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Organisational Change; A Case Study

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negative and harmful to the wellbeing of the staff and their productivity. There is no teamwork and subcultures appear to have developed as a result of the acrimonious way in  which the staff have been managed. There is a need for change. The staff do no feel as if they are important, there is no bilateral communication, notes from meetings  are pinned on the board, and to make matters worse there is an announcement that costs need to be reduced. Ironically, one of the best way of reducing costs overall  may be to motivate the staff and to get them working as a team. Where there is a negative culture it is also likely that costs are high. At St  Briavels Swimming Centre there is a high staff turnover. The first way of cutting costs may be to reduce this by motivating the staff and changing the systems so that  it is possible to gain promotions. Therefore, the main topic of the recommended actions is the need to change ad motivate employees with the use of generally accepted motivation  tool and opening up bilateral communication. Then idea that employees can be more productive and motivated when they feel values is not new. Following the introduction of scientific management  based on the ideas Frederick Winslow Taylor, which assumed man to be economic, motivated by money, it was noted there were interaction problems. The method of working paced the control  with management and treated staff like cogs in a machine. This increased the conflict between management and employees with dissatisfaction shown indirectly, such as through sabotage, slow work rates and  other practices that lead to lower productivity levels. In many ways it can be argued that this is how the staff in the case study are being treated, as if