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... PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
ABB Poland, the Swedish / Swiss electrical engineering giant entered the Polish market by acquiring several companies after the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989. By 1996, ABB Poland had acquired 13 companies with the number of 7,500 employees. Those numbers clearly give you an idea about the enormous size of this acquisition and it is so obvious that even such multinational company as ABB will have certain problems within this short period of time. ... The dilemma is how to execute successfully the restructuring plan which will provide to ABB Poland a wanted status in ABB Global. ... INFORMATION FROM THE TEXT / SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
There are several issues causing problems in ABB Poland organization. ... In April 1992, ABB Acquired 51 percent of Elta Transformers and Traction Apparatus Factory. ...
Since Poland is a former communist company, structure of the plant and company management was in control of state and government. ... And of course, it is easy to mismatch the job and employee which is unacceptable for multinational company like ABB. ... Thus, to motivate the employees will be much easier for ABB Poland. ... They should consider that Poland is a former communist country and their cultural beliefs, values, behaviors and business style may be different from their multidomestic vision. ... ACTION PLAN
First of all ABB Poland should build common business values across national cultures which is Poland in our case. In order to be a part of the global coordination, ABB Poland has to set English as a common company language in Poland. ... They also should put emphasize on Business Ethics of ABB. ... These values and norms will be reflected in the way all ABB’s companies in Poland relate to their employees, managers, customers and suppliers.
Approximate Word count = 1329
Approximate Pages = 5.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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