Case Study 11: Organizational Change and Conflicting Values

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CASE STUDY 11
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CASE STUDY 11
Case discussion activity for Topic 11 (Organizational Change)
Case name: Welcome aboard (But don’t change a thing)
In the case study, Cheryl who has recently taken over as the head of the company is
being faced by a large number of problems, a major share of which relates to the lack of
support from the different members of the organization (Waddell et al., 2016). Moreover, her
thinking differs to a great extent from the thinking of the organization whereby she wants to
adopt a rather aggressive growth strategy and in the same manner, the organization is quite
comfortable with the slow-paced growth rate and hence, there seems to be a clash of various
values in the organization (Youtube.com. , 2018). Some of them have been discussed as
follows:
Answer to Question 1: Conflicting values
The different conflicting values as present in the particular case study can be
described as follows:
 The growth rate adopted by Cheryl: Cheryl has envisioned various targets for
the organization through which she wants to aim to it that the organization makes use
of a steady growth and becomes a large company. However, this is being termed as
aggressive in nature by the different members of the organization.
 The growth rate as perceived by the organization: The organization is used to
a slow-paced growth and flow of work (McNult et al., 2002). Although Cheryl means
the overall benefit of the organization, however, her motive is being taken as
aggressive by the firm at large and this is the reason for their lack of cooperation.
 Leadership style of Cheryl: Although Cheryl feels the need to change, she does
not want to ensure that all the members agree to it and can be perceived to be