Strategic Management and Information Systems for Coca Cola Amatil Australia

Running head: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Strategic Management and Information Systems
Akshaykumar Harshadkumar Nayak
Student Id -AZZ3391
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Part 1: Coca Cola Amatil Australia.....................................................................................2
1. The current organization Structure of Coca Cola........................................................3
2. The Operational Problems of Coca Cola.....................................................................5
3. The Most Likely System Acquisition Method.............................................................6
4. The system sales of Coca Cola....................................................................................7
5. The Control Problems in the System...........................................................................8
Part 2: Accounting Software Packages................................................................................9
1. Development and Adoption of the Accounting Software Packages............................9
2. The Current Market Size of the accounting software..................................................9
3. The leaders in the Market and their Competitive Advantage....................................10
4. Current Gaps, Challenges and Recommendations.....................................................10
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................11
References..........................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
The literature review evaluates the operations of Coca Cola Amatil, a company in
Australia. The report gives an overview of the current organization structure of the organization
and the problems associated with the organizational structure of Coca Cola Amatil. Having a
proper organization structure is very vital for maintaining the normal operation of the
organization. An improper organizational issue can result in the different operational problems in
the business organization. The report discusses the different operational problems that Coca Cola
Amatil might experience due to an improper or ineffective organizational structure. The different
operational issues that the company might face can be a result of old or manual operational
processes that have been running within the organization. The report further discusses the most
likely system acquisition method that is recommended for Coca Cola in order to eliminate the
risk of operational problems in the organization (Christensen 2013). The report further discusses
the system flowchart for the sales procedure of Coca Cola and identifies the different control
problems that are associated with the existing system. The second part of the report gives an
overview of the development and adoption of the different accounting software packages and
their current market size. The report further identifies the current gaps and challenges
encountered by the users of the customers. The report further identifies the current gaps and the
challenges that are generally encountered by the customers of accounting software in make
certain relevant recommendations.
Part 1: Coca Cola Amatil Australia
Coca Cola Amatil is chosen for the literature review as it is one of the largest bottlers and
distributors of the alcoholic and the non alcoholic beverages. This company has around 14,000

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employees who are working in the different branches of the company situated in Australia,
Indonesia and certain other countries (Ccamatil.com. 2018). The organizational structure of the
organization provides guidance and clarity on the different human issues associated with the
operation of the organization and further gives an overview of the different managerial authority
in the organization (Galliers and Leidner, 2014). Having a clear view of the organizational
structure of an organization is necessary for designing the operational process of an organization
in an effective manner. The current organizational structure of Coca Cola Amatil is discussed in
the following section.
1. The current organization Structure of Coca Cola
Organization structure is very important for understating the internal operations of an
organization. This is because the organizational structure gives an overview of the managerial
processes of the organization. Organizational structure is vital since it helps in decision making.
It gives a clear overview of the hierarchy of the management process of an organization. The
idea about the different functional areas of the organization can be obtained from the
organization structure (Hao, Kasper and Muehlbacher 2012).
Coca Cola is a multinational company operating globally and therefore it is very vital for
the organization to have a clear and structured organizational structure. However, the
organizational structure of Coca Cola is quite complex since quite a huge number of people are
involved with the managerial process of the organization (Lunenburg 2012). The work efficiency
of an organization is largely dependent on the organization structure as it provides a clear
identification of the different human resources associated with the organization and their position
in the management. The picture below represents the organizational structure of Coca Cola