Business Finance – Operations Management Individual Written Assignment

Read the following two business press and news about an acquisition in Environment Service Industry

https://www.verdantix.com/insights/blogs/wsp-buys-into-environmental-risk-with-the-acquisition-of-john-wood-s-environment-and-infrastructure-business-unit

https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/09/21/2520158/0/en/WSP-Completes-Acquisition-of-the-Environment-Infrastructure-Business-of-John-Wood-Group-plc-Expanding-Its-Environmental-Leadership.html

Use the following outline to answer:

Introduction

• Summarize each story (no more than five sentences).

Business Evaluation

1. Current Standing

• Where is the organization now in their change proposal?

2. Goals and Objectives

• Where does the organization want to be?

3. Organizational Change

• How ready do you think this company is to begin the change management process?
  • What is it about the story that clues you into this?
• Does the story detail how they will manage the change?
  • If not, how would you propose they manage that journey?
• Does the story detail how they plan to institutionalize the change?
  • If not, how would you propose they do this?
• Does the story detail how they will avoid mistakes?
  • If not, how would you propose they do so?

Conclusion