(Solution) 50S04 QUESTION 4 (AC 2.1) Major short term people management

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Our 3,000-employee pharmaceutical facility in the United Kingdom will suffer a lot of uncertainty in the first few months of the takeover announcement. There are a number of short-term people management factors that need to be taken care of in urgent terms to safeguard stability, morale, and continuity in the operation.

Handling Reactions of Workforce/Workforce Anxiety and Communication Requirement: The takeover will induce anxiety among the employees in different department’s i.e research, production and marketing. Employees can be concerned about their job safety, restructuring and impact of new Japanese leadership. A rumour may spread very fast and extensively in large teams without clear information especially our 800 production employees who earn their communication through shifts. There is a need to communicate on the cultural expectations of Japan, like structuredness and group decision-making as this will help eliminate confusion (Koda, 2025). With lack of timely communication, engagement might decline, turnover might be experienced, and productivity might go down within the first 3- of 6 months.

Onboarding and value addition of Japanese Expatriate staff of incoming staff: 20-30 managerial and technical positions of Japanese expatriates are expected to join the UK operations of the company. The short term people management policy

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