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This paper presents an analytical case study of the transition of Ford Halewood to Jaguar Halewood. The methodological approach to the Jaguar Halewood transition is analyzed in six steps as follows: Structure, Personnel and staff relations, Plant, Culture, Communication, and Leadership and Management styles.
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Leading Change in Management: A Case Study of
Jaguar/Halewood.
Nii Armah Addy
Lecturer
Sikkim Manipal University, Ghana. Email: [email protected]
ABSTRACT – This paper presents an analytical case
study of the transition of Ford Halewood to Jaguar
Halewood. The methodological approach to the Jaguar
Halewood transition is analyzed in six steps as follows:
Structure, Personnel and staff relations, Plant, Culture,
Communication, and Leadership and Management styles.
In pursuit of its mandate, the new Board of Jaguar
Halewood evolved a system of leading change
management strategies to enhance quality, customer
satisfaction, and return on investment. This paper
enumerates on the theories of change, and evaluated the
strategies used to address the transitional problems.
KEYWORDS- Change management, theories of change,
leadership and management, and transition.
I. INTRODUCTION
Founded in 1922, the British car maker Jaguar
remains a symbol of status. Ford Halewood started
production of Ford Escort in 1963 and produced over
six million vehicles with maximum employees of
thirteen thousand. It was until the management
change in 1998 that the Halewood press shop began
supply of Jaguar X-400 [1].
Jaguar having suffered management downturn in a
complexity of difficulties ranging from competition
of emerging brands to poor management, it seemed at
the time the demise of the brand. The contrast was
the peak of production activities of Ford Halewood
notably ‘13,000 employees producing 200,000 cars
per annum in the early 1980s, the plant was
producing some 150,000 cars with around 6,500
employees by the early 1990s. In 1998 at the time
Jaguar moved in, the workforce had halved for a
second time to 3,000 employees, producing some
100,000 units per annum’ [1]. The Halewood/Jaguar
management change was hinged on three pillars:
quality,center of excellence, and culture change; and
a seven point guiding values and behaviors as
follows: quality, customer focus,
accountability/responsibility, respect, open
communication, teamwork, and adaptability and
flexibility [1]. The pillars, and the values and
behaviors outlined above formed the fulcrum of the
management case study of Jaguar/Halewood.
II. MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE
OF ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE?
Organisational change involves by definition, ‘a
transformation of an organization between two points
in time’. For most analysts, the key aspect of change
comes from comparing the organization before and
after the transformation. On the basis of content,
major changes consist of transformations that involve
many elements of structure or those that entail radical
shifts in a single element of structure [2].
A second dimension of organizational change
concerns the way the transformation occurs; the
speed, the sequence of activities, the decision making
and communication systems, and the resistance
encountered. Examining these factors involves a
focus on the process. Process considerations may be
independent of content, or they may be interactive.
III. REASONS FOR CHANGE
MANAGEMENT
Reasons for organizational change can be alluded to
internal and external factors. In internal factors,
organizational analysts recognize that attempts at
organizational change often take unexpected turns
and leads to transformations other than those
intended [3].
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It is also true that change sometimes occurs
unintentionally as a by-product of other decisions and
actions within the organization [4]. But in the case of
Jaguar/Halewood, the management change was
required to salvage the reputation of the brand.
Albeit, sociological research on why organizations
change tend to focus on what actually happens to
organizations over time hence their transformation in
content.
Some well-known theories of how organizations
change over time are based on a life-cycle or
development metaphor [5]. These theories posit that
as an organization grows, certain structural
transformations should occur, for example, a well-
accepted tenet in this vein is that entrepreneurial
firms must at some point in their growth, shift from
direct and informal control by the owner-manager to
a less personal formal control system [6]. Popular
variants of these theories rely on the age of the
organization or its products rather than on growth to
predict structural change [7].
Management change in organisations can also be
attributed to the organization’s age and size, but with
more attention to the process of change. The most
developed of this argument called ‘structural inertia
theory’ asserts that organisations become
increasingly inert over time as procedures, roles, and
structures become well-established [8].
They further argued that larger organisations would
be less likely to change due to the bureaucratic
structure that typically accompanies size. However,
others contend that larger organisations may be more
likely to change because of their greater access to
resources [9]. Some factors that cause external
organisational change examines both organisational
environment and market volatility. The market
volatility was a key factor that precipitated the Jaguar
change. The change was in effect to re-gain Jaguar’s
market share which had dwindled over the period.
According to organisational ecologists, competitions
may be modeled by relying on two different general
approaches. The first uses independent variables
measures of population structure such as
organisational density while the second considers
resources of the organisation. These approaches
measures competition by estimating variables of
multidimensional population microstructure [10].
IV. A CASE STUDY OF JAGUAR’S
MANAGEMENT CHANGE IN
HALEWOOD
The Halewood plant was built in 1963 and had been a
production facility for many Ford models, including
Ford Escort. Jaguar, which is part of the Ford-owned
Premier Automobile Group, took over operational
responsibility of Halewood in 1998 and Escort
production was phased out during the summer of
2000. Moving from principles used to manufacture
Ford Escort to those adopted for the Jaguar X-400
demanded both physical and cultural revolution at
Halewood.
The fundamental process change in the production of
the Jaguar X-400 was the creation of a supply chain
capable of supporting lean manufacturing processes.
These uses just-in-time principles to ensure that
production materials are received, where and when
they are required in the right quantities. Minimum
inventory levels and short lead-times are key factors
in the process, together with reductions in handling
improved quality and quick response to change.
The introduction of lean management in
manufacturing in Halewood required collection of
components from suppliers. These were delivered (as
required) to the point on the assembly line where they
are fitted in a disciplined low-cost process [11].
