How to Lead Your Team and Manage Resources During Covid-19-Induced Restructuring at The Warehouse Gr

Benefits of Effective Leadership Approaches for Restructuring

Refer to the article of “950 jobs to go: Union says The Warehouse using Covid-19 excuse” listed on Page 4 of this assessment, The Warehouse is proposing significant changes which might be caused by one of the following contexts: 1. The global pandemic caused by Covid-19; 2. A reaction to the ongoing attempts to keep up with the increasing demands of online shopping over the past 3 to 4 years; or 3. A mixture of the two elements above. Choose one of the three contexts as the foundation for carrying out further research about The Warehouse’s strategic restructure. To complete this assessment, assume you are a store manager or a department manager working at The Warehouse Group Limited (possible department manager roles you can assume are marketing manager, customer services manager, inventory manager, etc.). You are responsible for implementing the structural plan proposed by the company’s management team. To effectively lead your team in this context, you decide to thoroughly analyse the situation before you carry out any action. You know that restructure has become a common practice of business today to stay agile and adaptive, and successful implementation of such plan requires effective leadership approaches and collaborative teamwork. Write an analytical essay to propose a plan regarding how you would lead the team and manage the resources dealing with structural changes caused by Covid-19 in The Warehouse Group Limited. Pay attention to the targeted audience and the tone of the writing. Learning outcome assessed - LO3: Lead a team and manage resources to achieve personal and organisational goals and specific change in a business issue. a) Identify and analyse two effective leadership approaches that would ensure the effective implementation of the restructure plan in the chosen context from the essay brief. Learning Outcome assessed – LO2: Identify and analyse the effective implementation of different leadership approaches in the management of organisational performance b) Analyse three possible impacts of globalisation on leadership and teamwork while implementing the restructuring plan based on the chosen context and your assumed role in The Warehouse Group Limited. Learning Outcome Assessed - LO4: Analyse the impact of globalization on leadership and teamwork in an organisation Refer to the marking rubrics for marking criteria and allocation of marks. Case Study 950 jobs to go: Union says The Warehouse using Covid-19 excuse The Warehouse is using Covid-19 to justify decisions that will leave hundreds of workers without jobs, and thousands more with significant reductions to their incomes, First Union general secretary Dennis Maga says. Staff at The Warehouse went into meetings on Monday morning as part of the retail giant's restructuring process. It is understood they were told that, across the board, the number of staff hours would be reduced, and staff would no longer specialise in categories in the store. The company plans to eliminate 782 roles, plus 137 through store closures. There will also be job cuts at head office. It is understood that store hours would be changed to an 8am start across the board. The Warehouse Group had proposed six store closures on top of three already confirmed, which could have resulted in 1080 job losses. It is understood it has outlined plans to close four on Monday, in Dunedin, Whangapar?oa, Johnsonville and Warehouse Stationery in Te Awamutu, in addition to previously announced closures, including Birkenhead, where 40 jobs are set to go. [Source: Foxcroft, D. and Edmunds, S. (July 20, 2020), retrieved from https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/300060721/950-jobs-to-go-union-says-the-warehouse-using-covid19-excuse]