As a result of carefully reading the Case Study, students should be able to: understand that the organisational structure of The Coca-Cola Company is designed to meet its own particular requirements, explain how a regional structure can support both centralised and localised decision making, describe the regional structure of The Coca-Cola Company.
As a result of carefully reading the Case Study, students should be able to: understand what is meant by a product range, know the meaning of marketing and its importance to an organisation, appreciate why market research should shape the product range.
This communications case study looks at the reasons why Coca-Cola supports 'the world game'. Coca-Cola focuses on the football fan rather than football itself, i.e. promoting the playing and watching of football rather than helping to fund professional clubs. Coca-Cola has a long-standing commitment to encourage young people to participate in team sports and live a healthy and active lifestyle.
Below are external web links provided by Coca-Cola Great Britain in relation to their business activities.