Elements of Effective Change Management – A Case of Washdale Manufacturing Company

Topic 

Elements of Effective Change Management – A Case of Washdale Manufacturing Company

Instructions 

Aims

  1. To explore aspects of leadership, complexity and the role of storytelling
  2. To review your experience of the MOC module so far

Preparation

  1. Complete the required reading for the seminar
  2. From the Reading List, download and read the case study ‘Transformation and Change at Leeds Rhinos’ (also in core text (2017 only) pp.526-528)
  3. Print off the Mid-Module Student Feedback form and bring to the seminar.

Activity: Video Case Studies of Leaders Using Stories

 

See Leadership and Storytelling PowerPoint presentation.

 

Activity: Case Study 13.1 Transformation and Change at Leeds Rhinos: The Power of One.

See Reading List for a digital copy (not available in 2014 edition of core text)

 

Activity: MOC Mid-Module Student Feedback

Handout: MOC mid-module student feedback

Complete your written feedback on the module using the handout.

Plenary discussion: an opportunity to emphasise any particular messages.

Answer Preview

Business world today faces enormous amount of challenges following the constant increase of change-enabling factors, ranging from policy, to career diversity, to operational advancement (Johansson and Heide, 2008, p. 296). Global business environment has, therefore, become highly unpredictable, and many companies are responding by engaging on flexibility in management to ensure that goals already set in mind while developing business strategies are not only problem-focused, but also designed to mitigate threats. Management of people is part of the matters of concern that global business ought to be ready for to ensure that change processes are administered with less difficulties and more effectiveness of the company stakeholders likely to be affected (Naghibi and Baban, 2011, p. 542). Embracing change as part of business strategy requires organizations to integrate its operational approaches with various elements of change, including… The elements of change are aligned with a case of Washdale Manufacturing Company, where case of machine breakdown had increased following night-shift employees tactic of overworking machines to create a ‘sleep space’ before dawn (Dawson, 2003, pp. 364-366). Predominantly, this paper is aimed at exploring the elements of change, conducting a critical review of Washdale Manufacturing case in relation to the elements of change, and conducting a personal reflection on efficacy of the management of organisational change in business organisations.

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