HRM and Change at Lion Nathan

HRM and change at Lion Nathan
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Executive summary
This report is dedicated to the investigation of the Lion Nathan problem, the fine wine Australian
producer that seeks to implement changes to become the leading wine company in the industry.
The company target to change is analyzed in the light of the theoretical reference of change
management approaches of Lewin and Kotter. The transactional leadership theory is analyzed
and applied to the Lion Nathan case. The stakeholders are investigated and recommendations are
provided.

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Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................................3
First: Problems identification.......................................................................................................3
Second: Change management theory to explain why the problems have arisen.....................4
Third: Recommendations.............................................................................................................8
Conclusions.....................................................................................................................................9
References.....................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Change management is the systematic process that organizations adopt to managing changes
when dealing with employees and resources. Effective change management should control the
process by enabling employees to positively accept the change. Achieving effective and
sustainable change management requires flexibility and collective efforts in transforming the
organization from the status quo to the new desired situation. Currently, change management is
considered an essential process at all types of organizations and an opportunity to develop its
performance, productivity and profits. Organizations choose to make changes or they are
enforced to implement change. Managing organizational change is possible if the change leaders
take place and play an effective role in influencing the employees to adapt to the change process
and avoid their resistance to change. High resistance to change and uncommitted management
may cause the change process to fail and the organization to lose resources (Al-Ali, et al.,
2017) (Comuzzi & Parhizkar, 2017).
Contemporary organizations focus on processes, areas of responsibility and reporting to help
organization constantly update their information about the environmental changes. The business
environment is driven by competition, technological development and changing customer
preferences. Managers should redefine the organizations' objectives and operations in order to
effectively and timely response to environmental change (Kilkelly, 2014).
The following section investigates the problem of Lion Nathan the fine wine Australian
producer. The company target to change is analyzed in the light of the theoretical reference of
change management approaches of Lewin and Kotter. The transactional leadership theory is
analyzed and applied to the Lion Nathan case. The stakeholders are investigated and
recommendations are provided.
First: Problems identification
Lion Nathan is an alcoholic beverage company that wants to become a market leader company in
the industry in Australia. This ambitious target requires organizational change on the cultural,
leadership, strategic and employees' levels. The company management is required to implement
cultural changes to be able to achieve its strategic goals. The leadership development initiatives
included the necessity of senior leaders to switch from command and control leadership style to
coaching and results-oriented style. The HR strategies should be aligned with the organization