aim of the paper, which orbits the assimilation of the methodology that will best describe the case, and other pertinent information about the company, can only be materialized if an astute and relevant overview of the case is first attained. To many, this case study might be yet another overview of the history and operations of the Pepsi co company; but the subtle description aims towards the enlightening description and enunciation of the core facets of the factors of diversity, which played a rather pivotal role in changing the culture of the company to a significant extent, courtesy the approaches rendered and taken forward by the president and chief operating officer from the year 2001 to the year 2006, when the leadership of the firm was finally handed over to an Indian born woman, named Indra Nooyi.

Methodology

As mentioned in the earlier section, the core objective of this paper revolves around rendering an effective and pertinent methodology and a extensive, yet precise information about the Pepsi co. the basic method employed to seek the answers of the pertinent queries, and the subject matter under scrutiny will be the case study method, as the employment of this method eloquently takes into account the furnishing of the responses to the relevant research questions, data accumulation and analysis techniques, reparation of the collection of the data, evaluation and analysis of the data, in context to not only the subject under scrutiny, but also the case chosen for this aspect. Bearing in mind the prime context of the paper and the pertinent case chosen that opts to take into account the firm's endeavor to embark on the risky, yet viable journey of imparting diversity into the organization, as a whole; the case method will be instrumental in rendering the desired objectives.

Employing the case study method enables a researcher to apply the real life situations and experience of other individuals, their pertinent actions in the context of given circumstances and their results. In this way a ...