...Change Management Memo Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, which is why we are pleased to announce this major change to our corporation. Taco Bell will now be open for breakfast! Our breakfast is going to be launched started in mostly the western states and a select few states in the south that will be on a trial run. Breakfast is going to start around 9:00 o’clock a.m. and we are going to stop serving at 11:00 a.m. The main breakfast item on the menu will be breakfast burritos. Burritos will be filled with eggs, cheese, and the customer’s choice of bacon, sausage, or steak. We will be teaming up with different partners such as Cinnabon©, Seattle’s Best Coffee©, and Johnsonville©. Type of Change Involved The idea is to bring breakfast to the daily menu. Millions of customer visits different fast food restaurants to get breakfast in the mornings and with millions of dollars in profits back in 2014, the purpose is to create a new market and extend our possibilities of growing financially and create a different image that will attract a targeted number of new customers. Ever since the establishment of the company, the growth on popularity was attracted a great percentage of Male customer leaving a great number of possibilities to grow on different demographics. Not only did the menu introduce completely new tastes to the brand, but it’s also helping tap into previously hard-to-reach demographics—women in particular. “People who … may not have been attracted to Taco...
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...different readings I noted one specific passage that resonated with me due to the nature of my profession. ‘Changing Higher Education Institutions and Nonprofit Organizations’ spoke constant change in both the nonprofit and higher education sectors (Burke P. 18). As I highlighted and starred this section I knew that’s where I wanted begin the search for my voice in OD. Throughout this reading time relevance was a constant bookmark for me in understanding the thought process of the current state of OD in which ideas were being presented. I found myself jotting down the years where change occurred and what insight it brought to OD. After I noted the year I made a reference to historical events happening during that era to really get a sense of the national or even global perspective of where OD evolved. * 1939 the emergence of OD practices lay its foundation * 1940’s the birth of T-Groups to learn about human behavior * 1950’s, OD was an “intellectual crusade” and reached its peak * 1980’s OD focused on profitability and not people, saw its decline * Today is more academia focused and endless possibilities (Burnes & Cooke ) The actualization of OD for me was the emergence of T-groups. The concept of individual development and growth to bring about true change speaks to the social understanding of...
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...Memo To: Dr. No From: Student CC: Health Task Force Date: 4/19/2014 Re: Organizational Change / General Motors Apple Inc: Name of Organization: Apple Inc. Apple Company Address: 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014 Apple Telephone Number: 408-996-1010 Mission Statement Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.( drdianehamilton 2011) Overview of Apple Inc: Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings. (Apple.com/investor) When you imagine the creative process at Apple, at first you may not picture someone in HR. Or operations. Or finance. But we expect creative thinking and solutions from everyone here, no matter what their responsibilities are. Innovation takes many forms, and our people seem to find new ones every day. (Apple.com 2012) Issues at Apple Inc: The issues at Apple Incorporated varied over time from a relative incubator working in a garage developed in computers and software garnered from Xerox corporation to that of a major innovative industry player and...
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...Accounting Memo Summary BCOM/230 Accounting Memo Summary The time of an Executive is extremely valuable, thus the information you’re going to present must be equally as valuable. The information must be presented to them in a manner that is easy to understand and comprehend. This will be what they use to base they their decision on, or at least explore the possible benefits further. This summary should be started off with the same change that has greatly benefited a competitor recently. (i.e. the news about $9M in tax refunds for Macy’s) This would be enough to spark this person’s interest for sure. Then, data and figures should be provided regarding how this change would directly affect our company, not just “because someone else did it.” Be sure to list the advantages and disadvantages, to show that this has been looked at in an objective manner. Is the overall and ongoing benefit worth the cost of changing the way we account for inventory on our P&L’s? (i.e. IT work, reporting changes, legal fees for case vs. U.S., etc.) Making a change like this will have an impact on more than one department. Information like this would be most easily communicated with the use of Powerpoint slides and graphs for quick and easy analysis. This isn’t just an interoffice memo and shouldn’t have that look. It should be presented in a more formal manner. The information should be concise. If it’s too wordy, the actual point of the intended message may not get across, especially...
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...Business Writing Portfolio COM/285 November 8, 2010 Nadine Harris Part I - Business Writing Steps Business Communications 1. Managers – Memos 2. Employees – Emails 3. Retail Customers and Public – Business letter and Advertisement Part II – Portfolio Memo 123 Pine Avenue New Orleans, LA 71234 November 8, 2010 Dear Managers, Due to the recent rise in gas prices there will be a few changes in the stores operations. In order to save money, it will be in the best interest for the company to change the existing store hours. The store will now be closed on Sundays. In addition, on Monday through Saturday, stores will open an hour later and close an hour earlier. The full time employees, including managers will now be required to work four 10- hour days a week. This change will assist and benefit the company as well as help the employees save money on gas. Everyone will now have more time to spend with their families which is much deserved. With the new changes the part-time employees will consolidate all of their hours into, 1, 2 and 3 day work weeks, depending on how many hours they are scheduled to work. Also, the company has no plans for opening any new stores at this time, but there are no plans to close any existing stores. These changes will ensure the success of the company and provide customers with exceptional service and low prices. If there are any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me directly...
