Cushy Armchair Case Analysis Cushy Armchair, based in Hong Kong, a leader in the global armchair business has been successfully using its model of centralization for over 50 years. It operates fully autonomous business facilities in 17 countries. Cabletronica has recently acquired the company and has sent one of their own senior personnel to restructure operations and integrate the company with another of their furniture divisions outside of the country. Acting as a consultant, the founder of Cushy Armchairs Frances Wong is consulted regarding a communication on a change in policy, but the new head of the company Alison Sampson decides to use the parent company’s standard method of announcing changes email, and soon realizes that the …show more content…
Third, is that email s an inefficient medium for in ambiguous, complex and novel situations”. There is no doubt that the situation was both ambiguous and novel, due to the fact that people from 15 different countries and many different cultures were the recipients of the message. Root Cause There are other factors that are cause for concern aside from the medium that the message was delivered. Alison clearly rushed the decision to centralize the operations of Cushy Armchair; the fact that the changes were expected to take place during the busiest time of the year will increase the potential for failure. Alison has had some success in finance and the communications industry in the US but should begin to understand the armchair industry and the employees that work in it before instituting her recommendations for change. There was very little research on the value of the change and the experience and knowledge of the upper management of Cushy was not considered as a resource to implement the restructure Constraints Because of the hasty decision to implement the change there is a very high risk of employee resistance to change. The upper management had no investment in the decision and will feel a resentment and lack of control that could trickle down through the organization. The dangers her are that original companies will become infected with a negative attitude toward the new parent company causing
Owners also have to think about their staff not just they own something so they have the right to do anything to them, this will affect them and employees also because the employees need to work in a happy place if they will going to be treating wrong they will not going to concentrating in the works and they will not going to work harder so all this will cost the company because at the no one will need to work there and the company will go down as we know there is no company without
Some employees resisted the change which happened during the prior restructure where management was downsized
The belief that the group can change has to come from the top, so it is important that Mr. Greystone keeps a positive attitude in line with the decisions made by the Chairman and CEO. Mr. Greystone could be protecting his own job and reputation by having a positive and supportive attitude towards the new initiative. He shows that he is behind the company in the decisions made, and that he believes in Dynacorp’s new direction. Greystone says, “Now the way we go about that is to assign multifunction and multiproduct account teams to specific customers in specific industries…That way, our people are industry specialist, not just product knowledgeable...we are focusing the salesforce on selling customized solutions based on integrating our products…by targeting our investments toward growth of sales in specific industries and developing solutions to fit their needs, we’ll rebuild our market share and increase margins” Greystone wants his group to be successful and wants the support of his employees. Moreover his employees with his support behind them might feel like the have the right formula to continue the implementation of the new structure and be supportive of it. The success of Mr. Greystones group will reflect directly upon him and allow him to maintain a good imagine with his employees and attain possible career advancement within the organization. We will now analyze how different managers within the group regard the new implementation and how it affects
Another change could be mergers and take-overs which can sometimes leave employees feeling uncertain about their future with the company, loss of trust and experience staff leaving.
Email is also an effective communication as it can be accessed immediately and is written down for future reference. However this type of communication is relying on technology which can be disrupted or unavailable at times and could cause delays.
With the modern day advancement of technology in communications we are constantly searching for the most effective way to communicate. We would use our cell phones, text, e-mail, and similar gadgets are marketed, purchased and used athe promise that these machine, like the cereal, will save time. So the comsumer may enjoy more leisure time. Along with new technology comes new norms. For example, eletronic mail once hailed as a way of saving time, has escalated expectations shortening the period of time one has before one is considered rude not to reply. With our cell phones we are able to text messages quickly and effecticely by abbreviating words, such as laugh out loud (lol) or 6y for sexy. This weakens our skills to communicate. According to my English professor Elias. It also limits our
For this project you will be completing the StrengthsQuest exercise and then compiling the information and findings comparing your personal strengths with your current job.
In 1990, email was not a viable substitute as it was still a part of the research network and not commercially available. The only substitute was standard mail and facsimile. Therefore, in recent years, attractiveness has lowered due to the introduction of another substitute.
The case deals with two major transformational organisational changes that take place within a span of 5 years in Marconi PLC. The first change process was under the leadership of Lord Simpson who took over this large diversified conglomerate in 1996 when the company was in a mature phase, already in decline. The company was under performing, had a rigid structure, lacked a clear vision and the employees had become change averse and complacent. To recharge the company Lord Simpson lead a change process with a clear vision with a growth oriented strategy, acquisition and a cultural change process for the employees. To motivate the employers to embrace the cultural change he introduced an attractive stock option plan.
My current facility does not have huddles. However, in my previous clinical facility, I have been invited to observe a department huddle and multidisciplinary rounding. Huddles enable team to have short briefings so that all members will be informed and updated, review work, make plans, and implement actions efficiently. It is a great way to talk about things that matter to the team as well as the patients. I also noticed that huddles make a good opportunity to break down barriers to know each member especially those who are new to the team. According to ATI, collaboration involves discussion of client care issues in making health care decisions, especially for clients with multiple issues (2013). The specialized knowledge and skills of each
As correspondence and data ventures speedier and quicker, the world appears more diminutive and littler, and this has vast suggestions for the way we lead business. Putting away vital in records on a workstation instead of in drawers, for example, has made data effortlessly open. Utilizing email permits organizations to convey and send these documents rapidly to remote areas outside of an office.
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other manager for this team could go under. The director decided to make the change as the business has aligned perfect which was exactly what the director was hoping for.
In 1999, Andrew Leonard wrote the article on “We’ve Got Mail. Always”. The author’s main purpose of writing is to explain to internet users, the positive and negative effects of email and other relatively new forms of online communication. The author used different examples, stories and statistics to support the main ideas.
Hopefully the majority of the employees will be able to understand what is driving the proposal and accept it as a necessary measure that will help stabilize the company. It is likely that not everyone will be open to the proposal and it could foster some resentment from various employees. This may be a necessary evil given the situation but it is believed that on the