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Running Head: ORAGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS: ABERDEEN
Organizational Analysis of Aberdeen Plant for Implementation at Green River Plant
Organizational Analysis of Aberdeen Plant for Implementation at Green River Plant
An organizational analysis was conducted on two of the FMC Corporation's facilities. The Green River plant, Wyoming and the Aberdeen plant, South Dakota will be the subjects of the research. In this analysis we will focus work groups and teams, leadership and the communication process.
Background
The FMC Corporation is a conglomerate based in Chicago, which operates under five major businesses: Industrial chemicals, performance chemicals, precious metals, defense systems and machinery and equipment. Two major plants of the FMC Corporation are the Green River Plant and Aberdeen Plant. Green River is a set of older traditional plants, which have been in operation since 1953 and produces many products, which are distributed to over one hundred customers worldwide. Three newer, smaller plants are also currently in the works for Green River. Green River currently employs 1,150 unionized employees to oversee several product lines in the manufacturing of chemicals. Since the beginning of its operations the plant is part of the Alkali Chemicals Division of the FMC Corporation. It supplies sodium-based chemicals to the detergent industry, large commercial chemical plants, and the glass industry. The current site manager is Kenneth Dailey who is looking at ways to improve the current operations. He recently visited the Aberdeen plant in South Dakota t ...