Turning a failing organization around is one of the most interesting activities in management. When organizations see themselves in that downward spiral, their managers may feel that they are unable to stop the pace of negative change. That worry and that downward momentum can be very powerful. At the same time, it sometimes takes only a key impetus to deflect that movement and turn things around.

You have recently been hired as a new manager hired into a failing division in a company. The product line is outdated and losing market share, inter-departmental communication is adversarial, and competition for corporate funding is fierce. How are you, a new individual, going to turn things around? As your first job as the new manager at the outdated, adversarial company, write a plan for changing its organizational structure, incorporating the following elements:

Explain how you would address each of the three main problems in the organization: 1) outdated product lines, 2) adversarial communication, and 3) competition for internal resources. Thinking about organizational structures reviewed in the text, which one (or ones) do you think would be most suited to this organization and why.
What steps would you suggest to manage the transition from the old organizational structure to the new?
How would you assess the external environment and integrate this into the turn-around plan? Student must support their work with outside reliable sources.

Describe the techniques of managing change?

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Originally Posted by blacklush45

Student must support their work with outside reliable sources.

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Hello black:

We don't do homework here, and I ain't a reliable source... But, if you'd do the work FIRST and post it here, we'll be happy to critique it for you.

excon

I just need to know where to start

Hello again, black:

Don't you have textbook with your course?? If you don't, there are jillions of them in the library under management. If you read a few, you'll know exactly where to start.

excon

Any suggestions?

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Originally Posted by blacklush45

Any suggestions?

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Hello again, black:

Yes & no, but I'm not going to offer you an easy out...

If there was ONE sure way to manage a company, somebody would write a book about it, and that would be that... But, there isn't... There are dozens and dozens of management theories, and thousands upon thousands of books about them. So, what I would do, is find out which particular theory your professor embraces, and read up on that one.

excon