*Sharing of information support the change in culture.
*Focus on respecting what other employees do and how they are helping this company.
*Create artifacts to show a specific symbolic significance with which Widget employees can relate to the change in company goals. .
*Helping managers to fit into the changing culture and support organization's business strategy by providing additional training.
*Reward employees for what they produce rather than for seniority or specialized knowledge.
*Use the corporate training program to socialize employees in ways that support the corporate culture. Like CEO Mary Gofast, serve as the chief training officer to socialize employees to be able to deal with operational problems without having to go through several channels.
Redesigning organizational structure: .
Organizational redesign includes a regular, systematic diagnosis of a company's current organizational structure, the factors that affect it, and the fit between the structure and these factors. Widget employees are used to operating in a traditional hierarchical structure where decision making tend to be centralized. We have to understand that different times require different structure to function effectively. As a consultant I would suggest Mary Gofast for a more adaptive organizational structure to respond quickly and flexibly to changing demands. Horizontal structure emphasizes the empowerment of workers by reducing the management hierarchy and focus on core processes.
Approach: I would design a more adaptive structure for Widget, using variations on division of labor, coordinating mechanisms, and recognize and delineate the informal structure from Widget. I would suggest working towards decentralization by extending the responsibility for decision making to employees at all level, at the same time making sure that there is no failure to coordinate various activities and avoid sending any conflicting messages across the company.
