Case Study: Transforming the Corporate Culture at Heinz Australia
1- Draw on each of the elements of the cultural web to discuss how the culture at Heinz Australia has changed and is continuing to evolve under Widdows' leadership. (You should discuss your arguments using ideas, theories of corporate culture and cultural web).
2- Based on your cultural web audit, identify the key forces for and against change.
3- What appeared to be the key strengths of the new culture? (You may think of developing your arguments in terms of contextual changes, culture and cultural fit; ethics and the organizational changes and setting in which managers generally try to ensure that culture change fits in with their environment.
4- What aspects of the organization need to be monitored and sustained to ensure the organization does not slide back into the old ways of thinking and working? (You should discuss your ideas, theories of corporate culture and significance of having engaged, committed employees with a great leader to manage the organization).
Additional information-
The case study- Transforming the Corporate Culture at Heinz Australia belongs to Management and as the title suggests, it is about transforming the corporate culture at Heinz Australia. Heinz Australia being a subsidiary of Heinz, a US based company. The case study is about how Heinz Australia's culture is different from what it is back home in the US.
Word limit- 3000.