Student 13891; MBA (Project Management)
Module: Managing Change in Organizations
Date for Submission: 25 April 2011
Word Count: 3690
Contents Page
Organization’s brief description
Main drivers for change and key management objectives
Action plan
Managing the change Implementation process
Change process assessment
Further related changes
Bibliography
Organization’s brief description
Kia Motors Company was founded in South Korea on June 9, 1944 as a manufacturer of steel tubing and bicycle parts by hand. Kia Motors Corporation is Korea 's oldest manufacturer of motor vehicles and it produces over 1.5 million vehicles a year. There are 13 manufacturing and assembly operations in eight countries producing vehicles which are then sold and serviced through a network of distributors and dealers covering 172 countries. Kia today has over 42,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues of over US$14.6 billion. Kia Motors Corporation 's brand slogan is "The Power to Surprise” (Kia website www.kia.com).
The word Kia is derived from the Korean words and it means “to arise to the world out of Asia”.
“Kia Motors Armenia” CJSC was founded in 2006 and signed a distributorship agreement with Kia Motors Corporation and became one of the leading auto importers in the Republic of Armenia. Kia Motors Armenia is the official and exclusive distributor of Kia Motors Corporation in Armenia and the vehicles are imported directly from the Republic of Korea. It has both a showroom and a service department for repairs after sales. When first founded, Kia Motors Armenia adopted a strategy for their company which states: “safe and quality cars for reasonable prices” (Kia Motors Armenia website www.kia.am).
Main drivers for change and key management objectives
Kia Motors Armenia has been undergoing many changes since August 2010. Below I will state the reasons that led to these changes and the process of the
Bibliography: Organization’s brief description Kia Motors Company was founded in South Korea on June 9, 1944 as a manufacturer of steel tubing and bicycle parts by hand