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...Managerial Communication Writing Exercise In this exercise I was given two different examples to critique. I will list all my changes below on how I think each of these could be changed to make them better. Example one is feel is written better than example 2 and there seems to be less changes that need to be made. Proof reading your own work and even asking someone else to do it for you can help ensure that your writing piece is professional. Example 1: The first part of this example is the header or greeting. This is located in lines 1-6. The order of each line should be like this: who the document is to, and then who the document is from, who the document should be carbon copied to, the subject and then the date. On line six, you can remove the person's name since you have already listed this in the header on line one. In the first paragraph, the date in line seven should be listed to read June 11-22, 2008. This provides a full and complete date for the recipient. The word not doesn't need to be capitalized in this sentence. If this word should stand out underline would look more professional. Lines 10-13 is the middle paragraph of the document. This paragraph should change the beginning of it to read as this memo is about the addition of Silent Watch to our company systems. Then the next sentence should be changed to read. Inform all employees that they should limit their computer use and e-mail to work projects only and that their work would be monitored. ...
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...Memo To: Clients From: CC: Firm CPA’s Date: Re: SAS 112- Statement of Accounting Standards In May of 2006, the AICPA Auditing Stands Board published the SAS-112 in previous years there where changes made to the auditing standards that had an effect on the auditing procedures performed on financial statements. The new standards of changes are described in SAS-112. This memo will clarify the requirements of the new standards and how it will affect your business. The terms below are defined in SAS-112 and explain how they affect the auditing standards: * A control deficiency exists when the design or procedure of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. * A deficiency in design exists when a control necessary to meet the control objective is missing, or the control is not properly designed so that even if it operates as designed, the control objective is not always met. * A deficiency in operation exists when a properly designed control does not operate as designed or the person performing the control does not possess the necessary authority or qualifications to perform the control effectively. * A significant deficiency is a control shortage or a combination of control shortages that adversely affects the entity’s ability to initiate, authorize, record, process or report financial data reliably in accordance with generally...
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...Business Writing Portfolio Outline Chapters 1. Cover page 2. Outline of Assignment 3. A Business Letter 4. A Business Memo 5. An E-mail Message 6. Reflection Dear Store managers: The company is writing this letter to inform every one of the new changes in the company that are effective immediately. As we all know the economy is changing and gas prices are on the rise and it is causing issues amongst our workers. In order to comply with these issues we have developed a plan to alleviate this situation. The company has decided to cut the hours of the full-time employees and managers. The store has placed them on a 10-hour, four-day work week. The store has placed the part-time workers on a minimal schedule. Their schedule will consist of one, two, or three day work week depending on the full-timer’s schedules. The stores hours of operations have also changed. We will no longer be open on Sundays. Monday through Saturday the store will open an hour later, and the store will close an hour earlier. The reasoning behind all of this is due to the downturn of the economy in addition to keeping business cost down. As a member of the team I know we must place the well-being of our workers first. Our workers are the backbone of the store, if they leave, then where would we be as a retail store. Our workers are who keep the business running. During these hard economic times, adjusting the schedules and changing hours of...
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...in the draft. Set it aside and then write for another 10 minutes, and repeat the process. After about the third free-write several good ideas will have surfaced. It is even possible to have a complete draft by the end of this process. Clustering is to write the topic in the middle of the page and circle it. Write down ideas that the topic suggests and circle them too. When the page is filled, look for patterns or repeating ideas. Use these ideas to develop reader benefits for memos, survey questions, or content for the bodies of a report. Talking to your audience can also help involve the audience in the planning process and help to understand the social and political relationships among readers. Revising – Revising is the process in which the document is changed to better clarify the writer’s purpose and satisfy the audience. You may need to add transitions, omit repetitive parts, or change words to create a uniform level of formality throughout the documents. Editing - Make surface-level changes that make the document grammatically correct. Proofreading - Check to make sure the document if free from typographical errors. Feedback – Feedback is asking for another person’s overall critique of the document, and it...
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...Change is a common theme among business. This applies to any size corporation or industry. The world we live in is ever changing and business of any type, needs to keep up to remain successful. A business that can handle change will survive whereas those that don’t handle change may fail. The way a business manages change and how successful they are at it may vary depending on the nature of the business as well as the amount of change needed and the people involved. To keep up with competition it’s important to respond to the needs of the business. Goals include doing things that create and maintain quality performance by employees. The first important step in the process is recognizing the need for change. Unfortunately, not all employees may recognize the state of a company. Employees may disagree with the condition of the business. It would be vital to have an overall understanding of the need for change. The communication can’t be in the form of a memo or announcement. There needs to be strategic renewal where the intent is to regain sustainable competitive advantage. Change in the organization needs to align the internal process that demands new strategies to find new talent and skills of its employees. The goal being lasting changes in employee behavior to support strategic renewal. According to Sector (2010), effective strategic renewal needs behavioral change that targets patterns of employee actions and interactions to meet the company’s strategy and to achieve...
