LEADING CHANGE AT SIMMONS “Leading Change at Simmons” shows the importance of Organizational Behavior‚ having a culture that respects its employees and having a transformational leader who has a clear vision for the company. Problem Statement Simmons has lost three of its most important clients due to the economic depression post the 9/11 attacks. Its products are giving off unpleasant odor because of a low quality raw material supplied by one of its suppliers. Problems As one goes through
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Introduction About Simmons: Simmons‚ founded by Zalmon Gilbert Simmons‚ is a family-run company. In 1875‚ Simmons decided to change their business from wood products to woven wire mattresses‚ which contributed great profits to the company. During 1920s‚ Simmons had been an international firm with factories in Mexico City‚ London‚ and Paris‚ unusual for the era. But in 1978‚ Simmons ceased to be a family-run business. Following this switch came a succession of many owners‚ leaving Simmons unstable and
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Overriding Problem: The case mainly focuses on the challenges of implementing change programs at Simmons. There is resistance to change. (The sources of resistance are derived from both individuals and organization.) Besides the resistance to change‚ the dominant organizational culture exists within Simmons is not in consistency with the Simmons’ core organizational culture. This inconsistency further hinders the Simmons from implementing change programs smoothly. Simmons is in its toughest period
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Zefang Mika Lu Section: 81 Leading Change at Simmons (A) 1. Should Simmons implement the GGOL program? If so‚ how would you justify the $7.2 million investment to the New York investors? If not‚ why not and what would you do instead? The Great Game of Life (GGOL) was the step taken in this regard. The GGOL was a program that was designed to encourage teamwork and enhance team performance. Teams were made to perform tasks that would have
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Simmons Case Analysis Simmons should roll out the GGOL program in order to repair incongruence between the firm’s current culture and its strategy‚ as well as a misalignment between its present culture and CEO Charlie Eitel’s desired culture. The $7.2 million price tag is a substantial investment in light of the company’s +5 times EBITDA leverage ratio and will face resistance from Fenway Partners‚ the private equity shop that bought Simmons in 1998. We have identified Eitel’s sources of power
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Overview and Executive Summary In this case analysis we will discuss Organizational Behavior‚ Decision making‚ Organization’s culture‚ Diversity‚ Values and leadership behavior. Today relatively small differences in performance between companies‚ such as in the speed at which they can bring new products or services to market or in how they motivate their employee to find ways to reduce costs or improve performance‚ can combine to give one company a significant competitive advantage over another.
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Leading Change Introduction By definition‚ change means transformation‚ modification or variation. Change entails the introduction of new ideas and or ways of doing things in the organization. Mathis and Jackson argue that planning and the implementation of the same previous plans‚ is also a crucial ingredient to leading change (36; ch. 2). Change is also a shift to a new game with a new set of rules - an alteration of the status quo in an organization that impacts the work environment of
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Roper v. Simmons Argued October 13‚ 2004 – Decided March 1‚ 2005 Facts In September of 1993‚ Christopher Simmons broke into the suburban St. Louis home of Shirley Crook with the intention to rob and possibly kill her. Simmons and a friend tied the victim up with duct tape and drove her to a nearby state park. At the park‚ Simmons pushed the victim‚ who was still alive‚ off of a bridge and into the Meramec River where she drowned. Simmons was 17 years old at the time of the murder. Before
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Leading Change Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on September 13‚ 2014‚ for Samone Norsworthy’s Contemporary Leadership Challenges class. Leading Change I found an article on Forbes.com that is about a leader that led a successful change to his company and it talks about what he felt was key in doing this. The article is about a New Zealand based fertilizer company Ballance Agri-Nutrients and its executive Greg Delaney. Delaney wanted to make
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John P. Kotter’s “Leading Change” is the quintessential book for any organization looking to successfully bring about change in the workplace. As many of us know‚ change is never easy‚ but Leading Change helps by offering a plan of action. Leading Change has been used by many organizations‚ both large and small as a road map‚ to establish new policies successfully and with minimal resistance. The book offers a step by step process to introduce and successfully inplement changes. The book describes
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