An Analysis of Organizational Change Management at Lion Nathan

This report provides an analysis of organizational change management challenges faced by Lion Nathan. It begins by identifying internal and external issues, particularly those related to transformational leadership and cultural shifts. The paper then examines these issues through a theoretical lens, highlighting problems in employee training, retention, and recruitment. The analysis uses Kotter's 8-step change model to understand the leadership changes. Possible solutions are explored, focusing on leadership development, employee recruitment strategies, and the implementation of a clear change vision. The report suggests specific recommendations, including the use of Kotter’s model to address leadership challenges, improve employee engagement, and enhance organizational performance by aligning employee goals with the company's mission. The report emphasizes the importance of a clear vision, communication, and addressing obstacles to ensure successful change management within Lion Nathan.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The following paper attempts a discussion on the various issues that are faced by Lion Nathan.
The paper opens with a discussion on the issues that are faced by the company and proceeds to
analyze the issues in terms of the theoretical perspectives within the given organization. The
paper further implores to discuss the various plausible solutions that might be provided in this
case and thereafter provides the best possible solution that would help in the development of the
concerned organization within the given organization.

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
Issues................................................................................................................................3
Analysis for the issue.......................................................................................................5
Possible solutions.............................................................................................................6
Recommendations................................................................................................................9
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................10
References and Bibliography.............................................................................................11

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Introduction
The company in discussion faces a greater challenge in terms of the various issues that
are implemented in the internal matters of the organization as well as the external factors that
influence the company. The major internal factors that are related to the implementation of the
changes within the organization refer to the issues in the change of the cultural aspects within the
given organization. The organization in discussion, Lion Nathan, is known to have been
implementing the changes in the transformational leadership that is presented within the given
organization. The majority of the issues that are implemented within the organization refer to the
issues that are related to the development of the training procedures that are implemented by the
company as well as the other factors that are related to the issues of the development and the
retention of the employees within the given organization as well. The following paper attempts a
discussion on the various issues that are faced by Lion Nathan. The paper opens with a
discussion on the issues that are faced by the company and proceeds to analyze the issues in
terms of the theoretical perspectives within the given organization. The paper further implores to
discuss the various plausible solutions that might be provided in this case and thereafter provides
the best possible solution that would help in the development of the concerned organization
within the given organization.
Issues
The major issues that are found to have been taking place within the given organization
refer to the development of the changes in the cultural aspects as have been implemented within
the given company. The company in discussion faces a greater challenge in terms of the various
issues that are implemented in the internal matters of the organization as well as the external
factors that influence the company. The major internal factors that are related to the

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implementation of the changes within the organization refer to the issues in the change of the
cultural aspects within the given organization. The organization in discussion, Lion Nathan, is
known to have been implementing the changes in the transformational leadership that is
presented within the given organization. The company in discussion, Lion Nathan faces issues
due to the changes in the transformational leadership as is demonstrated by the members who
have been serving the workforce of the company at the various levels within the organization.
The company has been facing issues in the development of the organizational performance in the
given market due to the changes that are faced by the organization in the matters of the
leadership that are presented within the given workforce. The majority of the issues that are
implemented within the given organization refer to the various factors that are related to the
development of the issues in the organizational performance. The company faces issues in the
matter that are related to the performance of the employees of the organization in terms of the
issues that are maintained within the organization. The company further faces issues due to the
development of the issues that are faced by the organization in discussion, Lion Nathan. The
major issues that are faced by the company in terms of internal factors refer to the issues that are
related to the recruitment of the employees within the given organization. The majority of the
issues that are implemented within the organization refer to the issues that are related to the
development of the training procedures that are implemented by the company as well as the other
factors that are related to the issues of the development and the retention of the employees
within the given organization as well. The organization has further been facing the issues in
relation to the factors that are implemented in the matters of the recruitment and the training of
the employees within the given organizational settings. The company has been facing issues in
the development of the transformational changes that were incorporated by the concerned

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management of the organization. The leadership style within the organization also faced certain
issues due to the changes that had to be brought in to the concerned organization. This has
further led to the implementation of the issues in the overall operations within the company. This
further affects the development of the external operations of the company as well thereby leading
to the effects on the competitive advantage that is presented to the firm in the given markets.
Analysis for the issue
The major causes for the issue refer to the factors that are related to the development of
the leadership within the company. The major issues that have been presented within the given
organization refer to the changes in the transformational leadership as is demonstrated by the
members who have been serving the workforce of the company at the various levels within the
organization. The company has been facing issues in the development of the organizational
performance in the given market due to the changes that are faced by the organization in the
matters of the leadership that are presented within the given workforce. The implementation of
these issues within the concerned organization refer to the issues that are faced by the
organization in the matters that are related to the changes in the leadership pattern as is
maintained within the given organization.
The changes that are being faced by the company might be highlighted through the
Kotter’s 8-step model. The major issues that are being faced by Lion Nathan relate to the
changes in the leadership within the organization. The changes in the leadership pattern within
the organization tends to deal with the issues that are related to the changes in the performance
patterns that are presented within the organization. The company further faces issues that are
implemented within the organization in terms of the recruitment strategies within the company.
The recruitment strategies that are implemented within the organization have been found to pose