The step-by-step methodology for Jaguar/Halewood
change management is discussed under the listed
headings:
• Structure
• Personnel and Staff relations
• Plant
• Culture
• Communication
• Leadership and Management styles
Structure
‘Once Jaguar took responsibility for the plant,
through a selected replacement process, a
reconfigured operating committee, composed of the
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best Ford/Jaguar human resources, was put in place’
[1].
People theory is the concept used in the organization
and management structure [12]. What inspires people
to aspire to qualitative work? A structure provides
and allows a hierarchy to function in organizations;
specific people are put in specific positions to steer
the affairs towards meeting organizational objectives.
The takeover of Jaguar in Halewood was to make
profit and to restore the brand to its ‘lost glory’. In
order to do this there must be division and
specialization of labor. These imply that different
competent people must come together in order to
create the new success of the Jaguar. The activities of
these different people coming together must be
coordinated. This called for the need for an
organizational structure.
The people coming together to form the structure
need to know their activities and where it fits into the
organization and its product as a whole, and also
what responsibilities they have and to whom they are
answerable. The need for the structure was also to
ensure delegation.
The entire new management of Jaguar was to be a
‘lean’ one. The Halewood/Jaguar structure was a flat
structure of three tiers which is leaner and fitter, more
flexible and better able to cope with changes in the
external business environment. The flat structure is a
concept of the decentralized, and multi-visional
organisations of today were first knownas General
Motors [13].
The Jaguar Operations was led by David Hudson, ‘a
20 year Jaguar veteran and previously Operations
Director for both Jaguar West Midlands plants’ [1].
Hudson had a track record in his capacity as
Operations Manager to have transformed Rover and
Jaguar in the 1980s and 1990s respectively [1].
Hudson built the Jaguar/Halewood structural team
from the existing Ford-Jaguar World. The new
structural team subsequently changed the fortunes of
Jaguar from the bottom to the top in a record time of
three years [1]. Some steps that helped in the Jaguar
structure formation included departmentalisation
which formed the second tier. The Jaguar operations
were divided into specific departments namely:
Controller, Personnel, Manufacturing, Transition
Team, Corporate Affairs, PVT, Quality Operating
System, and Plant Quality. The third tier consists of
Press Shop, Body-in-White, Trim and Final, Paint
Shop, and M&L. None of these departments can
function without the other departments. The
competence of the heads of departments precipitated
the success of Jaguar/Halewood.
In Jaguar/Halewood, the management ensured that
competencies were the key factors in job placement
especially as a head. Notable of such personalities
were: David Crisp – 10 years experience as
Communications Manager of Jaguar, and David
Perry – 34 year veteran at Ford-Jaguar as Transition
Team Leader. Jaguar also retained some formidable
workers from Ford/Halewood as follows: Alan
Walker (Controller), Vernon Lewis (Personnel),
David Pover (PVT), Graham Miller (Quality
Operating System), and Tom Breen (M &L) [1].
Personnel and staff relations
‘Halewood was renowned for its troubled industrial
relations. Shop floor militancy started during the late
1960s as a response to abrasive management
strategy and remained a periodic feature of
workplace industrial relations throughout the 1970s,
80s, and even 90s. It was the Halewood stewards who
led the first two national strikes across all Ford’s
British plants (3-week strike in 1969 and 9-week
strike in 1971)’ [1].
The new management team of Jaguar/Halewood
crafted decisive ways that dealt with staff relations to
achieve its desired management objectives.
The labor unrest at Halewood was feared to affect the
Jaguar takeover. The Jaguar/Halewood unions were
involved in the process of the ‘Green Book’. ‘The
focus of change must be at the group level and should
concentrate on influencing and changing the group’s
norms, roles and value [14][15].After Hudson had
taken union members to Jaguar’s West Midlands
plants, they realized the discipline of their colleague
workers at the West Midland plants as a proper way
of successful businesses [1]. Upon the signing of the
‘Green Book’ by union members, the Individual
Perspective school theory came into play [16]. Union
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members were approached individually and they
signed the ‘Green Book’. One union member
remarked “it boiled down to my own decision of
standing still or going forward. I choose to go
forward by signing it” [1]. I can conclude that even
though the theories of change helped in signing the
‘Green Book’ by union members, there were also
sparks of force brought to bear on union members.
There was an extrinsic motivation by what Halewood
union members saw their colleagues at the West
Midlands plant but intrinsically they were not excited
about the changes at Halewood as they resisted the
change because they were skeptical about
management’s resolve to the Halewood change…
they remarked, “we don’t want to build Jaguar cars
with Escort money” [1].
Plant
‘Upon their arrival, the transition team found a
neglected plant with a claustrophobic feel to it’ [1].
The success of Jaguar/Halewood was also determined
by its plant running efficiently, constantly supplied
raw materials, and capable human resource to
facilitate its operation. The production of X-400
could not have been carried by redundant equipments
which lack mechanical aptitude in the Halewood
facility. An immediate operational change was
affected by outsourcing some internal and external
materials including maintenance, energy supply, and
waste management to third parties which left
Halewood with only body construction [1]. ‘After a
tender process, the contract for a new logistics system
for Jaguar’s Halewood operations was awarded to the
Japanese NYK Group. Whereas suppliers were
previously responsible for arranging the delivery of
components into Halewood, NYK Logistics now
manages the entire process of collecting components
from the suppliers and delivering into Halewood.
Delivery by NYK Logistics does not end in a vehicle
park or a warehouse, but goes right through to the
production line. Within Halewood there are 90
delivery routes to the point where the component is
fitted’ [11].
A huge capital injection was put into a massive
makeover of the plant. A manager at Halewood
pointed out ‘it was only with the massive ground to
roof level of $450 million refurbishment program
covering the press shop, body construction, paint
shop, trim and final, and the administration building,
that the workforce started believing in the change’
[1]. Demonstrating change and making it meaningful
at the plant meant that management had to show
evidence which was necessary to wake-up ‘sleeping’
union members.
