Assignment:
Consider and explain the decision-making and controlling strategies at Protect & Gamble and Panasonic which ensure their success in the world market, when referring to the "Internet Exercise: Looking at the Best" . Complete this assignment by answering the following questions:
1) What type of factors may influence future management decision-making in these two companies?
2) What types of control criteria would you expect these companies to use in evaluating their operations and determining how well they are doing?
Write a one to two page paper summarizing your findings. The written summary should be double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font. You will need to cite your sources of information (at least three) at the end of your paper.
Here is the reading:
The most reputable global companies are listed. Each company uses decision making and control- ling to help ensure its success in the world market. Visit these two companies' corporate sites: Procter & Gamble and Panasonic. Carefully examine what these firms are doing. For example, what markets are they targeting? What products and services are they offering? What new markets are they entering? Then, after you are as familiar with their operations as possible, answer these two questions:
(1) What types of factors may influence future management decision making in these two com- panies?
(2) What types of control criteria would you expect these companies to use in evaluating their opera- tions and determining how well they are doing.