Nestlé is a food manufacturer. ItInvestigating how a company worksNestlé is a food manufacturer. It is a very large company, known as an international food company, because its products are used and known all over the world. The headquarters is in Switzerland. There are 30 factories in the UK. The UK headquarters are in Croydon, Surrey. Nestlé is the largest food company in the world. It has over 15,000 products, 500 factories in 80 different countries and at least 230,000 employees. Nestlé products range from sweets to regular foods like pasta. Their brands include Rowntrees, Crosse & Blackwell and Friskies. There are five different food groups: drinks, dairy products, prepared foods and cooking aids, chocolate, confectionery and pharmaceuticals. After being founded in 1867 by Henri Nestlé, Nestlé's sales have grown from strength to strength over the years. Nestlé arrived in Britain in 1868. Its research headquarters are in Vers-chez-les-blanc, Switzerland. Nestlé may be a bigger and better company than before, but like every other company in the world it has goals and objectives. Nestlé's objectives are:* To be competitive because over the years they have found that customers were looking for competitive prices and promotions.* To achieve profitable growth.* To increase sales in the UK and not forgetting other countries around the world that buy Nestlé products. * Continue to improve your market shares.* Outsell competitors such as well-known and loved companies such as Cadburys and Mars. Nestlé also has goals such as:* Improve its products so that customers appreciate them more.* Continue to produce new products to satisfy customers. To be able to complete its goals and objectives, Nestlé knows that it will not be easy. So, to retain them, Nestlé will continue to put a lot of effort into the company's standards in terms of training, development and employment practices, which will hopefully make them an even better company! Functional Areas Human Resources Human resources (HR) in the UK for Nestlé is in Croydon in Surrey. This is the headquarters. Each of the seventeen UK factories employs around 10,800 people. The role of Nestlé's Human Resources department is to hire, retain and fire staff. T......middle of paper ......organization charts. Although in Nestlé there may be problems in achieving their goals such as making a lot of profits if something happens in one of the levels which may mean no new chocolate projects are made etc. This could then prevent Nestlé from earning profits all because one tier did not pass on projects from the lower tier to the next. In EVT this could also happen if an employee is sick and does not call the employer because EVT would not be able to do the same amount of work as normal, which could lose customers because if the coils are ordered somewhere for the day next time and they don't arrive because an employee is absent, they might go to another business for the rolls because they will deliver them there on time. Sources To find all the information I needed to do my project on Nestlé, I used the Internet by going to the Nestlé website which is www.nestle.co. United Kingdom. I also contacted Nestlé via email to request information leaflets etc. so I can realize my project. Then they sent me information leaflets through the mail. The other sources I used were my father because he works for EVT and the GNVQ BusinessStudies book and my GNVQ teacher.