The change experienced at the plant was in two fold.
The first fold took care of the physical need of
employees for a quality production. The second fold
took care of change at the plant which incorporated
the models of new technology. There was a need for
new technology used in the plant. Within six months,
the new technology was designed and implemented
by Jaguar in partnership with NYK Logistics to fit
within the overall framework of Ford’s global
manufacturing methodology (Wall, 2007: 2). By
combining the first and second folds of change at the
plant, Paul Johnson, Manufacturing Engineering
Manager put it succinctly “we have tried to focus on
the individual, his role, and what he needs to do to
deliver a quality product” [1].
The success of the plant change can be attributed to
the application of Group Dynamic school theory as
Johnson concludes “the more time we spent as a
group, the more equipments we installed, the more
obvious it became that we were going to put all good
words into action and deliver the facility as
promised…” [1]. By Group Dynamic perspective, the
management of Jaguar/Halewood sorted the opinion
of all members in the group and these helped in
shaping their decision making process. Group
Dynamic school supports the argument that
organizational change works effectively and achieves
better results through teams or work groups rather
than individuals [16]. Group behavior has an intricate
set of symbolic interactions and forces that does not
only affect group structures, but also modifies the
individuals’ behavior in the group [17].
Even though there was facility change, the essence of
the plant’s effectiveness was also about people
management akin to the Individual Perspective
school theory knowing that it is individuals that
forms the group. The plant was transformed from its
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shambles to be rated above BMW, Volvo, and
Mercedes in the JD Power survey within three years.
Culture
‘The predominant culture was that of lack of respect
– downward/upward and laterally – and it was
characterized by what one operator said, [we were
asked to leave our brain outside the gate]’ [1].
Organisational culture is a system of shared values
and beliefs about what are important, what behaviors
are appropriate and about feelings and relationships
internally and externally. Values and cultures need to
be unique to the organization, widely shared, and
reflected in daily practice and relevant to the
organization’s purpose and strategy. Culture is the
life of the organization through the amalgam of
beliefs, ideology, language, ritual, and myth [18].
Also culture is a work developed by a given group as
it learns to cope with its problems of external
adaptation and internal integration – that has worked
well enough to be considered valid and, therefore, to
be taught to new members as the correct way to
perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems
[19].
In the following paragraph, I shall draw from
Schein’s definition as exemplified by
Jaguar/Halewood in Group Dynamic and Open
System schools’ approach respectively into the
politic of its workforce.
In expediting the cultural change required for
Jaguar/Halewwod success, they consulted Senn
Delaney Leadership, a leading consulting firm
specializing in relationship and attitude with
extensive experience of unionized work
environments and industrial relations issues [1]. Senn
Delaney Leadership took the Jaguar/Halewood
workforce through a specially designed workshop
and inculcated the ‘Halewood Difference’ culture
into them. The acculturation process covered training
in accountability and responsibility, open
communication, adaptability, mutual respect and
teamwork as well as quality and customer focus
[1].oup Dynamic school theory was applied in the
Jaguar/Halewood workforce cultural training. The
training was in turns so that the group dynamics will
be felt. Sixteen people were selected across all
sectors of Halewood and were trained in groups till
the end of the training sessions.
The Open System school also played a role as
participants in the training were able to interact with
facilitators including Hudson thereby contributing to
the shaping of the culture. There is no single best
culture rather a mixed approach. This is where human
resource policy is critical as it reflects and reinforces
organizational values and culture.
There must be a link between strongly shared values
and high commitment. Where strongly shared values
can be demonstrated, people are more likely to be
satisfied, displaying higher levels of organizational
commitment, lower quit rates, greater customer
satisfaction, and lower levels of dissent or
dissatisfaction over levels of pay. Halewood has
achieved much including developing a good culture
among its employees since the transition which
among many accolades won them the J.D Power
European Plant Gold Award for Quality [20].
Communication
‘The strategy pursued was that of evolving the
communication strategy around a figurehead,
someone dedicated, approachable and accountable
for the changes taking place in the plant’ [1].
Communication challenges featured prominently in
the takeover of Jaguar/Halewood and it needed to be
fixed as an element of change management for two
immediate reasons. One, communication plays an
important role in every human endeavor. Two, good
business communication is necessary for the progress
of business activities. Communication at
Jaguar/Halewood involved various stakeholders;
customers, employees, the media, etc. are always
required to be exchanging important information with
each other and at all times.
The communication strategy adopted by
Jaguar/Halewood was evolved around Hudson.
Hudson devised various communication strategies
including a regular quarterly communication session
with the entire workforce informing them about data,
quality metrics, competitors, areas improved and
areas requiring improvement [1]. It is expected that
an immediate and continuous efforts be made in
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those areas to bridge the communication gap.
Hudson’s communication strategy yielded results as
the ‘communication process trickled down and was
adopted by all levels of the organization involving
various categories of employees in daily, weekly, or
monthly sessions’ [1].
Among the communications instruments Hudson
used in Jaguar/Halewood over the years were as
follows:
Firstly, oral communication was palpably the most
used forms of communication among the workforce
at Jaguar/Halewood in achieving the ‘three pillar
strategy’. Whether it is to present some important
data to colleagues or lead a boardroom meeting, these
skills were vital. Management and workforce at
Jaguar/Halewood constantly used oral
communication to inform colleagues and/or
subordinates of a decision, and provided information.
This was done usually by face-to-face. Colleagues
and/or subordinates on the receiving end exercised
much caution to ensure that they clearly understood
what is being said and took necessary action. By
Hudson’s communication strategy, the workforce
cultivated both listening and speaking skills required
to carry out roles within the workplace and beyond.
