Leadership Practices and Associated Issues Within Coca-Cola Organization

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Leadership Practices and Associated Issues Within Coca-Cola Organization
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Introduction
Leadership practices in the operations of different organizations have a significant role
among workers. It helps in empowering as well as motivating different workers to understand
what they are needed to do at every moment of their operations. Leaders are always responsible
for ensuring that each worker is able to be responsible for their operations by turning the vision
of an organization into a reality. The use of the appropriate style of leadership has made several
leaders within the international business community to be famous for their operations (Mihaela,
2014). However, this research paperwork uses Coca-Cola Corporation as a case study in
examining different leadership styles, practices, and theories that have made it to be successful in
the business sector. Additionally, this discussion presents some of the recommendations that the
management of Coca-Cola Corporation can use to improve their leadership practices. The target
of such recommendations is to illustrate how leadership practices can be optimized for maximum
organizational influence. Besides, this research examines the overall activities of Coca-Cola
Corporation as well as its overall leadership practices. Such practices comprise of leadership
styles, challenges, and leadership development within operations of Coca-Cola Organization.
Besides, this study also assesses some of the strengths alongside the weakness of the identified
eldership practices in the organization.
A general overview of the organization’s activities
Coca-Cola Organization (Coke) was established back in the days of 1886 in Atlanta a city
in Georgia. The company has presently become one of the most successful American based
multinational companies that deal with beverages. The prime product of this company is
carbonated soda generally referred to as Coca-Cola (Gertner & Rifkin, 2017). Besides, it has

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been able to serve non-alcoholic drinks around the world except in regions like North Korea and
Cuba. Besides, this company also manufactures and distributes several other product s that
comprise of bottled water, flavored water, sports drink, together with other kinds of soft drinks
that are customized in accordance to different demands and desires of country. Operations of
Coke Organization also hold the maximum share of the market in saves of cold beverages around
global markets (Mokhov & Ryabukhin, 2018). Nevertheless, it is one of the huge beverage
organizations universally and globally as it is known for marketing the four of the globe’s largest
soft drinks. Such soft drink comprises of Coke, Sprite, Diet Coke, and Fanta.
Overview of the leadership practice within Coca-Cola Organization
Coca-Cola Organization does its business globally but operates at the local level working
with over two hundred and fifty bottling partners around the international community. It does not
own any of the bottling partners but instead operates through various local channels. The
company operations are managed by effective leadership practices (Mubayi, 2014). For instance,
it has the board that comprises of fifteen members. The board members of the company comprise
of CEO of Coca-Cola Ahmet Muhtar Kent. These members of the board of the company are
divided as well as head different committees. Additionally, the vision of this company consists of
6 P’s that comprise of Planet, People, Planet, Portfolio, Profit, as well as Productivity. The
organization believes in operating on a winning culture. The management of this company lies in
its value of leadership, honesty, passion, alliance, accountability, excellence, together with
assortment. The leadership of the Coke Company believed in concentrating on the market to
attain its set vision (Greenhalgh, 2019). Besides, workers are expected by the management team
to act like owners as they work smart to attain the set mission of refreshing the global society.

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Nevertheless, mission, customs, and vision of Coke Organization clearly have been created over
various years working towards advancement. The organization achievement in present time is
apparently due to the exceptional practices of leadership.
As stated by Graham (2013), it is impossible for any organization such as Coke Company
to survive in food as well as beverages market for over the century if the leaders are not aligned
to the goals of the organization. commencing from Griggs Asa Candler to the present CEO
Muhtar Ahment Kent, the organization n has been led by intellectuals as well as effective
businessmen to be one of the most reputed corporations around international society. Practices
and style of leadership in the Coca-Cola Organization is itself of the delegative approach. A
glance at the structure of Coke itself illustrates that the company believes in the need to delegate
as well as rule instead of taking all the responsibilities. The idea has been effective in dividing
the organization and its operations based on the purposes (Shishanov, Naletov, & Naletov,
2016). The idea also ensures that all the purposes are not under that management and control of
one entity and utilizing small alongside medium enterprises to operate in every function division
depend on policy and an apparent instance of delegative leadership.
Innovative style of leadership
The organization uses innovative leadership practice in performing different operations.
The idea of innovative leadership within the operations of Coca-Cola Organization has been
coined by Dr. Gliddon David to comprise of ideas of generation, implementation, along with
evaluation. With roots of the company on path-goal theory, leader-member exchange hypothesis
and the improved need for creative as well as efficient techniques ways to empower, motivate,
and offer guidance (Norbom & Lopez, 2016). Hence, various leaders within different branches of