Amalgamated Laboratory

Team dynamics in the middle of change
Ch 6, 7, 8, 9: Organizational diagnosis, action planning & leadership Laurier Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University, or [email protected] Jessica Casserra’s Taskforce: Hospital Integration in the Region of Erie Leading a taskforce to integrate medical services

Ch 6, 7: Resistance to change, action planning
Laurier Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University or [email protected] Oshawa Industries
Young engineer appointed manager of a poorly performing, small auto parts plant in a larger auto parts firm Ch 7, 8, 9, 10: Action planning, measurement, change leadership Laurier Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University or [email protected] Scarborough YMCA

Young woman with experience in the organization takes over a demoralized, poorly performing YMCA Ch 5, 6, 7, 8, 9: Organizational diagnosis, vision, action planning, measurement, change leadership – a good comprehensive case Ivey Business School

Board Games at Luterwood Coda
Change at the governance level in a not-for-profit that houses three separate and yet interconnected boards Ch 5 – 9: Another comprehensive, complex case concerning change at the board level – appropriate with more mature students [email protected]

Electronic Data Interchange and the Ontario Dental Association Attempts to advance technological change creates great backlash in a large, provincial, professional organization Ch 7, 8, 9: Recipients of change, organizational analysis, action planning Laurier Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University

Family Medical Group of Companies
New HR Director challenged to bring about structural and systemic change Ch 5 & 6: Formal and informal structures, systems and processes, change leadership Laurier Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University

Dashman Redux
New Purchasing Director charged with bringing coordination to purchasing in a decentralized firm with highly autonomous divisions Ch 4: Organizational analysis, need for change and vision for change Copyright 1988 Babson College

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Gentro
New HR Director challenged to bring about structural and systemic change to widely decentralized firm with highly autonomous divisions Ch 5 & 6: Formal and informal structures, systems and processes, action planning, change leadership Laurier Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University or [email protected] Allentown (A) (B) and (C)

New VP challenged to bring about change to a division facing major environmental changes Ch 9: Good comprehensive case. Organizational analysis, vision, action planning and implementation in a larger technical organization in a turbulent environment Harvard Business School

Alpha and Omega
Chairman and CEO announces a merger and must speak to employees at Alpha and Omega (short two page case) Ch 4: Communicating need for change and vision to recipients of change Harvard Business School

AT&T: The Dallas Works (A) and (B)
Classic case dealing with implementing change at the plant level – turnaround situation Ch 9: Action planning and implementation
Harvard Business School
Donna Dubinsky (A) & (B)
Manager at Apple caught in the middle of a major interdivisional conflict at the senior level, concerning the future direction at Apple (video available). Dubinsky went on to be one of the founding executives at Palm Ch 7: Recipient of change

Harvard Business School
Gillette Metal Fabrication

Gilette – Walt & Gilette – Jon Ball
Poorly performing metal fabrication plant has technical skills but a culture and systemic environment that motivates suboptimal performance.

We have used just the Walt version of the case with the class. Alternatively, we have also used both versions together, giving class members different versions of the case as a setup to the analysis and possible role play Ch 2 & 3: Organizational Analysis, formal and informal systems Copyright 1993, Jack Brittain, School of Management, University of Texas; In Harlan D. Platt and Marjorie B. Platt (eds), A Casebook on Corporate Renewal. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2004.

An inspection copy of this case can be obtained in the case portion of this website.

Contact Jack Brittain for permission to distribute copies to classes and for corporate training use: [email protected]