Secondly, a newsletter called ‘vision’ was implored
to augment the oral communication strategy. The
newsletter which was very well designed and printed
on a glossy paper was periodically distributed to
individuals in the workforce. It featured past, present,
and upcoming challenges and events [1]. The catchy
and inspiring headlines of the newsletter made the
workforce read them with excitement and hope for
their future at Jaguar/Halewood.
Also, other forms of written communication were
used in Jaguar/Halewood to send documents and
other important materials to stakeholders. Modern
ways of business communication have augmented
verbal communication to a great extent by a faster
form of written communication; that is emailed.
Furthermore, modern communications tools like
video conferencing and multiple way telephone calls,
with several individuals simultaneously are also used
for business communication. Apart from a few
glitches that could occur, these methods of
communication have helped organizations with
speedy business communication.
Thirdly, after the workforce of Jaguar/Halewood had
been statured with the joint newsletter and the
‘Gateway Agreement’, the communication drive was
turned to delivering customer satisfaction and quality
[1]. Of cause Jaguar/Halewood management under
Hudson did what was right in its communication
change approach by making sure that the workforce
was apt with the internal communication strategies
before extending to the external communication.
Invariably, the workforce mastered the principle of
effective internal communication skills which aided
quality delivery of customer satisfaction.
Fourthly, although the commonly used methods of
communication at Jaguar/Halewood were carried out
orally and/or in writing form, when it came to the
shop floor, the power of non-verbal communication
were necessary for delivering customer satisfaction
[1]. The warm smile, gestures and several other body
movements send out positive messages to customers
and same between employees.
Not the last and not least, training sessions and
meeting were other forms of communication
platforms used effectively in the change management
of Jaguar/Halewood [1]. One human resource
manager at Jaguar/Halewood commented during an
apprehensive workshop that was aimed at improving
the workforce “it helped release collective distrust,
opened people’s eyes on their role and their function
in pursuit of a common goal” [1].
Leadership and Management
‘Hudson, by accepting the job, had a challenging
transformation task ahead of him’ [1].
Northouse concluded that leadership is from a trait or
a process viewpoint [21]. ‘Leaders are born, not
made and leadership is only restricted to specific
humans and cannot be learned’ [22]. Leadership is
‘the process in which an individual influences other
group members towards the attainment of group or
organizational goals’ [23]. Also ‘leadership is one of
the great intangibles… it is a skill most people would
love to possess, but one which defies close definition’
[24].
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While leadership may be influencing others,
management may be to maintain efficient and
effective organizational order. Admittedly, leadership
and management need to be given equal prominence.
In summing up Shackleton and Crainer’s definitions
of leadership, the individual becomes the focal point
of leadership in that the individual ‘lead’ and the
individual is ‘led’. Management on the other hand
overlaps with two similar terms, leadership and
administration.
In metamorphosing the definitions of leadership and
management above, the role of Hudson’s
transformation in Jaguar/Halewood puts into
perspective. Hudson played the ‘lead’ role of the
‘leadership and management’ that brought about the
transformational change in Jaguar/Halewood.
Transformational leadership occurred in
Jaguar/Halewood because its ‘leadership and
management’ broadened and elevated the interest of
the workforce by generating awareness and
subsequently the workforce’s acceptance of the
‘purposes and mission’ of the Jaguar/Halewood. Also
the ‘leadership and management’ stirred up the
workforce to look beyond their own self-interest for
the good of Jaguar/Halewood.
Attaining charisma in the eyes of one’s employees is
central to succeeding as a transformational leader.
Charismatic leaders have great power and influence.
Employees want to identify with them, and they have
a high degree of trust and confidence in them.
Charismatic leaders inspire and excite their employee
with the idea that they may be able to accomplish
great things with extra effort.
Transformational leaders like Hudson are
individually considerate, that is, they pay close
attention to differences among their employees; they
act as mentors to those who need help to grow and
develop. The intellectual stimulation of employees is
another factor in transformational leadership
demonstrated by Hudson. He took the ‘questions and
answer session during the ‘Halewood Difference’
workshops; program put together to help change
attitudes, behaviors and values of employees at
Jaguar/Halewood [1].
Intellectually stimulating leaders are willing and able
to show their employees new ways of looking at old
problems, to teach them to see difficulties as
problems to be solved, and to emphasize rational
solutions. As noted earlier, certain types of behavior
characterized the transformational leader. Yet
transformational leaders vary widely in their personal
styles.
As a transformational leader, Hudson was able to
transform the fortunes of Jaguar/Halewood from the
shackles of moribund workforce, and dilapidated
machines to a modern automobile organization with a
lean management team. Hudson created the wealth
and global stature of Jaguar/Halewood from vision,
initiative, emphasis on hard work, and a special
organizational culture with strict codes of morality
and training, and effective communication
management.
The transformational leadership of Hudson supported
successful implementation among the following; a
world class operation in Halewood; building 100,000
cars per year, the launch of X-400 was on schedule, a
culture of reduction and efficiency of the workforce,
and finally Ford Escort vans ordered (prior to the
takeover of Jaguar) were completed and phased out
on schedule [11].
V. CONCLUSION
Like many change management processes, the
Jaguar/Halewood experience did not come easy.
Change is complex and there is no quick fix already
made solutions to organizational change management
therefore for appreciable result to be yielded in a
change management process there must be
unrelenting support from all variables in that change
by continuously managing the process.
I wish to state that Jaguar/Halewood achieved its
change management and it marches on. The
transition at Halewood was a culmination of many
actions which inculcated a high performance culture
among the workforce, attention to detailed
responsibilities which translated into quality end-
product with speed, and increased customer
satisfaction.
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By enumerating the Jaguar/Halewood change
management, I do not claim to have outlined a simple
solution to the case study nonetheless I have
participated in the academic discussion of change
management in its broader scope and drawn on the
theories of leading change management to etch the
Jaguar/Halewood experience.
