IMD-3-1775 © 2007
Malnight, Thomas; Keys, Tracey
This case sucession follows the journey of Unilever Foodsolutions along with its President Diego Bevilacqua over a 4 year trajectory to develop a "powerful force in foodservice." The A case starts in 2001 with the challenge of establishing a brand-new foodservice job design and company; following Unilever's acquisition of Bestfoods. Diego; the department's brand-new president; had actually made considerable advances in concurring a brand-new organizational design; which sculpted foodservice from Unilever's Foods company; making it a synergistic however different department.
It is clear that the brand-new job requires a clear technique. Knowing goals: The case series is developed to present the ideas of technique as a journey; and the requirement to connect a team/organization mentally as well as academically in order to construct commitment to a shared technique.
Unilever Foodsolutions Journey (A) Taking On A New Challenge Case Study Solution
Subjects: Strategy; Top team-building; Leadership; Must-win battles; Merger; Acquisition; Change
Settings: Global; Europe; Food service; Business unit size Euro 3 billion; 2001-2005
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