Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing (Riordan) is a global plastics company owned by a Fortune 1000 enterprise, Riordan Industries. It produces plastic beverage containers in Albany, Georgia, custom plastic parts in Pontiac, Michigan and plastic fan parts in Hangzhou, China. Riordan's Research and Development is conducted in San Jose, California, corporate headquarters. Declining sales and profits has forced Riordan to change its sales processes and adopt a customer-relationship
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Change Management and Communication Plan Team MGT/311 – Organizational Development March 2013 Change Management and Communication Plan Power Structures The organizational charts reveal that Riordan Manufacturing operates on a departmentalization structure. Grouping of positions by departments and job titles is considered as a division of specialization. The chart also details the lines of authority and responsibility and outlined with a formal power structure system. Employees
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Riordan Manufacturing is a plastics manufacturer with four locations, worldwide. Their corporate headquarters is in San Jose, California. They have three manufacturing plants in Pontiac, Michigan, Albany, Georgia and Hangzhou, China. They are a vibrant company with a long history of problem solving. One of their corporate challenges is training expenses, either for new employees or for new systems and new products. Riordan Manufacturing is looking to upgrade their IT infrastructure and implement
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Riordan Manufacturing Management Change Plan MGT 301 Section I: Change Management Plan Identify the current formal and informal power structures in the organization. How might the power and political structure of the organization affect employee behavior? The formal power structure in the organization consists of the top management staff run by the President & CEO, followed by the Executive Assistant, Senior VP-R&D, and the Chief Operating Officer. The informal power structures would be
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Riordan Strategies to Succeed Riordan Manufacturing Inc. is a leader in the field of plastic injection molding (Riordan, 2004). The company has facilities in San Jose, California, Albany, Georgia, Pontiac, Michigan and Hangzhou, China. Riordan's major customers are automotive parts manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, the Department of Defense, beverage makers and bottlers, and appliance manufacturers (2004). Riordan Manufacturing Inc. is a privately held organization that wants to expand its
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University of Phoenix Material Team Strategy Plan 1. Complete the following table to address the creation of teams at Riordan Manufacturing. |Strategy |Strengths |Weaknesses | | |Can set a limit on what can be done by team|Team members abilities can be poor | |Ability and personality of team members |members
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increasingly turning to methods of Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR), and other aids to resolve disputes. The most common ADR is arbitration. Other forms of ADR is mediation, conciliation, mini-trial, fact-finding, and using a judicial referee. Riordan will consider and exercise some form of ADR to minimize the potential risk of litigation. Employees will utilize its chain-of-command when there is a concern, gripes,or concern. The immediate supervisor will have 72 hours to resolve or escalate
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Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. (Riordan) is an innovative and evolving company that seeks to continue its impressive growth sense the inception of the company. As Riordan continues to grow and adapt to an ever changing economic environment, it must be careful not to be a victim of its own success. Having established plants in various states, and even one in China, Riordan must be aware of the legal ramifications of its decisions. Neglecting to understand the legal process of its actions has the potential
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Overview Riordan Manufacturing originated from a small research and development company called Riordan Plastics, Inc. that had its beginning in 1991 (Apollo Group, Inc., 2012). Its founder was a chemistry professor named Dr. Riordan, who acquired patents for processing polymers into plastic substrates that resisted breaking under extreme tension (Apollo Group, Inc., 2012). In 1992, Dr. Riordan acquired capital to expand his company and renamed it Riordan Manufacturing. By 2000, Riordan Manufacturing
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Riordan Problem Solution Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: RIORDAN MANUFACTURING Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing University of Phoenix Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing The objective of this paper is to exhibit an organized approach using the 9-step Problem-Solving Approach to provide Riordan Manufacturing with legitimate solutions to challenges presented. In addition, the paper identifies opportunities and issues, defines the problem, and develops a set of alternative solutions
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