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This paper presents an analytical case study of the transition of Ford Halewood to Jaguar Halewood. The methodological approach to the Jaguar Halewood transition is analyzed in six steps as follows: Structure, Personnel and staff relations, Plant, Culture, Communication, and Leadership and Management styles.
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Leading Change in Management: A Case Study of
Jaguar/Halewood.
Nii Armah Addy
Lecturer
Sikkim Manipal University, Ghana. Email: [email protected]
ABSTRACT – This paper presents an analytical case
study of the transition of Ford Halewood to Jaguar
Halewood. The methodological approach to the Jaguar
Halewood transition is analyzed in six steps as follows:
Structure, Personnel and staff relations, Plant, Culture,
Communication, and Leadership and Management styles.
In pursuit of its mandate, the new Board of Jaguar
Halewood evolved a system of leading change
management strategies to enhance quality, customer
satisfaction, and return on investment. This paper
enumerates on the theories of change, and evaluated the
strategies used to address the transitional problems.
KEYWORDS- Change management, theories of change,
leadership and management, and transition.
I. INTRODUCTION
Founded in 1922, the British car maker Jaguar
remains a symbol of status. Ford Halewood started
production of Ford Escort in 1963 and produced over
six million vehicles with maximum employees of
thirteen thousand. It was until the management
change in 1998 that the Halewood press shop began
supply of Jaguar X-400 [1].
Jaguar having suffered management downturn in a
complexity of difficulties ranging from competition
of emerging brands to poor management, it seemed at
the time the demise of the brand. The contrast was
the peak of production activities of Ford Halewood
notably ‘13,000 employees producing 200,000 cars
per annum in the early 1980s, the plant was
producing some 150,000 cars with around 6,500
employees by the early 1990s. In 1998 at the time
Jaguar moved in, the workforce had halved for a
second time to 3,000 employees, producing some
100,000 units per annum’ [1]. The Halewood/Jaguar
management change was hinged on three pillars:
quality,center of excellence, and culture change; and
a seven point guiding values and behaviors as
follows: quality, customer focus,
accountability/responsibility, respect, open
communication, teamwork, and adaptability and
flexibility [1]. The pillars, and the values and
behaviors outlined above formed the fulcrum of the
management case study of Jaguar/Halewood.
II. MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE
OF ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE?
Organisational change involves by definition, ‘a
transformation of an organization between two points
in time’. For most analysts, the key aspect of change
comes from comparing the organization before and
after the transformation. On the basis of content,
major changes consist of transformations that involve
many elements of structure or those that entail radical
shifts in a single element of structure [2].
A second dimension of organizational change
concerns the way the transformation occurs; the
speed, the sequence of activities, the decision making
and communication systems, and the resistance
encountered. Examining these factors involves a
focus on the process. Process considerations may be
independent of content, or they may be interactive.
III. REASONS FOR CHANGE
MANAGEMENT
Reasons for organizational change can be alluded to
internal and external factors. In internal factors,
organizational analysts recognize that attempts at
organizational change often take unexpected turns
and leads to transformations other than those
intended [3].
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It is also true that change sometimes occurs
unintentionally as a by-product of other decisions and
actions within the organization [4]. But in the case of
Jaguar/Halewood, the management change was
required to salvage the reputation of the brand.
Albeit, sociological research on why organizations
change tend to focus on what actually happens to
organizations over time hence their transformation in
content.
Some well-known theories of how organizations
change over time are based on a life-cycle or
development metaphor [5]. These theories posit that
as an organization grows, certain structural
transformations should occur, for example, a well-
accepted tenet in this vein is that entrepreneurial
firms must at some point in their growth, shift from
direct and informal control by the owner-manager to
a less personal formal control system [6]. Popular
variants of these theories rely on the age of the
organization or its products rather than on growth to
predict structural change [7].
Management change in organisations can also be
attributed to the organization’s age and size, but with
more attention to the process of change. The most
developed of this argument called ‘structural inertia
theory’ asserts that organisations become
increasingly inert over time as procedures, roles, and
structures become well-established [8].
They further argued that larger organisations would
be less likely to change due to the bureaucratic
structure that typically accompanies size. However,
others contend that larger organisations may be more
likely to change because of their greater access to
resources [9]. Some factors that cause external
organisational change examines both organisational
environment and market volatility. The market
volatility was a key factor that precipitated the Jaguar
change. The change was in effect to re-gain Jaguar’s
market share which had dwindled over the period.
According to organisational ecologists, competitions
may be modeled by relying on two different general
approaches. The first uses independent variables
measures of population structure such as
organisational density while the second considers
resources of the organisation. These approaches
measures competition by estimating variables of
multidimensional population microstructure [10].
IV. A CASE STUDY OF JAGUAR’S
MANAGEMENT CHANGE IN
HALEWOOD
The Halewood plant was built in 1963 and had been a
production facility for many Ford models, including
Ford Escort. Jaguar, which is part of the Ford-owned
Premier Automobile Group, took over operational
responsibility of Halewood in 1998 and Escort
production was phased out during the summer of
2000. Moving from principles used to manufacture
Ford Escort to those adopted for the Jaguar X-400
demanded both physical and cultural revolution at
Halewood.
The fundamental process change in the production of
the Jaguar X-400 was the creation of a supply chain
capable of supporting lean manufacturing processes.
These uses just-in-time principles to ensure that
production materials are received, where and when
they are required in the right quantities. Minimum
inventory levels and short lead-times are key factors
in the process, together with reductions in handling
improved quality and quick response to change.
The introduction of lean management in
manufacturing in Halewood required collection of
components from suppliers. These were delivered (as
required) to the point on the assembly line where they
are fitted in a disciplined low-cost process [11].
