Organizational Chart

 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART!!!

Questions:

1. What type of change(s) occurred at Bayer?
2. What type of employee resistance to change did Bayer have to address?
3. What are the positive and negative lessons learned from how change was handled at Bayer?

Answers:

1. The following are the changes occurred by Bayer:

-         The plant had changed ownership in three times

-         The workforce seemed to have dissolved as fast as the analgesic tablets rolling of production down from 800-360 workers in less than a year.

-         Employees were uncertain about what it would be like to work for Bayer.

-         The plant manager post had been vacant for a while.

-         Morale among workers plummeted.

-         Job security became a running joke.

2. The Bayer management realized that employees were needed to be involved at the heart of any turnaround.

3. Because of the Bayer case, I learned that even a simple employee having a low position can really be an asset of a company.   And also, building a harmonious relationship with the employee is one of the important thing that a manager should do.

Resistance to change can be overcome by acknowledging not only the business rationale for change but also the hopes, fears and dreams of those affected, noted the change management.