Organizational Development

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Organizational Development

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Introduction/Overview of the Case

• The case study B.R. Richardson Timber
  Products Corporation is all about a lamination
  plant of B.R. Richardson Timber Products
  Corporation which is located in Papoose, Oregon.
  According to the case study, it was determined by
  the management of the B.R. Richardson Timber
  Products Corporation that there was for an
  organizational change in the organization and for
  the same it was decided to approach Jack Lawler
  who was a consultant and a management trainer.
  There was an issue of low morale associated with
  the lamination plan that needed to be addressed.
  Apart from this, there was one more issue with
  the organization, and that was the authoritative
  plant manager.

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Introduction/Overview of the Case

• Answer1 there were some major issues at
  B.R. Richardson Timber Products Corporation about
  organizational change and development. One of the
  major issues was the authoritative style of
  management. The management determines the
  policies and procedures, goals, and controls the
  entire activities without consulting with the
  subordinates. The management was also reluctant
  to invest in the technology to upgrade the
  machinery and technology of the organization.
  With the help of outdated technology, the
  workforce was unable to increase the level of
  productivity, but the management wanted to
  increase the production and productivity.

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Introduction/Overview of the Casees

• Answer2 there are some interventions
  available to the B.R. Richardson Timber Products
  Corporation to solve the identified issues. One
  of the major issues is the culture of the
  organization which was demotivating and lowering
  the level of morale of the employees. Therefore,
  the first intervention to solve the problems is
  to have strong organizational culture. The
  culture of the organization is a key to success.
  Strong and healthy organizational culture is
  necessary to boost up the level of morale and
  motivation of the employees which induce the
  employees to achieve the goals of the
  organization (Howard et al., 2015). A culture is
  a system of shared values, believes, and
  behavioral norms. .

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Introduction/Overview of the Casees

• Answer3 the most important intervention that
  should be implemented in the organization is
  healthy organizational culture. A healthy
  organizational culture might solve most of the
  issues of the organization. First of all, healthy
  organizational culture is necessary to boost up
  the level of motivation and morale of the
  employees. The level of motivation and morale of
  the employees should be high because it induces
  employees to perform better and achieve the
  target within the given time (Howard et al.,
  2016). Healthy organizational culture also
  ensures proper and open communication in the
  organization. Proper and open communication is
  very important in the organization.

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Introduction/Overview of the Casees

• Answer4 to implement strategy successfully
  we need to take some actions. The following are
  the actions that are necessary to implement the
  recommended strategy, i.e., a healthy
  organizational culture (Ingelsson et al., 2016).
• The first and foremost action that needs to
  be taken to ensure healthy corporate culture is
  to establish proper and open communication in the
  organization. As we know that the proper
  communication is one of the most important
  factors for the success of any organization.
  Communication facilitates the flow of information
  from top to bottom and from the bottom to the
  top. The flow of information is necessary to
  ensure that all the employees are aware of any
  changes in the policy and procedure in the
  organization. All these things are necessary for
  healthy organizational culture.
• The second step or action to implement
  healthy organizational culture is to establish a
  system to encourage and motivate the employees to
  perform better. The motivated employees always
  perform better and always ready to face
  challenges. They also cooperate with the
  management in tough time to achieve the target.

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References

• Woody, J. (2014). B.R. Richardson Timber
  Product Corporation. Retrieved 15 January 2018,
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