This certainly implies that change management is foremost in Brabeck-Letmathe's thinking, but it is change at an ordered pace -- never frenetic nor reactionary; but planned change.
Part 3 -- Because Nestle is such a prestegious and conservative company, the primary implications for change management revolve around cultural implications. Nestle was quite comfortable doing business its own way -- very European, in a sense, somewhat ethnocentric to the Continental geo-political sphere. Now, they faced challenges operating in the second and thrid world in which societies can be disparate, multi-lingual (not European langauges), a different view on doing business, and the reluctance towards change. However, by moving into the direction of a global business that saw globalism as an economic reality -- unncessary change was mitigated into strategic direction (See: Change Management Implications, 2002). Change is never easy, though, so it is likely that some in the management team embraced change, while others feared their authority and group dynamics would no longer be comfortable or workable for them. Still, as a group it is likely that the processes of globalization and emerging markets, coupled with the need to revitalize the EU portion of the operation and move into emerging markets changed the views of many in the change management paradigm.
Part 4 -- Even multinational companies like Nestle, though, undergo growth and change issues that require discipline and sometimes "growing pains." Several examples exist of front line lessons: 1) The 1974 diversification outside the comfort zone of the food industry; 2) Further acquisition of an untried...
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Brabek-Letmathe concentrates on earning their trust through an intentional focus on being accountable, transparent and focused on making sure they know exactly why first-order change decisions are made (Burrus-Barbey, 2001). The bottom line is that the CEO knows that by keeping disruptions to a minimum he will ensure a higher level of productivity and profitability over time, and also lose less time to disruption from unnecessary confusion over change.
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