The step-by-step methodology for Jaguar/Halewood
change management is discussed under the listed
headings:
• Structure
• Personnel and Staff relations
• Plant
• Culture
• Communication
• Leadership and Management styles
Structure
‘Once Jaguar took responsibility for the plant,
through a selected replacement process, a
reconfigured operating committee, composed of the
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best Ford/Jaguar human resources, was put in place’
[1].
People theory is the concept used in the organization
and management structure [12]. What inspires people
to aspire to qualitative work? A structure provides
and allows a hierarchy to function in organizations;
specific people are put in specific positions to steer
the affairs towards meeting organizational objectives.
The takeover of Jaguar in Halewood was to make
profit and to restore the brand to its ‘lost glory’. In
order to do this there must be division and
specialization of labor. These imply that different
competent people must come together in order to
create the new success of the Jaguar. The activities of
these different people coming together must be
coordinated. This called for the need for an
organizational structure.
The people coming together to form the structure
need to know their activities and where it fits into the
organization and its product as a whole, and also
what responsibilities they have and to whom they are
answerable. The need for the structure was also to
ensure delegation.
The entire new management of Jaguar was to be a
‘lean’ one. The Halewood/Jaguar structure was a flat
structure of three tiers which is leaner and fitter, more
flexible and better able to cope with changes in the
external business environment. The flat structure is a
concept of the decentralized, and multi-visional
organisations of today were first knownas General
Motors [13].
The Jaguar Operations was led by David Hudson, ‘a
20 year Jaguar veteran and previously Operations
Director for both Jaguar West Midlands plants’ [1].
Hudson had a track record in his capacity as
Operations Manager to have transformed Rover and
Jaguar in the 1980s and 1990s respectively [1].
Hudson built the Jaguar/Halewood structural team
from the existing Ford-Jaguar World. The new
structural team subsequently changed the fortunes of
Jaguar from the bottom to the top in a record time of
three years [1]. Some steps that helped in the Jaguar
structure formation included departmentalisation
which formed the second tier. The Jaguar operations
were divided into specific departments namely:
Controller, Personnel, Manufacturing, Transition
Team, Corporate Affairs, PVT, Quality Operating
System, and Plant Quality. The third tier consists of
Press Shop, Body-in-White, Trim and Final, Paint
Shop, and M&L. None of these departments can
function without the other departments. The
competence of the heads of departments precipitated
the success of Jaguar/Halewood.
In Jaguar/Halewood, the management ensured that
competencies were the key factors in job placement
especially as a head. Notable of such personalities
were: David Crisp – 10 years experience as
Communications Manager of Jaguar, and David
Perry – 34 year veteran at Ford-Jaguar as Transition
Team Leader. Jaguar also retained some formidable
workers from Ford/Halewood as follows: Alan
Walker (Controller), Vernon Lewis (Personnel),
David Pover (PVT), Graham Miller (Quality
Operating System), and Tom Breen (M &L) [1].
Personnel and staff relations
‘Halewood was renowned for its troubled industrial
relations. Shop floor militancy started during the late
1960s as a response to abrasive management
strategy and remained a periodic feature of
workplace industrial relations throughout the 1970s,
80s, and even 90s. It was the Halewood stewards who
led the first two national strikes across all Ford’s
British plants (3-week strike in 1969 and 9-week
strike in 1971)’ [1].
The new management team of Jaguar/Halewood
crafted decisive ways that dealt with staff relations to
achieve its desired management objectives.
The labor unrest at Halewood was feared to affect the
Jaguar takeover. The Jaguar/Halewood unions were
involved in the process of the ‘Green Book’. ‘The
focus of change must be at the group level and should
concentrate on influencing and changing the group’s
norms, roles and value [14][15].After Hudson had
taken union members to Jaguar’s West Midlands
plants, they realized the discipline of their colleague
workers at the West Midland plants as a proper way
of successful businesses [1]. Upon the signing of the
‘Green Book’ by union members, the Individual
Perspective school theory came into play [16]. Union
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members were approached individually and they
signed the ‘Green Book’. One union member
remarked “it boiled down to my own decision of
standing still or going forward. I choose to go
forward by signing it” [1]. I can conclude that even
though the theories of change helped in signing the
‘Green Book’ by union members, there were also
sparks of force brought to bear on union members.
There was an extrinsic motivation by what Halewood
union members saw their colleagues at the West
Midlands plant but intrinsically they were not excited
about the changes at Halewood as they resisted the
change because they were skeptical about
management’s resolve to the Halewood change…
they remarked, “we don’t want to build Jaguar cars
with Escort money” [1].
Plant
‘Upon their arrival, the transition team found a
neglected plant with a claustrophobic feel to it’ [1].
The success of Jaguar/Halewood was also determined
by its plant running efficiently, constantly supplied
raw materials, and capable human resource to
facilitate its operation. The production of X-400
could not have been carried by redundant equipments
which lack mechanical aptitude in the Halewood
facility. An immediate operational change was
affected by outsourcing some internal and external
materials including maintenance, energy supply, and
waste management to third parties which left
Halewood with only body construction [1]. ‘After a
tender process, the contract for a new logistics system
for Jaguar’s Halewood operations was awarded to the
Japanese NYK Group. Whereas suppliers were
previously responsible for arranging the delivery of
components into Halewood, NYK Logistics now
manages the entire process of collecting components
from the suppliers and delivering into Halewood.
Delivery by NYK Logistics does not end in a vehicle
park or a warehouse, but goes right through to the
production line. Within Halewood there are 90
delivery routes to the point where the component is
fitted’ [11].
A huge capital injection was put into a massive
makeover of the plant. A manager at Halewood
pointed out ‘it was only with the massive ground to
roof level of $450 million refurbishment program
covering the press shop, body construction, paint
shop, trim and final, and the administration building,
that the workforce started believing in the change’
[1]. Demonstrating change and making it meaningful
at the plant meant that management had to show
evidence which was necessary to wake-up ‘sleeping’
union members.
