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Week 2 Brainstorming Discussion: Managing the actual work environment and type of culture will be best for Virginia Meats in the future and resistance to change of the vision.
The CEO of VMI was intrigued by your vision of the role of a VMI manager facing the merger and managing change. This week he would like to see more specifics of the vision and most importantly how you plan to approach the fact the resistance to change is inevitable.
Directions:
memo to CEO CHINN that describes how the future of VMI’s workplace is affected by the following:
· Analyze how and why future automation will affect the organization both positively and negatively.
· Identify and describe the organizational structure of the company as you envision it (the types of jobs and the flow of power).
· Describe the actual work environment (physical vs. virtual).
· Identify the types of culture at work in the company and why you have selected these types (be sure to use the company profile in the answer).
· Identify potential clashes of culture you see and why (be sure to use the company profile in the answer).
· Recommend the best type of culture for VMI and why it should be the goal for VMI going forward.
· Identify the challenges that would face VMI in implementation to change (e.g. explanation of why there is resistance to change and the ways it affects the implementation of change).
· Identify strategies the OD skills a manager would need for managing resistance to change.
Current Sustainability Commitments
VMU has made three major commitments to the planet’s ecology. First, to offer the best animal care, reduce greenhouse emissions by 23% and maintainbetter than USDA food safety and quality standards. Current steps to reach these goals include:
Animal Care:
Each applicable facility to maintain a systematic program for animal care based on the North American Meat Institute’s (NAMI) RecommendedAnimal Handling Guidelines and Audit Guide
All live animal suppliers to be certified to the National Pork Board’s (NPB) Pork Quality Assurance
®
Plus (PQA
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Plus)
Complete conversion to group housing systems for pregnant sows on U.S. company-owned farms by the end of 2021
Complete conversion to group housing systems for pregnant sows on U.S. contract farms and in joint ventures worldwide by 2022
Environment:
Reduction of greenhouse emissions by 23%. Processing and reduction of plant waste through conversion to group housing for sows and the use of steamsterilization processes for food production.
Food Safety and Quality:
No incident requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recalls
Maintain the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification at all applicable facilities.
Currently, there have been no FDA recalls for the last three years and inspections have been problem-free.
Current Business Philosophy
As one of the largest worldwide producers of pork products, it is the goal of VMI to help improve its international sales. It will now look forward to twoyears as a change in business strategy is imperative to keep growing. The need for innovation and competitive edge ideas are the focus for the next twoyears. Sustainability both for-profit and planet is foremost in the minds of the leadership. The development of “green” friendly international deliverystrategies will be the main emphasis.
Current Corporate Culture
VMI has always considered its employees to be like family. They value their input in the business and seek to empower them whenever they can. Thecurrent company culture is hierarchical with a functional underpinning. The growth of the company and the need for structure and communication to
keep the global deadlines have caused the Directors to move towards a collaborative culture. They hope that the family feel of the clan culture will not belost hence the hybrid.
Organizational Structure:
This company has a functional division structure. However, within each division is a functional structure whose makeup is dependent on its purpose. Forinstance, if the branch is a meatpacking plant where slaughter takes place than its decision-making flow will follow the jobs that are part of the slaughterand packing processes. Communication and decision making still flows from the top down.
Current Organizational Structure
