Case Assignment
Format: Informal Report (no front matter required)
Sunflower Foods is a medium sized manufacturing plant. The factory produces a wide range of bakery related items that are sold in large supermarket chains throughout the country. In the factory the organisation currently employees approximately 65 full-time staff and will have on-staff between 10 and 30 casual employees that it sources from a labour-hire company. There are 8 supervisors (promoted from the frontline with limited leadership experience). This part of the business would be described as blue-collar workers).
The business has identified its internal culture and low staff morale and motivation as a key area requiring attention. After attending an MBA program the CEO believes a team-based structure may help improve the motivation and morale of staff and ultimately drive-up productivity.
In your position as Head of Human Capital you have been asked to explore the idea and provide a report back to the CEO that covers three main themes.
1) The pros and cons of using teams and your recommendations of it as a potential strategy
2) How the company should approach staff motivation to improve engagement and morale
3) identify the key elements associated with driving effective strategic change associated with your strategy.
Word Limit: 3,000
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