The change experienced at the plant was in two fold.
The first fold took care of the physical need of
employees for a quality production. The second fold
took care of change at the plant which incorporated
the models of new technology. There was a need for
new technology used in the plant. Within six months,
the new technology was designed and implemented
by Jaguar in partnership with NYK Logistics to fit
within the overall framework of Ford’s global
manufacturing methodology (Wall, 2007: 2). By
combining the first and second folds of change at the
plant, Paul Johnson, Manufacturing Engineering
Manager put it succinctly “we have tried to focus on
the individual, his role, and what he needs to do to
deliver a quality product” [1].
The success of the plant change can be attributed to
the application of Group Dynamic school theory as
Johnson concludes “the more time we spent as a
group, the more equipments we installed, the more
obvious it became that we were going to put all good
words into action and deliver the facility as
promised…” [1]. By Group Dynamic perspective, the
management of Jaguar/Halewood sorted the opinion
of all members in the group and these helped in
shaping their decision making process. Group
Dynamic school supports the argument that
organizational change works effectively and achieves
better results through teams or work groups rather
than individuals [16]. Group behavior has an intricate
set of symbolic interactions and forces that does not
only affect group structures, but also modifies the
individuals’ behavior in the group [17].
Even though there was facility change, the essence of
the plant’s effectiveness was also about people
management akin to the Individual Perspective
school theory knowing that it is individuals that
forms the group. The plant was transformed from its
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shambles to be rated above BMW, Volvo, and
Mercedes in the JD Power survey within three years.
Culture
‘The predominant culture was that of lack of respect
– downward/upward and laterally – and it was
characterized by what one operator said, [we were
asked to leave our brain outside the gate]’ [1].
Organisational culture is a system of shared values
and beliefs about what are important, what behaviors
are appropriate and about feelings and relationships
internally and externally. Values and cultures need to
be unique to the organization, widely shared, and
reflected in daily practice and relevant to the
organization’s purpose and strategy. Culture is the
life of the organization through the amalgam of
beliefs, ideology, language, ritual, and myth [18].
Also culture is a work developed by a given group as
it learns to cope with its problems of external
adaptation and internal integration – that has worked
well enough to be considered valid and, therefore, to
be taught to new members as the correct way to
perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems
[19].
In the following paragraph, I shall draw from
Schein’s definition as exemplified by
Jaguar/Halewood in Group Dynamic and Open
System schools’ approach respectively into the
politic of its workforce.
In expediting the cultural change required for
Jaguar/Halewwod success, they consulted Senn
Delaney Leadership, a leading consulting firm
specializing in relationship and attitude with
extensive experience of unionized work
environments and industrial relations issues [1]. Senn
Delaney Leadership took the Jaguar/Halewood
workforce through a specially designed workshop
and inculcated the ‘Halewood Difference’ culture
into them. The acculturation process covered training
in accountability and responsibility, open
communication, adaptability, mutual respect and
teamwork as well as quality and customer focus
[1].oup Dynamic school theory was applied in the
Jaguar/Halewood workforce cultural training. The
training was in turns so that the group dynamics will
be felt. Sixteen people were selected across all
sectors of Halewood and were trained in groups till
the end of the training sessions.
The Open System school also played a role as
participants in the training were able to interact with
facilitators including Hudson thereby contributing to
the shaping of the culture. There is no single best
culture rather a mixed approach. This is where human
resource policy is critical as it reflects and reinforces
organizational values and culture.
There must be a link between strongly shared values
and high commitment. Where strongly shared values
can be demonstrated, people are more likely to be
satisfied, displaying higher levels of organizational
commitment, lower quit rates, greater customer
satisfaction, and lower levels of dissent or
dissatisfaction over levels of pay. Halewood has
achieved much including developing a good culture
among its employees since the transition which
among many accolades won them the J.D Power
European Plant Gold Award for Quality [20].
Communication
‘The strategy pursued was that of evolving the
communication strategy around a figurehead,
someone dedicated, approachable and accountable
for the changes taking place in the plant’ [1].
Communication challenges featured prominently in
the takeover of Jaguar/Halewood and it needed to be
fixed as an element of change management for two
immediate reasons. One, communication plays an
important role in every human endeavor. Two, good
business communication is necessary for the progress
of business activities. Communication at
Jaguar/Halewood involved various stakeholders;
customers, employees, the media, etc. are always
required to be exchanging important information with
each other and at all times.
The communication strategy adopted by
Jaguar/Halewood was evolved around Hudson.
Hudson devised various communication strategies
including a regular quarterly communication session
with the entire workforce informing them about data,
quality metrics, competitors, areas improved and
areas requiring improvement [1]. It is expected that
an immediate and continuous efforts be made in
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those areas to bridge the communication gap.
Hudson’s communication strategy yielded results as
the ‘communication process trickled down and was
adopted by all levels of the organization involving
various categories of employees in daily, weekly, or
monthly sessions’ [1].
Among the communications instruments Hudson
used in Jaguar/Halewood over the years were as
follows:
Firstly, oral communication was palpably the most
used forms of communication among the workforce
at Jaguar/Halewood in achieving the ‘three pillar
strategy’. Whether it is to present some important
data to colleagues or lead a boardroom meeting, these
skills were vital. Management and workforce at
Jaguar/Halewood constantly used oral
communication to inform colleagues and/or
subordinates of a decision, and provided information.
This was done usually by face-to-face. Colleagues
and/or subordinates on the receiving end exercised
much caution to ensure that they clearly understood
what is being said and took necessary action. By
Hudson’s communication strategy, the workforce
cultivated both listening and speaking skills required
to carry out roles within the workplace and beyond.
