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Treadway Tire Company Implementation Plan
To the Director of Human Resources:
Ms. Ashley Wall,
We are pleased that you enjoyed our analysis of the current situation at Treadway Tire Company
and have chosen our OD consulting group to create an implementation plan for your
organization. With the main root cause of your problems relating to cultural issues within your
organization, we feel it is best to implement a short and long-term plan that moves towards a new
vision and changes the culture.
Treadway Tire Company’s adaptive orientation is currently a satisficing organization with a
“good enough” mentality and must increase their change of pace. We feel that understanding
these two types of management will lead to a strong foundation in the future. High performing
organizations have strong cultures, which is why our end goal is to improve Treadway Tire
Company’s culture.
Treadway’s Current State: Satisficing
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Measure their success solely on annual production
Care about numbers not people
Settle for average productivity
Ignore the potential opportunities to become the number one operating plant at Treadway
Tire
Treadway’s Goal: Reactive
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There have been several external changes within the environment. Therefore, urgent
adaptations and changes are necessary to compete against other companies in the industry
Have recognized that the current style of management is not working and must react to a
specific stimulus after conditions have already changed in the environment
Must react now on a crisis basis in the short term rather than anticipating these changes
Our primary focus is Treadaway's culture because it is the key to an organization’s success and
the only constant in an organization is change. Culture is driven by organization managers,
leaders, and employees at all levels. We strongly believe that if your organization does not
manage its culture, culture will manage the organization. Characteristics of good...