A CEO' s Decision-Making Actions for Organization Transitions
Concepts in this unit cover personal factors, environmental characteristics (technological change, globalization, emerging employment relationships), individual challenges, and group or team satisfaction.
Assume you are the CEO of a bicycle manufacturing company that has been acquired in a hostile takeover by a competing firm. You have been retained as the CEO of the acquired company to ensure the transition goes smoothly. Your challenges are to reduce the cost of manufacturing, cut staff, and integrate the parent-company's employees into your division. From an organizational behavior perspective, outline and explain your decision-making actions regarding the areas listed below:
Employee relationships and integration
Technological changes
Globalization
Retention of employee talent.
Your essay must be at least two pages in length and be double-spaced. Include an introduction, and use at least one source from the CSU Online Library to support your essay. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must adhere to APA protocols.
Must be submitted by 10:30PM EST.
Must be under 20% plagiarized or else you get a zero.
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In most cases, the takeover of a company creates a volatile situation. If transitioning of ownership is not well handled, it leads to destabilization of the company, resulting in losses and sometimes, even closure. A transition that is well-handled can lead the company into potentially performing better than it did with the previous management. Thus, the decisions the C.E.O makes are important as they are what determines how the organization transitions.
Employee relationships and Integration.
One of the challenges that need addressing is the cutting of the old staff members and integrating new staff members from the parent company. Cutting staff is a difficult task. Finding the right people to lay off is key. Positions that are negligible and considered as dead weight are key areas where the employees should be laid off. Employees with poor performance ratings can also be laid off, which will help improve the organization’s efficiency.
Integrating the new employees would be a simpler task. Finding the right employees from the parent company would be key. For successful integration, existing employees will be assigned to train them on their roles and to ensure that they are well acquainted with the new workspace.
Technological changes
Technology has changed at an astronomical pace. For organizations, it has made the process of manufacturing simpler and much cheaper. Implementing technology that specializes in the monotonous aspects of bicycle manufacturing will lead to efficiency and effectiveness in the production process. The integration would help in cutting down staff. Technology is also beneficial in that it cuts on the cost of production, thus increasing the profit margins (Taylor & Helfat, 2009).
Globalization
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