Pierre Frankel in Moscow (A): Unfreezing Change Case Study Organizational Development and Change Management Overview Pierre Frankel‚ the Deputy Managing Director aka COO of a global technology company‚ H-IT‚ is sent to Moscow‚ Russia to turn around the Russian subsidiary Must report to subsidiary’s Managing Director‚ Lebedev – Main reason for organization’s underperformance To Lebedev and rest of workforce‚ Frankel = threat! Frankel’s first 3 months in Moscow Spent time learning
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Pierre Frankel in Moscow: Unfreezing Change Case Analysis and Solution Submitted by: Nipun Malik The case describes the conundrum of Pierre Frankel‚ a devoted employee of H-IT which is a global IT company. He was sent to the Russian subsidiary of H-IT in Moscow‚ to improve the subsidiary’s performance and increase profitability. The environment that greeted Pierre on reaching the Moscow office is not at all welcoming: (i) Lebedev‚ who is the MD for the Russian subsidiary tried to
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OD CASE ANALYSIS : UNFREEZING CHANGE Pierre Frankel‚ an experienced and devoted employee of an international IT company H-IT was sent to the Russian subsidiary as a Deputy Managing Director of Russia for H-IT to improve the subsidiary’s performance and ensure an increase in profitability. Pierre Frankel’s background Studied Economics and business management at a reputed European University Started career in Switzerland with a Consulting Major in Finance and moved to IT Joined H-IT a worldwide provider
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Moscow is the capital of Russia‚ its political‚ economic and cultural center. It was founded 8 centuries ago by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky. Historians have accepted the year of 1147 as the start of Moscow’s history. Gradually the city became more and more powerful. In the 13th century Moscow was the center of the struggle of Russian lands for the liberation from the tartar yoke. In the 16th century under Ivan the Terrible Moscow became the capital of the new united state. Though Peter the Great moved
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Russia Moscow Why Moscow is the largest and most important industrial center in Russia‚ one of the largest city economies in Europe which comprises approximately 22% of Russian GDP. Moscow has the lowest unemployment rate of all federal subjects in Russia standing at just 1% in 2010. I have chosen this country because its external environment is suitable for me. Business customs‚ workforce characteristics and Political climate are considered attractive for an expatriate willing to work overseas
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Question 1. Moscow‚ Russia- I choose this because it is the center of all things in Russia (capital city and the most populous federal part of Russia‚ a major political‚ economic‚ cultural and scientific center in Russia) Question 2. Culture- majority of believers belong to the Orthodox Christian (adopted Christianity under Prince Vladimir of Kiev in 988‚ Russia soon laid foundations for the rise of the Russian Orthodox Church) Orthodox teachings include the doctrine of the Holy Trinity
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Developing destination: Moscow Hotels industry: The Moscow’s Mayor has decided that he wanted to turn the government building into more hotels. The government which is situated in the middle of the city is to be considering into turning it into a hotel as they believe that this will breathe new life to Moscow. By adding more hotels they hope to succeed in investing in the top-end and mid-end hotel and hostels. In Moscow there are already 40‚375 hotel rooms with 27% being international hotel chain;
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Trudeau said he was willing to fight during World War II‚ but he believed that to do so would be to turn his back on the population of Quebec that he believed had been betrayed by the government of William Lyon Mackenzie King. Trudeau reflected on his opposition to conscription and his doubts about the war in his Memoirs (1993): "So there was a war? Tough... if you were a French Canadian in Montreal in the early 1940s‚ you did not automatically believe that this was a just war... we tended to think
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Skinny Girlĵ Wilmington University SKINNY GIRL 2 Abstract This paper discusses the successful marketing strategy used by Ms. Bethenny Frankel‚ the founder of Skinny Girl cocktails. She was a poor entrepreneur‚ who succesfully marketed the first 100 calorie margarita cocktail. She expanded her market product line after becoming popular from her appearances on the reality show The Housewives
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1.0 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of report Moscow Aerostar (MA) decided to expend the business internationally and operated the business in Russia with Canadian management team who planned to build the Western-style hotel. However‚ MA been facing challenges‚ such as cross-cultural issues and diversity dimensions with Russian employees and they are completely inexperienced them. Therefore‚ MA had lack of cultural understanding that lead the issues regard to human resource management‚ difference in
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