Problem:
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 are 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 The product line is outdated and losing market share, inter-departmental communication is adversarial, and competition for corporate funding is fierce.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 person, going to turn things around? Write a plan for the company you have just been hired into incorporating the following elements:
Your vision of the new "organization" for your division
Steps to manage the change from the old organization to the new organization
Organizing what you need to do now and after the change to the new organization