Problem:
The economy for new commercial equipment has dropped in the last seven quarters. You need a new niche. You are the CEO. You will not fire anyone. Create a preemptive organizational-change checklist that your company will need to use for preparing your 206 employees for the new major change of retrofitting equipment used to produce new products--to now being used to repair old commercial equipment for resale. Describe how you would apply each projected change on your list so all of you can sustain the shift. Research commercial (new and used) equipment manufacturers on the Internet for ideas. Once you have settled on the needed changes, how will the management team go about preparing your employees to jump onboard through the chaos for as long as you anticipate this to last?