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issues in the matters that are related to the development of the overall performance of the
organization. The recruitment strategies that are undertaken by the organization in discussion,
Lion Nathan refers to the recruitment of the members who might work in alignment with the
organizational missions and the visions that have been set by the concerned management of the
company. The recruitment of the concerned employees within the organization should be
followed by the proper training of the employees of the organization in order to meet the various
missions and the visions that have been set by the organization. The company has been facing
issues due to the non-alignment of the employees to the goals that have been set by the
organization. These in turn affect the concerned organizational performance which creates the
extreme need for the implementation of the changes within the organization.
The major internal factors that are related to the implementation of the changes within the
organization refer to the issues in the change of the cultural aspects within the given
organization. The organization has further been facing the issues in relation to the factors that are
implemented in the matters of the recruitment and the training of the employees within the given
organizational settings. The company has been facing issues in the development of the
transformational changes that were incorporated by the concerned management of the
organization. This in turn has been dealing with the issues that are presented in terms of the
employee retention within the company and the development of the issues that are presented
within the given organization in terms of the alignment of the job roles of the company in the
given organization.
Possible solutions
The given organization in discussion, Lion Nathan, might implement certain strategies
that are related to the development of the leadership within the given organization. The company

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might further proceed to deal with the development of the issues that are related to the
incorporation of the employees within the organization in order to develop the issues within the
organization as well.
 Leadership issues
The issues that are faced by the leadership within the organization might be revised on
the basis of the issues that have been faced by the organization. The organization in
discussion might be advised to implement the Kotter’s 8-step change model. The change
model as implemented within the organization would help in the development of the
issues that are related to the implementation of the proper leadership within the
organization. The model attempts a creation of the urgency within the given organization
for the implementation of the changes within the organization. This helps in the increase
of the employee engagement within the organization. This in turn would help in the
development of the initiatives that are undertaken by the organization in the development
of the changes within the organization as well (Salman and Broten, 2017). The
organizational management might thereafter be advised to convince the workforce
members regarding the utility of the changes that are implemented within the
organization as well. This in turn would help in the development of the engagement of
the employees of the organization in terms of the development in the leadership within
the company as well. The third step in the development of the issues that are presented
within the given organization refer to the creation of the change vision that is
implemented within the organization refer to the issues that are related to the creation of
the proper vision for the required changes within the organization (Small et al., 2016).
The implementation of the issues that are related to the development of the ways in which

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the change might be adopted and implemented within the organization. The proper clear
vision will help the concerned organization to deal with the issues that are presented due
to the implementation of the changes that are required for the development of the overall
performance of the organization in discussion (Fourman et al., 2016). The vision
thereafter needs to be communicated to the other members of the organizational
workforce that is implemented within the organization (Hornstein, 2015). The next step
within the process refers to the removal of the obstacles that are present within the ways
of the organization as well as helps in the development of the issues within the
organization as well (Calegari, Sibley and Turner, 2015). The company is thereafter
advised to deal with the creation of the short time wins within the organization. This
would help in motivating the employees of the organization in dealing with the
organizational goals that have been set by the management (Das, 2019). The changes
should then be built on the development of the given organizational management as well
as the employee performance of the organization. The last step of the model would be the
anchorage of the changes within the given organization (Mount and Anderson, 2015).
This would help in the development of the organization within the given are as well as in
the development of the employee engagement within the given organizations.
 Recruitment of the employees
The company might be advised to deal in the recruitment of the proper and the capable
employees within the organization. This in turn would lead to the increase in the given
workforce of the organization and thereby lead to the development in the overall
development of the given organization as well.
 Motivation of the employees

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The employees of the organization would also be needed to be motivated to deliver better
performance to the organization. The motivated nature of the employees of the
organization tends to deal with the betterment of the services that the employees offer to
the organization as well.
Recommendations
The company in discussion faces a greater challenge in terms of the various issues that
are implemented in the internal matters of the organization as well as the external factors that
influence the company. The major internal factors that are related to the implementation of the
changes within the organization refer to the issues in the change of the cultural aspects within the
given organization. The organization in discussion, Lion Nathan, is known to have been
implementing the changes in the transformational leadership that is presented within the given
organization. The company in discussion, Lion Nathan faces issues due to the changes in the
transformational leadership as is demonstrated by the members who have been serving the
workforce of the company at the various levels within the organization. The organization in
discussion might be advised to implement the Kotter’s 8-step change model. The change model
as implemented within the organization would help in the development of the issues that are
related to the implementation of the proper leadership within the organization. The model
attempts a creation of the urgency within the given organization for the implementation of the
changes within the organization. This helps in the increase of the employee engagement within
the organization. The company is thereafter advised to deal with the creation of the short time
wins within the organization. This would help in motivating the employees of the organization in
dealing with the organizational goals that have been set by the management. The changes should
then be built on the development of the given organizational management as well as the

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employee performance of the organization. The last step of the model would be the anchorage of
the changes within the given organization. The implementation of these changes within the
organization would lead to the increase in the given workforce of the organization and thereby
lead to the development in the overall development of the given organization as well. This in
turn would lead to the development of the changes within the organization in terms of the
employee engagement of the company as well as the implementation of the proper leadership
within the company.
Conclusion
Thus, from the above discussion it might safely be opined that the company needs to
implement the change in order to put forth proper development within the given market. The
recruitment strategies that are implemented within the organization have been found to pose
issues in the matters that are related to the development of the overall performance of the
organization. The recruitment strategies that are undertaken by the organization in discussion,
Lion Nathan refers to the recruitment of the members who might work in alignment with the
organizational missions and the visions that have been set by the concerned management of the
company. The recruitment of the concerned employees within the organization should be
followed by the proper training of the employees of the organization in order to meet the various
missions and the visions that have been set by the organization. The major internal factors that
are related to the implementation of the changes within the organization refer to the issues in the
change of the cultural aspects within the given organization. The organization has further been
facing the issues in relation to the factors that are implemented in the matters of the recruitment
and the training of the employees within the given organizational settings. The change model as
implemented within the organization would help in the development of the issues that are related

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to the implementation of the proper leadership within the organization. The model attempts a
creation of the urgency within the given organization for the implementation of the changes
within the organization. This helps in the increase of the employee engagement within the
organization. The company is thereafter advised to deal with the creation of the short time wins
within the organization.

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