Organizational Analysis: Managing Organizational Change

Last week was the 2nd round heart pounding-uncertainty-excitement experience for me in the company. It is the second time the company initiated instantaneous employee reduction, although there are already rumors circulating around, I just have to wait for the action really to happen.

It started early morning office hours, some of our colleagues are usually online on the company instant messaging service, but that day, the service was offline while the email server was up and running. A buzz circulating that if an employee’s email account bounces, it is an indication that he/she is a candidate for the redundancy. So, we tried to email some of our colleagues to confirm.  We have one email bounce from Davao, three from Northern Mindanao, and on some area a whole department on our main office. It just happen in one whole day to completely execute the company plans and all the turnovers.

Other separated employees were mostly are very happy to avail the separation package. While more than a few were disheartened for those who served several years already and wanted to avail the early retirement package, but unfortunately it was like being drawn. From this day forward, we are not really into a motivated moods to work specially thinking those who had just like winning the lotto grand draw.

It is going to be the headache of our human resource department on how to motivate and prepare employee of the company to eventually accept reality of its worker. We still have to wait and see what the higher management will need to do, and what changes will be made for the organization.

As an employee of the company I should have an open mind to realize that it is for the company’s interest to be competitive to retain more efficient and reliable workforce to face the challenges ahead. Support the company objectives, work with the company values, influence positively around my workplace and of service to others as a model.

We will never know what is going to happen to the company in an industry where changes are made constant. This is one of my other reason to pursue masteral studies to prepare for such uncertainties.

“Opportunity favors the prepared mind.”

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