Organizational Behavior of Nestle

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Introduction3

Discussion3

The Nestles' Organizational Behavior Practices3

Communication Strategies3

Barriers to Communication4

The Nestles' Organizational Behavior4

The Nestles' Organizational Culture5

The Importance of Culture in Nestle5

The Dimensions of Culture at Nestle6

The Politics and Power at Nestle6

The Expert Power7

The Legitimate Power7

Conclusion7

The Analysis of Nestle7

Recommendations9

Organizational Behavior of Nestle

Introduction

Measured by revenues, Nestle is the largest food company. The company's headquarters are located in Vevey, Switzerland, and it is Swiss multinational health-related, snack food and nutritional consumer goods company. The company operates in eighty six countries and has around four hundred and fifty factories. The company was founded by Henri Nestle in the year of 1866 and is the leading wellness, health and nutrition company in today's world. In this Assignment, I will analyze and evaluate the Nestle Company in reference to organizational behavior.

Discussion

The Nestles' Organizational Behavior Practices

Communication Strategies

The Nestle has very informal working environment so that people can easily communicate with their co-workers. Employees can communicate with their superiors and their suggestions are always welcomed, as mostly downward communication takes place within the organization (Grunig, 1982). To some extent workers and employees are encouraged to participate in decision making and in every new package offered by the company, the opinions of the employees are asked. No form of written communication was found until and unless there was an unexpected holiday announcement or a major event.

There is an open communication channel within the company since the employees mostly contact each other through email or phone call. For major decisions, general managers of all the departments interact with each other at the higher level and the decision is informed to the lower level. To achieve the institutional objectives and goals, there is the network of communication links within the organization. In the hierarchy of the company, both upward and downward open communication channels are maintained by the company, which in creating a good working environment for the employees, is quite effective.

Sending messages to persons outside the company refers to external communication, in Nestle. Commercial breaks, by giving packages, media advertisement, by the annual report, through president's messages, print media advertisement, and through services, are the sources used by Nestle for its external communication.

Barriers to Communication

Nestle faces a magnificent problem in its daily business activities since it is a multinational company comprising of thousands of employees from entirely different culture background and different areas (Carollo, 2012). All over the world, a large area is acquired by Nestle, and it is not easy to operate such huge mob employees.

The Nestles' Organizational Behavior

An organization is created by groups, groups are created by individuals, and therefore, individuals are the bricks of an organization (André, 2008). Two major areas are focused by the organizational behavior of Nestle. First, based mainly on contributions from a psychologist, the organizational behavior looks at individual behavior. Motivations, learning, perception and personality, are the various topics that are included in this area. The importance of the individual is recognized by Nestle. Great focus has been placed by the company on employee participation and empowerment, which are necessary for ...