Mercury Print & Packaging Ltd prides itself in offering a personal service while delivering quality work to exacting standards at competitive prices. Mercury Print & Packaging Limited is a privately owned family run company with over 20 years of successful trading behind it, operating from its own 25,000sq foot factory close to the centre of Leeds, Mercury employs over 20 staff all who are print industry trained professionals offering a wealth of experience and printing knowledge. Mercury has built up a large and loyal customer base over the years ranging from small businesses to large PLCs and includes public sector clients and NHS trusts.

Mercury offers a complete in house print service with print processes that include digital colour, single and multicolour offset litho, specialist foil blocking, embossing and traditional letterpress printing and die cutting, these are complimented by an in-house design studio and comprehensive finishing department. Mercury also has an envelope division which stocks and supplies plain and printed envelopes nationally.

www.mercury-print.co.uk

NOTE: There is limited information on this organisation and therefore you will have to use multiple methods and sources of information to support your report.

Scenario:

Mercury Print & Packaging are experiencing a period of change as the owner MR S. Siddall hands the business over to his 2 sons. Mr S. Siddall has a very distinctive management style and with the handover looming ever closer, he has agreed for a "Change Management Team" to assess and report on the business with comparisons to other organisations. The overall task for this assignment is therefore to provide an understanding of the organisational change and managing that change for the structure, culture, staff, resources and finance for the business in a report format.

Task 1: Section 1 of the report will focus on structure, culture and performance:

1.1 Identify the organisational structure and culture within Mercury Print & Packaging Limited. Compare this with the structure and culture within a large organisation.

1.2 Further explain how the relationship between structure and culture can impact on the performance of a company like Mercury Print & Packaging Limited.

1.3 Finally discuss the factors which can influence individual behavior at work and its overall impact on a company's performance.

Task 2: This section of the report will focus on leadership and management styles:

2.1 Compare the effectiveness of different leadership style. Compare leadership style within Mercury Print & Packaging Limited with "Democratic Leadership" style and state which one is more effective and why?

2.2 Further explain how organisational theory underpins the practice of management.

2.3 Finally, evaluate two management approaches used by both organisations (Mercury + another selected organisation). Which is better and why?

Task 3: Section 3 of the report will look at leadership and motivation:

3.1 Focusing on the change in leadership at Mercury Print & Packaging Limited, discuss the impact that different leadership styles can have on motivation in organisations. Compare with Mr. S. Siddall's leadership approach.

3.2 Compare how motivational theories are still applicable in the modern workplace.

3.3 Finally evaluate how useful motivational theory is to managers today.

Task 4: The last section of this report, you are required to provide information on groups, teams and behaviours:

4.1 Explain the nature of groups. Identify different groups within Mercury Print & Packaging Limited and how they behave?

4.2 Discuss the factors that may promote or hinder the development of an effective team and teamwork in organisations.

4.3 Finally, consider how technology will impact on how the new teams will function if Mercury Print & Packaging Limited expanded into Europe.