Your Department Has Become Too Large to Manage and Is

question 22

Essay

Your department has become too large to manage and is being restructured into three smaller departments. This means the manager, Simone, will not have as many direct subordinates and will need to take a cut in pay. The assistant manager, Wei, who was hoping for a promotion to the manager's position someday, will become a manager of one of the new departments, but will not receive any increase in pay. One other person will need to be promoted to be manager of the third department, and there are three potential candidates available. Of course, the budgets for the three departments will be smaller than when they were combined, and fewer expenses will be covered. However, expense claims and other decisions will be able to be handled faster. The offices will need to be redesigned, and some people will need to move to a different location. Of course, there are some people who are resisting this change. Explain how you could use the five things the text suggests to get people who would normally block the change to become supporters and advocates.

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Definitions:

Sensory System

A part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information gathered by sensory receptors, enabling perception and reaction to the environment.

Cerebral Cortex

The outermost layer of the brain, responsible for complex cognitive behaviors, including thought, memory, and decision-making.

Thalamus

A part of the brain that acts as a principal relay station for sensory information, transmitting it to the cerebral cortex.

Olfaction

The sense of smell, which is the process of detecting and identifying airborne substances.