Assignment, if you accept it, must be a report to Howard Schlotzheimer explaining the changes you suggest and why in a minimum of 4 pages, maximum of 8 pages, double spaced, cover page and reference pages are required and they don't count for required written pages.

Final Case Study XYZ Company XYZ Company was a family owned business that has produced Widgets since 1970 . Howard Schlotzheimer started the business with his brother Jim, his brother-in-law Thomas, and 3 more employees. Now the business has 100 employees. Howard is the CEO/President, Jim is the Chief Financial Officer and Thomas is the Operations Chief. The company has a mechanistic, top down structure prevalent in large product producing organizations created in the 1970's. Spans of control at XYZ are typically 3 to 5 employees per supervisor. About 20 years ago, Howard went public with the business, and he now owns 51% of the stock, which keeps he and his brothers completely in control of the business. Howard and his brothers have been making all of the business decisions for the business and are very proud of their success. While the first 40 years have been extremely profitable, there has been a rapid increase in competitors in the last 10 years, which has lowered their market share from 80% to 40% ( XYZ used to sell 80% of all widgets made in the world, now it has been reduced to only 40% ). The new competitors are offering a wider range of Widgets for a lower price. Howard and his brothers want to put a new, Micro-Widget into production, because they believe the smaller version will once again put them at the top of Widget producers. Howard and his brothers are having a problem with their work force. There has been a dramatic increase in sick leave, work related injuries (several of them stress related), tardiness and resignations. Those employees that are staying with the company are complaining about low wages and the fact that the sales personnel and top management make too much money (there have been no raises for 2 years for the production employees due to the loss of revenue to other competitors). The workforce is threatening to unionize and/or go on strike (a work shut down). XYZ is also having difficulties between Divisions in the company. The Sales Department is constantly complaining about the Operations Department not producing enough widgets to keep up with their orders, so orders are arriving up to 60 days late. The Sales Department is also complaining about the Research and Development Department having them market new products, but the few of the new products are making it past the Quality Control Department to make it to the production line. Entering a new product, and making the significant changes necessary to turn the company around will be very difficult, if not impossible, with the current work environment. You are known world-wide for your exceptional consulting skills with organizations who are having difficulty with their workforce. The Schlotzheimers have hired you to tell them what to do to tum their company around. Use your Organizational Behavior and Management textbook and any other resources you need to give the Schlotzheimers your best advice on how to change their leadership, improve morale/motivation of the workforce, change the organizational structure for greatest efficiency, improve teamwork, manage conflict, manage the needed changes and innovations, and most of all change the culture of XYZ Corporation to remain competitive in the widget industry. Your end goal is to help XYZ Corporation get the new MicroWidget to market in the most efficient manner. You assignment, if you accept it, must be a report to Howard Schlotzheimer explaining the changes you suggest and why in a minimum of 4 pages, maximum of 8 pages, double spaced, cover page and reference pages are required and they don't count for required written pages. Final Case Study XYZ Company XYZ Company was a family owned business that has produced Widgets since 1970 . Howard Schlotzheimer started the business with his brother Jim, his brother-in-law Thomas, and 3 more employees. Now the business has 100 employees. Howard is the CEO/President, Jim is the Chief Financial Officer and Thomas is the Operations Chief. The company has a mechanistic, top down structure prevalent in large product producing organizations created in the 1970's. Spans of control at XYZ are typically 3 to 5 employees per supervisor. About 20 years ago, Howard went public with the business, and he now owns 51% of the stock, which keeps he and his brothers completely in control of the business. Howard and his brothers have been making all of the business decisions for the business and are very proud of their success. While the first 40 years have been extremely profitable, there has been a rapid increase in competitors in the last 10 years, which has lowered their market share from 80% to 40% ( XYZ used to sell 80% of all widgets made in the world, now it has been reduced to only 40% ). The new competitors are offering a wider range of Widgets for a lower price. Howard and his brothers want to put a new, Micro-Widget into production, because they believe the smaller version will once again put them at the top of Widget producers. Howard and his brothers are having a problem with their work force. There has been a dramatic increase in sick leave, work related injuries (several of them stress related), tardiness and resignations. Those employees that are staying with the company are complaining about low wages and the fact that the sales personnel and top management make too much money (there have been no raises for 2 years for the production employees due to the loss of revenue to other competitors). The workforce is threatening to unionize and/or go on strike (a work shut down). XYZ is also having difficulties between Divisions in the company. The Sales Department is constantly complaining about the Operations Department not producing enough widgets to keep up with their orders, so orders are arriving up to 60 days late. The Sales Department is also complaining about the Research and Development Department having them market new products, but the few of the new products are making it past the Quality Control Department to make it to the production line. Entering a new product, and making the significant changes necessary to turn the company around will be very difficult, if not impossible, with the current work environment. You are known world-wide for your exceptional consulting skills with organizations who are having difficulty with their workforce. The Schlotzheimers have hired you to tell them what to do to tum their company around. Use your Organizational Behavior and Management textbook and any other resources you need to give the Schlotzheimers your best advice on how to change their leadership, improve morale/motivation of the workforce, change the organizational structure for greatest efficiency, improve teamwork, manage conflict, manage the needed changes and innovations, and most of all change the culture of XYZ Corporation to remain competitive in the widget industry. Your end goal is to help XYZ Corporation get the new MicroWidget to market in the most efficient manner. You assignment, if you accept it, must be a report to Howard Schlotzheimer explaining the changes you suggest and why in a minimum of 4 pages, maximum of 8 pages, double spaced, cover page and reference pages are required and they don't count for required written pages