Hersheys' chocolate and cocoa industry
General Administration (Firm Infrastructure) Discuss Hershey's company’s general administration/infrastructure.
What company functions are associated with firm infrastructure?
Discuss the organizational culture of Hershey's. (( Consider such things as its decision-making process (centralized or decentralized), its degree of formalization (lots of rules or empowered employees), its working environment, etc.))
Discuss how these functions and activities are performed.
Discuss the leadership of Hersheys. (For example: how long has the senior leadership been in place? Does the senior leadership of your company have a track record with your company or with a previous company and what is that record? What sort of leadership does your senior leadership practice? Is your senior leadership risk taking or risk averse in their actions? Etc.)
Discuss the sort of ethical reputation Hershey has? Does Hershey have effective guidance regarding appropriate ethical conduct? Has Hershey faced accusations of ethical misconduct? Etc.
Discuss how value is added (a strength) and how Hershey infrastructure is detrimental/harmful to your company (a weakness). and company’s infrastructure, summarize Strengths and Weaknesses below. S&Ws MUST be derived from the above description of this activity.
Strengths: Summarize your strengths
Weaknesses: Summarize your weaknesses