The location is strategically chosen due to the close proximity of dairy farms and multiple highways that cross the United States. At the Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream factory, were in the peak season, the company employs a diverse group of approximately 1,000 individuals from Kern County and neighboring settlement’s. The number of employees is even larger when including the Nestlé’s Research and Development Center (R&D) were employees represent different markets of Nestlé. R&D is where new designs are manufactured in new ice cream flavors and processes by food scientists around the world. The business chain of command in Bakersfield is as follows, the Bakersfield Operational Center reports to Oakland; which is a corporate office of the Dreyer’s/Edy’s Grand Ice Cream, an entity of Nestle. Oakland reports to Glendale, California. Glendale is the corporate office for Nestlé USA, which operates all of its factories from around the United States. From Glendale, individuals would report to Vevey, Switzerland, which is the global corporate office for Nestlé and also the roots of the company. Vevey, Switzerland is, of course, were Henri Nestle first started the now global company super …show more content…
Nestle states, “Diversity has only just reached the top of most corporate agendas but at Nestlé, it’s been the foundation of what we do for years” (2016, para 1). The way Nestlé communicated diversity to its employees is by having a clear diversity policy which includes different races, genders, ethnic groups, age, personality, and so forth. The organization adheres understanding from the workers since diversity management ties together with growth. Monday and Martocchio draw attention to the fact that diversity management is ensuring and providing continuous improvement in a group that uses their unique gifts to maximize productivity and create a new outlook in the business (2016 pg.64).Every year Nestlé employees are trained to understand why diversity is needed in the workforces, as well as having the strong expectation that zero tolerance will be used if any employee is treated unfairly because of their