Organizational Change in Lakeland Wonders

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Executive Summary:
The paper discusses a case of change management that took place in a wooden toy
manufacturing company named as Lakeland Wonders. The paper evaluates the change
approach with precise focus on different change frameworks. Apart from this, the paper
provides contextual analysis of the change, cultural analysis and stakeholder analysis. Along
with that, the paper identifies the gaps in the change initiative proposed by the CEO of the
organization, Cheryl Hailstrom and recommends suitable strategies to overcome the gaps.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................3
Organizational Overview:..........................................................................................................3
Discussion:.................................................................................................................................4
Change Theories:...................................................................................................................4
Communication to the Stakeholders:.....................................................................................5
Strength and Weakness or Gaps:............................................................................................6
Gaps:......................................................................................................................................6
Contextual Analysis:..................................................................................................................7
External Analysis:..................................................................................................................8
Internal analysis:....................................................................................................................8
Industry Analysis:..................................................................................................................9
Cultural Analysis:.......................................................................................................................9
Stakeholder Analysis:...............................................................................................................11
Leadership:...............................................................................................................................12
Recommendations:...................................................................................................................13
Conclusion:..............................................................................................................................13
References:...............................................................................................................................15

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Introduction:
The modern business world is becoming significantly competitive with entry of
multiple numbers of market competitors into the industries. Under such situation, each and
every organization is observed to strategize their business conduction in such a manner that it
enables them the desired space so that they be able to survive and concentrate on the growth
of the organization. For the modern organizations, the plan of the business expansions is
observed to be the way out under such situations (Fleisher & Bensoussan, 2015). Cameron
and Green (2015) are observed to comment that the success in the implementation of the
change is the key factor in the success of the expansion. The paper is focused in specifying
one such business case where the chosen organization is Lakeland Wonders. The paper
evaluates the change proposal that is recommended by the CEO of the organization with the
application of specific change frameworks. Apart from that the paper also discusses regarding
the implications of the change proposal and identifies gaps in it. Along with this, it provides
significant recommendation for the identified gaps.
Organizational Overview:
Lakeland Wonders was a renowned name in the wooden toy manufacturing industry
of United States. The organization was significantly famous for manufacturing high quality
wooden toys. It was observed that the organization had three plants running in Minnesota
with approximately 5000 employees working in it. The organization was experiencing some
tough time under the leadership of Cheryl Hailstrom, the Chief Executive Officer of the
organization and Mark Dawson, the senior vice president of Operations for the organization.