Let's assume that a lagging company that has been successful before, is being acquired by a bigger international company, and a new administration is taking over the company. The new administration is planning to do the following actions within the 1st six months:

Drop 3 products and services, & introduce 2 new ones.

Move from selling through wholesalers to selling only directly to contractors.

Replace half of the top Management.

Run a cultural change program in preparation for replacing the organization's

hierarchy.

Duration: Six Months

Here is the assignment for each participant:

What is the expected outcome of this actions on the organizational level? Why?

What is the expected outcome of the individual levels? Why?

Would you do the same actions? What would you have done differently? Why?