Leadership

Indra Nooyi is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo. In its global food and beverage portfolio, PepsiCo has 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. PepsiCo’s main businesses include Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola. With more than $66 billion in annual net revenue, PepsiCo makes hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world.

Mrs. Nooyi is the chief architect of Performance with Purpose, PepsiCo’s promise to do what is right for the business by doing what is right for people and the planet. It is the company’s commitment to sustained growth with a focus on Performance, Human, Environmental and Talent Sustainability. In keeping with this commitment, PepsiCo is proud to be listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.

Mrs. Nooyi was named President and CEO on October 1, 2006 and assumed the role of Chairman on May 2, 2007. She has directed the company’s global strategy for more than a decade and led its restructuring, including the divestiture of its restaurants into the successful YUM! Brands, Inc., the acquisition of Tropicana and the merger with Quaker Oats that brought the vital Quaker and Gatorade businesses to PepsiCo, the merger with PepsiCo’s anchor bottlers, and the acquisition of Wimm-Bill-Dann, the largest international acquisition in PepsiCo’s history.

Go to http://www.Pepsico.com to read more about the company’s CEO.

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This assignment provides you with the opportunity to synthesize and apply the concepts learned in this course to analyze a real-world business case. The analytical exercises will improve your understanding and ability to think critically about the importance of diversity and leadership management in the workplace. This should be a research-based paper that demonstrates your understanding of content and concepts discussed in this Module and your book.

Your report for solving the case must be at least 350 spell-checked and proofed words and must include the following headings:

• Overview – Summarizing the case scenario and examining or identifying any problems, opportunities, issues, constraints, related to the case. (Big picture
• Discussion Questions – Answering all the Questions for Critical Thinking:
1. What type of Leadership style did Indra Nooyi bring to her CEO position at PepsiCo?
2. Discuss the advantages of her leadership styles and what it meant for the company
3. Discuss the impact of being a female CEO in a company. Provide examples.
• Debriefing – Incorporating what you have learned so far in the course, and this Module’s readings, reflect and discuss your thoughts, opinions, and solutions based on the case.

If your paper does not follow these instructions, headings, or is not spell-checked carefully it can not be graded.

**Please utilize third-party research. You MUST include and cite all resources. This (as all assignments do) will go through a automatic plagiarism scan to ensure originality in content. **

**Please refrain from the use of bullet points. **