Comparing Sanofi Canada's Management Style And Organizational Culture

One company that has changed their management style and organisational culture while retaining employees effectively is Sanofi Canada. Sanofi Canada is a pharmaceutical company based in Canada. In 2013, they moved headquarters and relocated hundreds of employees. By moving to a collaborative environment, it allows their employees to have more communication and interaction with each other, making a better, more friendly culture for the company. They have implemented 3 groups of 10 employees that speak to their divisions and notify every employee about the changes in the business from the change of culture and location. The management team took a pro-active movement with the organisational culture, making sure they had strong communication with their employees throughout (DesJardine, 2014). By having this strong communication, it limited the amount of people leaving the company for other work. Through listening to what their employees had to say and taking any changes put forward …show more content…
These are Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X is an authoritarian style of management where employees are treated as “cogs in the machine” and needs a “prod” now and then to keep them working. Whereas Theory Y is the idea of managers participating in the day to day workings of the business and employees working because it’s their choice and want to work (Leavitt & Pondy, 1964, & The Economist, 2008). Managers need a list of skills to be great managers and leaders. These include problem solving, decision making, motivational, communication and confidence skills. As well as having the right attitude and culture for the business. There has been many times where a new manager has come into a business without these skills and it just hasn’t worked, or has come in to the business and recognised it needed a massive change to be effective