Fast Track Couriers is a courier company that has been operating in New South Wales for the last 15 years. Its primary business function is delivering medium to large size packages across metropolitan Sydney.
Analyse the organisational objective in the scenario to identify the change requirements for Fast Track Couriers:
a. Requirement for Change.
- Implement PDA/GPS usage (productivity) on truck in the first quarter of 2015 financial year will allow increased efficiency and better service so that small to medium package deliveries market share increase by +5%
- Implement /person/ truck policy using automatic lift gates in the first quarter of the 2015 financial year will allow expansion of business in the metropolitan area and decrease labour cost.
- Implement HR function in company structure by the first quarter of 2015 will promote development and maintenance of a well-trained cohesive and will motivated work force will reduce injuries and sick call.
b. Prepare an explanation of how your identified change needs link to the organisation’s strategic plan goal/s.
1. Will allow increased efficiency and better service so that small to medium package deliveries market share increases by 7.5%
2. Will allow expansion of business in the metropolitan area so that small to medium package deliveries market share increases by 7.5%
3. Will promote development and maintenance of a well-trained, cohesive and well-motivated workforce. Will improve industrial relations.
Review the organisation’s current state to understand how the current policies practices and operation deliver against the organisation’s strategic goals.
Review the organisation’s performance against objectives with regards to its:
a. People
- Employees refuse to participate in TD activities
- Truck driver & disputes
- Low turnover of staff
b. Processes
- Only testing distribution system
- Automatic lifts on trucks
c. Technology
- PDA not yet implemented
- GPS not yet implemented
d. Structure
- HR function is not yet implemented
Monitor external trends to identify events or trends which may impact on the achievement of the organisation’s strategic plan goals:
a. Identify two external trends
- Heavy reliance on PDA and GPS technology
- Better people and better skill driver
b. Develop and explanation of how the trends currently impact or will impact organisational objectives
- We cannot complete if we don’t have them, cost to maintain them
- We need to pay drivers more increased to organisation, increased customer satisfaction, increased business, increased market share
Identify major operational change requirements:
a. Identify changes due to performance gaps: on-going training and communication, new policies and procedures need to be written to support implementation of one driver policy and PDA/GPS integrated distribution goal.
b. Identify changes due to business opportunities: implementation of one driver policy to enable expansion of the fleet/ implementation of PDA/GPS need to occur to avoid falling behind competitors
c. Identify changes due to threats: competitors may implement cost saving and could cut prices/May boost performance by increasing distribution efficiency. / competitors already paying more money to their truck driver
d. Identify changes due to management decisions: implementation of new policies/ procedures and technology support new ideas.
Identify specialists to be consulted to assist with identifying change needs:
a. identify specialists you will engage to help identify change requirements and be prepared to explain your reasons for engaging these specialists
HR specialist
- advices on wages/ salaries ( truck driver)
- industrial solution advise
Marketing expert
- identify target market/clients
- advise on strategy (long term)
b. identify what consulting model you would adopt to engage the specialists and be prepared to explain why you would use this model
- Process consultation: Our GM is very concern about identify change requirements