Secondly, a newsletter called ‘vision’ was implored
to augment the oral communication strategy. The
newsletter which was very well designed and printed
on a glossy paper was periodically distributed to
individuals in the workforce. It featured past, present,
and upcoming challenges and events [1]. The catchy
and inspiring headlines of the newsletter made the
workforce read them with excitement and hope for
their future at Jaguar/Halewood.
Also, other forms of written communication were
used in Jaguar/Halewood to send documents and
other important materials to stakeholders. Modern
ways of business communication have augmented
verbal communication to a great extent by a faster
form of written communication; that is emailed.
Furthermore, modern communications tools like
video conferencing and multiple way telephone calls,
with several individuals simultaneously are also used
for business communication. Apart from a few
glitches that could occur, these methods of
communication have helped organizations with
speedy business communication.
Thirdly, after the workforce of Jaguar/Halewood had
been statured with the joint newsletter and the
‘Gateway Agreement’, the communication drive was
turned to delivering customer satisfaction and quality
[1]. Of cause Jaguar/Halewood management under
Hudson did what was right in its communication
change approach by making sure that the workforce
was apt with the internal communication strategies
before extending to the external communication.
Invariably, the workforce mastered the principle of
effective internal communication skills which aided
quality delivery of customer satisfaction.
Fourthly, although the commonly used methods of
communication at Jaguar/Halewood were carried out
orally and/or in writing form, when it came to the
shop floor, the power of non-verbal communication
were necessary for delivering customer satisfaction
[1]. The warm smile, gestures and several other body
movements send out positive messages to customers
and same between employees.
Not the last and not least, training sessions and
meeting were other forms of communication
platforms used effectively in the change management
of Jaguar/Halewood [1]. One human resource
manager at Jaguar/Halewood commented during an
apprehensive workshop that was aimed at improving
the workforce “it helped release collective distrust,
opened people’s eyes on their role and their function
in pursuit of a common goal” [1].
Leadership and Management
‘Hudson, by accepting the job, had a challenging
transformation task ahead of him’ [1].
Northouse concluded that leadership is from a trait or
a process viewpoint [21]. ‘Leaders are born, not
made and leadership is only restricted to specific
humans and cannot be learned’ [22]. Leadership is
‘the process in which an individual influences other
group members towards the attainment of group or
organizational goals’ [23]. Also ‘leadership is one of
the great intangibles… it is a skill most people would
love to possess, but one which defies close definition’
[24].
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While leadership may be influencing others,
management may be to maintain efficient and
effective organizational order. Admittedly, leadership
and management need to be given equal prominence.
In summing up Shackleton and Crainer’s definitions
of leadership, the individual becomes the focal point
of leadership in that the individual ‘lead’ and the
individual is ‘led’. Management on the other hand
overlaps with two similar terms, leadership and
administration.
In metamorphosing the definitions of leadership and
management above, the role of Hudson’s
transformation in Jaguar/Halewood puts into
perspective. Hudson played the ‘lead’ role of the
‘leadership and management’ that brought about the
transformational change in Jaguar/Halewood.
Transformational leadership occurred in
Jaguar/Halewood because its ‘leadership and
management’ broadened and elevated the interest of
the workforce by generating awareness and
subsequently the workforce’s acceptance of the
‘purposes and mission’ of the Jaguar/Halewood. Also
the ‘leadership and management’ stirred up the
workforce to look beyond their own self-interest for
the good of Jaguar/Halewood.
Attaining charisma in the eyes of one’s employees is
central to succeeding as a transformational leader.
Charismatic leaders have great power and influence.
Employees want to identify with them, and they have
a high degree of trust and confidence in them.
Charismatic leaders inspire and excite their employee
with the idea that they may be able to accomplish
great things with extra effort.
Transformational leaders like Hudson are
individually considerate, that is, they pay close
attention to differences among their employees; they
act as mentors to those who need help to grow and
develop. The intellectual stimulation of employees is
another factor in transformational leadership
demonstrated by Hudson. He took the ‘questions and
answer session during the ‘Halewood Difference’
workshops; program put together to help change
attitudes, behaviors and values of employees at
Jaguar/Halewood [1].
Intellectually stimulating leaders are willing and able
to show their employees new ways of looking at old
problems, to teach them to see difficulties as
problems to be solved, and to emphasize rational
solutions. As noted earlier, certain types of behavior
characterized the transformational leader. Yet
transformational leaders vary widely in their personal
styles.
As a transformational leader, Hudson was able to
transform the fortunes of Jaguar/Halewood from the
shackles of moribund workforce, and dilapidated
machines to a modern automobile organization with a
lean management team. Hudson created the wealth
and global stature of Jaguar/Halewood from vision,
initiative, emphasis on hard work, and a special
organizational culture with strict codes of morality
and training, and effective communication
management.
The transformational leadership of Hudson supported
successful implementation among the following; a
world class operation in Halewood; building 100,000
cars per year, the launch of X-400 was on schedule, a
culture of reduction and efficiency of the workforce,
and finally Ford Escort vans ordered (prior to the
takeover of Jaguar) were completed and phased out
on schedule [11].
V. CONCLUSION
Like many change management processes, the
Jaguar/Halewood experience did not come easy.
Change is complex and there is no quick fix already
made solutions to organizational change management
therefore for appreciable result to be yielded in a
change management process there must be
unrelenting support from all variables in that change
by continuously managing the process.
I wish to state that Jaguar/Halewood achieved its
change management and it marches on. The
transition at Halewood was a culmination of many
actions which inculcated a high performance culture
among the workforce, attention to detailed
responsibilities which translated into quality end-
product with speed, and increased customer
satisfaction.
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By enumerating the Jaguar/Halewood change
management, I do not claim to have outlined a simple
solution to the case study nonetheless I have
participated in the academic discussion of change
management in its broader scope and drawn on the
theories of leading change management to etch the
Jaguar/Halewood experience.
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