Haworth Asia Pacific and China:Leading Strategic Change
Code
CC-303-023
Date
2003
Industry
Consumer Goods & Services
Length
17Pages
Author(s)
William H. Mobley
Language
Chinese, English
Company
Haworth
Source
CEIBS
Discipline
Leadership & Change Management,Human Resource Management & Organization Behavior
Key Words
Organisational change; Organisational culture; Leadership; Strategy; Human resources
Description
Haworth Furniture, a privately held company, was among the global leaders in the office furniture business. As the Vice-president and General Manager of Haworth Asia Pacific, Frank Rexach was faced with the challenge of leading through a series of changes: moving the Asia Pacific headquarters from Hong Kong to Shanghai; integrating Marketing into Operations in the plant; localizing product development and production; building a cohesive and high-performing regional management team. Frank was about to formulate the short- and long-term plans for further change and development, what should he include in the plan? Students may approach the case with various strategic organizational change and development models and/or from the perspective of various leadership models.
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