<div style="display: flex; justify-content: flex-start"><img src="https://letcheck.b-cdn.net/3260/clygycrjt08xatb8z1o1nf792.jpg" style="width: 901px; height: 472.406px; cursor: pointer; justify-content: flex-start;" draggable="true"></div>The business world is a tough place. Mankind has been trying to come up with better managerial frameworks since the ancient age which are now evolved into sophisticated business management tools and techniques like <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://academy.bilalconsultancy.uk/collections?category=lean-six-sigma-urdu-hindi-training">Lean Six Sigma</a> and Artificial Intelligence.&nbsp; Many business households have been able to withstand the rainy days due to the strong perseverance attributes and channeling of the right framework at the right time.In the quest of residing at the pinnacle of the industrial sector, some of the Titan companies have left a significant mark in the history of business management by practicing the essence of their values while constantly revising their existing portfolio product and services to entertain the requirement of the current and prospective customerToday we are going to see some of the managerial lessons from one of such Titan company which was originated as a result of a merger in 1929 i.e. Unilever. &nbsp; It must be noted that a company operates in almost 190 countries with more than 300,000 people employed. The might of Unilever can be comprehended from the fact that in 1990 it is estimated that it accounted for over 0.7 % of total personal consumption in a range of diverse countries from Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden in Europe to Mexico and Chile, Nigeria, and South Africa, Australia, and Malaysia&nbsp;<h2 id="067ef566-d444-4fd9-b61f-6e69b516f11b" data-toc-id="067ef566-d444-4fd9-b61f-6e69b516f11b">1. Knowledge management</h2><blockquote>Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice—Anton Chekhov</blockquote>The international flavor of Unilever was enhanced by its dual nationality following the merger (London-Dutch) in 1929.Unilever retained structure of two holding companies i.e.: Unilever LTD &amp; Unilever Unilever NV. Both had different shareholders but identical boards. There were two Chairman and two head offices in London and Rotterdam. Thus it became an extremely rare case of a large company to have such a structure, which was operating across different regions of the world through the magnitude of many up’s and downs along the wayUnilever’s historical development and expansion around the globe gave it a massive competitive advantage. By the mid of 1960, it had a strong market share position in many countries based on numerous well-established brands.&nbsp; Unilever had an unusually extensive experience of operating in foreign countries, it even had two home countries with different cultures to help it understand the complexity of operating internationally.All of the competitive advantages can be summarized as “Knowledge” .In 1990 the importance of knowledge as a competitive advantage and the concept of knowledge-based organization became the latest management fashion. it was often assumed that such arguments applied essentially to knowledge industries such as biotechnology or computer software rather than what became known as for economy firms.&nbsp; But whatever the case is, Unilever emerged to be one of the dynamic organizations with the masses horizontal and vertical knowledge to operate in different cities across different countries in the different regions of the world&nbsp;In fact, Unilever had already conceptualized itself as a “Knowledge Organization” in early 1970 as the chairman told Unilever Annual General Meeting in 1972:“The competitive advantages on which Our success depends all rest in the last resort of knowledge.” the chairman recognizes that “this knowledge was the result of cumulative learning both multifaceted and tacit. Moreover, the knowledge Unilever has is both extensive and complex it is a source of its profits and of the main benefits available brings to the people of countries in which it operates”<h2 id="803b5b5c-5fe7-4fda-b5f5-67ee1ea92555" data-toc-id="803b5b5c-5fe7-4fda-b5f5-67ee1ea92555">2. RESILENCE</h2><blockquote>“Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.” ― Angela Duckworth</blockquote>One of the major characteristics of Unilever can be found in the humble Origins of the organization, that the merger which created the firm took place in the same year as the American stock market crashed AND THE WORLD economy fell into the Great DepressionEven though The Great Depression was an alarming situation but demand for Unilever products expanded rather than contracted because people continue to eat and watch even if they lost their jobs.&nbsp; Meanwhile, the collapse of the world economic system had a terrible result on the company’s future plan of diversification. The firm also had to face the wrath of Nazis as their remittance was struck abroad and the company had to invest in the local production of the products&nbsp;Likewise, the company has not only survived the Curse of the world wars but has also been able to emerge as a stronger and agile organization while practicing the core values of innovation and customer satisfaction i.e” “KNOWLEDGE”Furthermore, more such examples of resilience can be found that after World War 2 company realized that the demand for personal care products is going to beat the Pinnacle point across different countries. One such example was detergent and soap in which Unilever completed with Procter and gamble Colgate and Henkel Unilever estimated in 1951 that these four for accounted for 60% of world sales of soap and detergents in which Procter and gamble and Unilever held the largest year by 25% and 22% respectively. Therefore, the company went on to the acquisitions for creating and introducing the standardized products for the concerned category in the more profitable regions e.g.: Dove, Ponds cream, etc.<h2 id="2f645546-572f-448b-b772-7d1ae7d943bd" data-toc-id="2f645546-572f-448b-b772-7d1ae7d943bd">&nbsp;3. The Art of Change Management&nbsp;</h2>Unilever has been a master of embracing Change management.&nbsp;Unilever has always been a master of doing massive research and anticipating the prospective need of the customer. Even when the curse of World Wars gave a tough time to the businesses but following it Unilever entered into the massive acquisition spree because it was necessary for an organization of that much size that rather than creating any business from the scratch it is a good way to acquire a great company at a fair price than through creating a fair business at a great price.&nbsp;In this respect, Unilever acquired T.J. Lipton a leading tea company. It already owned lever brothers which had been established in the late 19th century and acquired the largest share of the USA soap market.&nbsp; Then it further moved to analyze the existing portfolio of products and in Britain, Unilever acquired that Batchelor’s Peas which was one of the country’s largest vegetables can else.In addition to it, loaded with the massive amount of research and information and loaded with the cash flow Unilever stepped into a buying spree of organizations because it realizes that these organizations are ultimately going to add much value to the company profit bottom line.&nbsp; It must be noted that Unilever business was supported by the high level of vertical and horizontal integration which had led the firm into an acquisition of fish farms, restaurants river, and road transport business packaging and printing operations, and advertising and market research agencies in addition to the production facilities around the globeIt didn’t stop there and also purchased from general foods in the United States the right to manufacture and sell quick frozen foods and the bird’s eye name.&nbsp; in a nutshell following the post-war the Unilever expanded further into foods and new factories were opened in Turkey, Southeast Asia, and tropical Africa. This aspect also made Unilever’s historical Legacy one of the most Global International organizations the world had ever seen.The hyper-focus on introducing the products which are relevant to the market strongly indicates the might of change harnessed by Unilever<h2 id="740c5e93-2a4f-4bbe-8d57-2b6ee599fff7" data-toc-id="740c5e93-2a4f-4bbe-8d57-2b6ee599fff7">Conclusion</h2>Unilever has been a symbol of perseverance and Persistance while constantly navigating the component of Outside-In Perspective. It must be noted that today’s organization can learn from such a business management case study for Unilever.Thus the need of the time is to learn from such nuggets of historical wisdom and try to incorporate globally accepted business management practices in their daily business.

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3 Business Management Lessons from Unilever

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3 Business Management Lessons from Unilever

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