Leadership Structure and Style at Coca-Cola

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Leadership structure
The leadership structure followed by Coca-Cola includes a chain where professionals
belonging to high level communicate to the lower level professionals through a medium. The
leadership structure starts with the chief executive officer who is responsible for reporting to
board of directors along with running the business based on the objectives and direction that
has been set by the board of directors (Baker, 2015). The chief operating officer is
responsible to communicate with the CEO and hence manages operations that are carried out
within the organization, looking after the production, administrative as well as legal
departments and marketing. The chief financial officer further communicates with the CEO
and hence handles the economy of the organization, treasury functions, overseeing
accounting and many more.
Effect of leadership history in culture
The leadership history has numerous effects on Coca-Cola’s culture, one of the effect
includes the change in vision of the organization. The visionary leadership style that is
followed by the organization has helped in bringing about changes within the vision of the
organization. The vision consists of 6 P’s. These P’s include portfolio, people, planet,
partners, productivity and profit. The organization lives within its values of collaboration,
leadership, integrity, passion, accountability, quality and diversity (Northouse, 2015). It
believes in focusing on market for the purpose of achieving the vision that has been set by the
organization. The leadership style had also resulted in bringing about changes within the
organizational structure. The organization believes in rule as well as delegate and not just
taking the responsibilities.