Structure of the Coca-Cola Company

Introduction
The Coca-Cola Company is a very successful and extremely large company. However with their size they are not subject to inflexibility, this is partly owing to an extremely efficiently structured business. In this report the internal structure of the company and ways that it may be improved upon will be analysed.
Description of Structure
The Coca-Cola Company has a tall hierarchical and fairly complicated management structure. However they, like every other large multinational company, have a Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O.) at the helm. The C.E.O. is elected by the shareholders at the annual general meeting (A.G.M.) to safe guard their interests in the running of the business. The C.E.O. of Coca-Cola is Mr Douglas Daft, he is also head of the board of directors. As the C.E.O. he will provide, along with the board the aims and objectives for the business. These points will then be listed in the Coca-Cola mission statement.
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