Strategic Organization Development Plan for ABC International Pty Ltd

This report presents an organizational development plan for ABC International Pty Ltd, a beauty product company facing challenges such as low productivity and loss of senior executives. The plan focuses on restructuring management, upgrading the communication framework with IT management systems, and improving overall performance. Key objectives include creating a productive environment through managerial changes, optimizing enterprise performance via better infrastructure and technology, achieving target revenue, and increasing profitability. The plan involves key stakeholders like the board of directors and the IT governance department, and emphasizes strategic priorities such as enhancing productivity and implementing technology to improve production processes. The implementation strategy includes management changes followed by infrastructural development, with a six-month timeframe for completion. Effective communication, cost benefits analysis, training plans, and monthly progress reviews are also outlined to ensure the successful realization of the company's growth opportunities. Desklib provides access to this and similar solved assignments for students.

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Executive Summary
The report has focused on providing an effective organizational development plan for a
company named ABC International Pty Ltd. In order to develop into enterprises with
sustainable productivity and performance organizations have to focus on change from time to
time. The various factors that can influence change have been discussed through the study.
The essential aspects of organizational development have been systematically analyzed in the
context of a growing business venture. The implications of the study have pointed towards a
healthy developmental position for the company.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Purpose.......................................................................................................................................3
Goals and objectives..................................................................................................................3
Key Stakeholders.......................................................................................................................4
Organizational environment.......................................................................................................4
Strategic priorities......................................................................................................................4
Strategy implementation............................................................................................................5
Communication..........................................................................................................................5
Cost benefits...............................................................................................................................5
Training Plan..............................................................................................................................6
Review of plan...........................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The report is focused on ABC International Pty Limited that is facing a challenge of
low productivity currently. The strategic priorities that the organization has decided to focus
on are, restructuring the management and change some crucial hierarchies to ensure optimal
utilization of human capital. Secondly, the existing communication framework has to be
upgraded to employ high performance IT management systems to increase productivity. The
two main focus area of organization strategy have to be analyzed in the context of
organizational development.
Purpose
At this point in time the company has been affected due to the departure of two senior
executives from the management and the failure to tackle competitive pressures. Enhancing
the management within an organization according to changes often requires crucial
restructuring of the management of organizations (Thompson 2017). If the management is
restructured, they will also need to be complemented by advanced and innovative IT
management systems for which there is also a need for better technology implementation and
maintenance (Cummings and Worley 2014).
Goals and objectives
 To create an environment of productivity through the changes in managerial positions
and job roles
 To ensure the optimal performance of the enterprise through the introduction of better
infrastructure, resource management, maintenance and communication technologies

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 To ensure the achievement of target revenue through the utilization of better
management and technological infrastructure
 To increase profitability levels to normal through gradual growth strategies
Key Stakeholders
The key stakeholders in the planning process will be the board of directors. They will
take all the necessary decisions with regards to the changes in management structure of the
company. The IT governance department will be an essential stakeholder as they will provide
reports and coordinate with the higher management (Bartunek and Woodman 2015). The IT
technology suppliers will be essential stakeholders for providing the latest in IT infrastructure
and install the same in the organization.
Organizational environment
Organization should at first create an environment that will be helpful towards
implementing the necessary changes. The staffs need to maintain effective levels of
cooperation. The process can take time, thus, it is important that the lower level managers and
assistant managers do their duty diligently during the time of the changes. The production can
be lowered for a certain amount of time as the hierarchical changes can otherwise affect
production.
Strategic priorities
The main identified problems are better competitor products, loss of experienced
management personnel and low revenue. Strategic planning theories focus on achieving the
ends (Bushe and Marshak 2018). Thus, the priority of the new management structure will be
to enhance productivity across all levels of the operations. The implementation of technology

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will be done in order to improve all functional elements of the production processes. Better
coordination of the new management complemented by technology can increase productivity.
Strategy implementation
The board of directors will first be taking part in the decision making for
implementation of the changes in management structure of the organization. The first change
implementation will be the management change. The infrastructural development will be
done after consulting the employees with new job roles and the IT governance department
(Burke 2017). A 6 months initial time frame will be decided for the complete changes to take
place.
Communication
The communication processes will have to be effectively handled by the Melbourne
office as it is the headquarters. The communication processes will have to be continuously
maintained in order to effectively see through the implementation. It is important that optimal
levels of communication are maintained across all the levels of the organizational
frameworks. The departments that will be crucially affected by the restructuring of the
management need to be guided through special communication (Alvesson and Sveningsson
2015).
Cost benefits
The restructuring of the organization will be focused towards merging the existing
teams into larger teams. The infrastructural change will be aimed towards better management,
utilization and allocation of resources. The current cost of production for the company is

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around 20 Million Australian dollars. The implementation of changes if effectively done will
lower the cost of production to 15 Million Australian dollars.
Training Plan
The training plan will be systematically organized. The primary training will e given
to the managers that will be given the new job roles. The training process will thoroughly
cover all the new areas that the job roles of managers will focus on as a result of the
restructuring process. Moving forward, the training for the operations teams will be arranged
and given out. The staffs will be given effective directives in regards to their future roles.
Review of plan
The plan will be reviewed through monthly progress reports. The reports will then be
compared with the estimated growth figures. The managers with new roles will be
individually assessed. The technological elements will be assessed according to the feasibility
of operations.
Conclusion
The systematic implementation of the plan can provide the company with better
growth opportunities in the future. However, the plan should be implemented on a systematic
priority basis. Only through the effective gradual realization of goals the company will be
able to bounce back an continue on the path of further business growth.

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References
Alvesson, M. and Sveningsson, S., 2015. Changing organizational culture: Cultural change
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Bartunek, J.M. and Woodman, R.W., 2015. Beyond Lewin: Toward a temporal
approximation of organization development and change.
Burke, W.W., 2017. Organization change: Theory and practice. Sage Publications.
Bushe, G.R. and Marshak, R.J., 2018. Valuing both the journey and the destination in
organization development. In Enacting Values-Based Change (pp. 87-97). Palgrave
Macmillan, Cham.
Cummings, T.G. and Worley, C.G., 2014. Organization development and change. Cengage
learning.
Thompson, J.D., 2017. Organizations in action: Social science bases of administrative theory.
Routledge.