Select a multinational company that you admire for its success and reputation. 1. Name the company, its location, the industry, the company's product//services and describe the company's Mission, Vision, Values and Culture. 2. This company is planning to expand into a new country which has tremendous business potential and would like to set up a manufacturing plant there. Assume the foreign country, imagine it has been hit by Covid and is under lockdown for the next two months. Explain in detail on change management platform the possible cultural, ethical, legal, technological and other challenges that the company could face and sequentially how should it overcome them? 3. You have been appointed as General Manager to head the company's manufacturing Operations, based in the capital of the foreign country, and will be leading a cross cultural, cross functional management team comprising of Manager Production (from Canada, male 35 years), Manager Finance (from India, female 45 years), Manager HR (a local from the country, male 50 years), Manager Supply Chain (from Germany, male 60 years). Explain in detail on Leadership in Change Management how you will coordinate,

collaborate, delegate, direct and lead operations bringing certainty, stability and overall effectiveness and efficiency. 3.1 What personality traits should each of these managers possess in order to perform their respective jobs. Explain in detail how the specific traits of each person will enable that person to do his/her job better on change management. 3.2 Elaborate the challenges that you will face in communicating with each of these managers. What would be the purpose of dynamic communication, the means and channels of communication? 4. As the company's manufacturing plant going to employ local force on change management explain the importance of significant budgeting on training and development and outcome, cultural sensitivity integration, workplace diversity, organic reporting structures, productivity and profitability in overall operations Note: Write your answers specific to the selected company, its home country and the foreign country it is expanding into. Apply the concepts studied in the course to this company. Do not write general answers.