Reference no: EM133349368

Case: In the beginning Hunter Engineering was established in 1936 and is now a public limited company in which the Hunter family owned the controlling interest. It relied solely on Government Contracts as primary source of business. Until the late 1990s, contracts had been placed on a "cost plus" basis, but with the government's shift in policy towards reductions in public expenditure, the method of placing contracts had been changed to "fixed price". Sizes of the contracts were reduced. Instead of relying solely on large contracts involving over a hundred employees or more for up to 5 years, the company handled contracts that frequently involved less than 15 employees for a duration of under two years. Having projects at the right staffing levels and efficiency drives meant that between 1998 and 2012, employee levels had fallen from 1,500 to 720. Staffing levels in the Electrical Engineering Department fell from 45 to 26 over the same period. Between 2012 and 2017, further organisational restructuring initiatives resulted in the loss of over 170 employees.

Case questions

1. What economic, political and culture issues are raised? Justify your answer with evidence from the case.

2. What are the relevant change concepts, theories, and frameworks that can be applied to this case?Provide at least two and justify the relevance of each theory.

3. Outline a change plan demonstrating how Peter preferred strategy or strategies could be put forward toaddress the issues and problems in this case. Provide a brief outline of each strategy and a timeline for theexecution of Peter's proposed implementation plan. Don't forget to include evaluation and maintenanceactions in Peter's plan.