ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

1.  What type of change(s) occurred at Bayer?

     - The type of changes occurred at Bayer is the plant had change ownership three times and the analgesic tablets rolling off production lines-down from 800 to 360 workers in less than a year.  That was a lot of change to absorb in a facility that had been steadily producing over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceuticals for more than half a century.

2.  What type of employee resistance to change id Bayer have to a address?

     -  The Bayer management realized that given competitive forces and the rate at change in their industry, they needed to streamline operations to have a more secure future in Bayer Corps. newly formed consumer care division.  But there was no plant manager at Myerstown from January 1995 until August 1996, so the functional department managers-including the HR manager-worked as a team to manage the plant through that trying time.  They soon realized that employees needed to be involved at the heart of any turnaround.

3.  What are the positive and negative lessons learned from how change was handled at Bayer?

  -  The positive lessons that I have learned from how change was handled at Bayer.  I agree and appreciated also about the process was that the managers listened to what everyone had to say, treated us as equals, and really valued our opinions.

  -  Myerstown employees felt communication was so important in getting and receiving information about on site performance, department projects, and rumors that they initiated to be "Myerstown Information Exchange."

  -  If the leader has a good attitude he or she will be a good follower on every person.

  - The managers and the employees must have the connection & communication to each other so that in every task they will succeed .

  -The negative lessons that I have encounter is before they didn't involved the opinions of the other employee but soon they are including them, by inviting the employees who hadn't participated in the first focus groups to be comment on the findings. I think from negative it becomes positive result.