Georgia Pacific
The new organizational culture at Georgia-Pacific is driven by the CEO's leadership style. The human resources function has been altered to support the new organizational culture. This paper will show how the three different components are intertwined and support each other.
When Joe Moeller took over as CEO of Georgia-Pacific, he began to revamp the company to make it function differently than it had before. He knew that such profound organizational change would require three key elements. The first is support from the top. The second is a shift in the organizational culture and the third is a change in the human resources practice. His leadership style emphasized the value of all three to the organizational change process and he was willing to be the first to exemplify that change.
Organizational change efforts typically succeed only when they are supported by senior management. Without senior management support, employee buy-in is likely to be less, resources are less likely to be diverted to the change effort and the change effort will have much lower visibility both internally and externally. Simply, top management must lead the change effort (Clement, 1994). Moeller was able to lead the change effort because he not only spearheaded the change, but was highly visible about doing so. The change effort was his project, but it was the way in which he communicated the change effort that allowed for the culture change to take place. When he spoke of breaking down barriers within the company, he removed the barriers that separated him...
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