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...together on a common goal. When the group is given a task it is important to have clear objectives and a solid plan of how those objectives will be obtained. In this paper Team B will set up a plan to implement the operational changes set forth by Desert Communications. Presenting and training for the change Due to the Desert’s declining communications market they have decided to add additional services to boost their profits. Some of the new services will include phone insurance, additional minutes, and road side service. There will be a meeting to present the proposed changes to the team. Management wants to make sure the team understands the objectives and is fully committed to the project. Group performance will be higher when its members are highly motivated to attain shared objectives (Yukl, 2010, p. 338). Because there are employees that perform various jobs the leader must make sure the task given to each employee fits their job description. Doing this will ensure the employee has the skills needed to perform the task as planned. There are various positions within the Desert Communication organization. Some of those positions include customer support, service inquiries, as well as the billing department. The success of the new changes is dependent on making sure that...
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...|Business Writing Portfolio | |Business Writing Portfolio | |Andrew M. Cherny | |XCOM/285 Essentials of Managerial Communication | |University of Phoenix | | | | | 1. Reflection By Andrew M. Cherny XCOM/285 UOPX 10/19/2012 Renee Frasch 2. I have found many writing techniques that will become very useful to my future endeavors if I decide to shift gears and possibly work for large international company. I have learned what to expect if trying to communicate effectively abroad I now know how to proceed in making the proper contacts to ease the potential conflicts that may arise while conducting business in a foreign country. Through...
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...InterClean, Inc. MEMORANDUM TO: Supervisory Team FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: InterClean, Inc. Merger and Importance of Behavior Exhibited by Managers This memo is to inform managers the importance of his or her behavior as InterClean, Inc. and Enviro Tech, Inc. merge into one corporation. This merger has the potential to affect various aspects of the organization. During times of change, a manager’s behavior is a critical success factor in merging two corporations. Amidst a changing environment creates uncertainty for employees. It is critical that managers support their direct reports and guide them through transition. It is important that employees believe managers care. Managers must be accessible to his or her employees. Open communication will play a huge role in ensuring employees understand the importance of this merger. Managers must understand that change affects the lives of people. In addition, managers must understand that organizational change affects productivity and morale. According to Adubato (2010) “One of the greatest keys is to provide timely, accurate, candid and consistent information through a variety of vehicles, including weekly newsletters, e-mail, focus groups, employee transition teams, staff meetings and telephone hotlines. The more people know about and understand the changes ahead, the less likely they are to start rumors and suffer from anxiety and reduced job effectiveness” (p. 13). Managers must meet with employees to provide employee...
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...The Ways Nestle Managed Its Environment Over Time Nestle used different ways to manage its environment. It did this through expansion of the product offering, expansion of the customer base, and by developing lower-cost ways to make and sell products. Early on, Nestle managed its environment by expanding into new markets, in both developing and emerging nations. As trade barriers fell, the CEO of Nestle Barbeck-Latmathe seized the opportunity and decided it’s the right time for Nestle to expand geographically into the developed and emerging markets such as those in Eastern Europe, India and Asia. By doing this, Barbeck drove Nestle’s performance dramatically, taking into consideration the massive number of potential customers in these regions and the enlargement in Nestle’s customer’s base. In the 1990’s; Nestle managed its environment by acquiring other companies. The companies which Neslte acquired at that time included U.S. food companies Carnation, Buitoni Pasta, Ralston Purina, Dreyer’s ice cream and Chef America, the British chocolate maker Rowntree, the French bottled water company Perrier, and the Mexican food maker Ortega. It is noticeable that Neslte regards acquisitions and efforts at diversification as logical ways to supplement their business. Nestle only acquires food making companies, the business it has special knowledge and expertise in. After all, Barbeck’s intentions were to customize these products to suit the tastes of customers in different countries...
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...A Raisin in the Sun Act III-A Lesson Learned In the final scene in “A raisin in the Sun,” some very important and much needed lessons are learned. Life changing decisions are made and for the better. In the last scene, Walter calls Lindner over to agree to take payment in lieu of moving into the all white neighborhood. Walter, as usual, can only think of money, and in his mind believes the large payoff from Lindner will be well worth selling out his family’s pride and honor. Lena decides, as Walter’s mother, to force his son Travis to stay to witness this life changing moral decision, in hopes that Walter will come to his senses; to everyone’s surprise he does. Walter looks into his son’s eyes and can’t sell his family short with his son watching. He decides to do what is best for the family’s morale rather than do what will put money in his pocket. That one decision shows the enormous lesson learned by Walter and how he changed. Character: The characters are well illustrated for us by the way they speak, their actions, and reactions to things. It is clear that Lena (Mama) has very little education and comes from a different time than the others. Ruth and Walter, the next generation, are slightly better spoken but still lack the educated speech that Beneatha and Travis, even younger, display with their current educations. Mama (Lena) is described as a big, strong woman, which is shown by how she reacts to the other characters, steering them the way she wants and mothering...
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