Assignment: Leading Strategic Management
Case: The Hegemonic Power of Management and the Sacking of the Night Shift: Power-Coercive Strategies or Machiavellian Management?
Then answer the questions:
i. Explain why, or why not, you feel that management was justified in their decision to sack the night shift?
ii. What are the ethical issues that arise from this brief example?
iii. Do you agree with Buchanan and Badham (2008) that managing change is a "blood sport" and that change agents should shed any pretense of innocence, "play the turf game" and aim to win on their own terms?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.