Hank Gray's Workplace Blues 1: Symphony of Change

Author: [USA] Rosner
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Not all business books are dull, and this one is stimulating and fun—Dr. Bob Nelson, Bestselling Author.
Hank Gray is a product designer in the electrical department of Global Hardware Company. After the restructuring plan was announced by the vice president, their department suddenly became the smallest, least profitable, and least important department in the company. It seemed the department would be sold off or shut down. Just when things looked bleak, a dramatic turn of events occurred.
Hank Gray is a small employee at Global Hardware Company. Whether it's heavy industrial equipment, cars, toys, or other products, you can find Global Hardware Company's products everywhere. The department Hank worked in produced parts for both large and small home appliances. However, Vice President Victoria had just announced a restructuring plan, assigning the production of large home appliance parts to a newly formed department and leaving only the task of producing parts for small home appliances to Hank's team. This was done to increase Global Hardware Company's market share in the region, but the result was that Hank's department became the smallest, least profitable, and least important department in the company, with the looming threat of being sold off or shut down.
The turning point didn't come easily. Global Hardware Company's competitors were closing in, and Hank's department had no leading position. Hank wanted to step up and lead this turnaround, but would it be worth the cost?