Assignment:
In essay format, present your case analysis regarding the development of an effective organizational culture for your newly merged corporation.
Your second paper should focus on how your company would handle a hypothetical merger with another company. The merger has not taken place, but you as the change agent need to prepare contingency or actions plans for handling the fallout from really big change like a merger or buy-out. Your strategies should address how your company should handle the change process and its effects on the company's employees. You are trying to be proactive instead of reactive!
Remember - Write in 3rd person only!!!
1) Summary of the case: includes the discussion of current culture of each company, issues regarding the merging of the two companies, impact on the employees, development of new organizational culture (including discussion of NEW cultural artifacts), application of textbook information/jargon, etc.
2) Diagnosis of the case: includes discussion of layoffs, merging of new jobs, creation of new jobs, development of new culture, resistance to change issues (employee and management), globalization, cross-cultural management issues, diversity issues, stress, dissatisfaction, motivation issues, socialization issues/problems, decreased performance, increased turnover and absenteeism, increased counterproductive work behaviors, application of textbook terminology/information/jargon, etc.
3) Proposed solutions: includes strategies for overcoming resistance to change, creating new organizational culture, reducing stress, reducing negative politics and conflict, communication processes, socialization issues and the use of socialization as an integration strategy, suggestions for appropriate organizational design/structure to help facilitate any proposed changes, discussion of ideal solutions: summary of strategies/plans, application of textbook terminology/concepts/jargon, etc.
4) Development of the New and Ideal Culture for the newly merged organization: includes how to create a new culture (i.e., artifacts, textbook jargon, etc.), how development of new culture helps support the strategies that address the organization's problems, etc. Spring Class Assignments
• Project 1 - Cultural Audit
Summary: Cultural Audit of an organization of your choice. Your Cultural Audit will include an analysis of "your" organization (includes but is not limited to a description of organization, discussion of present organizational culture, artifacts, values, etc.).
• Project 2 - Change Implementation Analysis
Summary: Create a proposal addressing the change process in your project 1 organization.
Scenario: Your organization is being bought out by BIGGER Company, Inc. Your job will be to propose to upper management how to address the human resource challenges the company will face during the merger process. That is, how will one encourage the employees to embrace the cultural changes that are occurring during and after the merger? The Change Implementation Analysis should consist of your analysis of the buy-out situation and the proposed actions to address the merger impact on your employees' attitudes and behaviors. That is, how is significant change going to impact your employees and how will you as the change agent in your company deal with the employee-related repercussions related to significant change.