Assume you are the Sales and Marketing Director for Sea Treasures, a small group of well-known retail
stores specializing in exotic sea life and high-end accessories for aquariums. The company has been in
business for over 50 years, but the customer base is shrinking, sales are slow, and you are faced with
reducing staff and closing stores. Sea Treasures will be out of business within a year if innovative
and creative changes are not made quickly. After many months, you have finally been able to convince
the owner that the only way to sustain the business and increase revenue is to create an Internet
Website to sell the large inventory of aquarium decorator items (currently gathering dust in a costly
warehouse) . This will be a short-term, small scale change. Six months later, you will expand the
Website to sell live sea creatures such as tropical fish and small sea turtles online, which is a long
-term, large-scale change.
You face many challenges in this transformational change initiative, beginning with strong employee
resistance, new technology, and shipping methods. Many small businesses have been faced with these same
issues, and have made the transition successfully. Consider the humble beginnings of Amazon, and look
where they are today. Selecting the best change model for this business, and implementing it step by
step provides the foundation for creating an exciting new company.
In 3 – 5 pages, explain which change model you would follow for the short-term change and which you
would follow for the long-term change. Provide rationale for your decision and discuss the effects that
these changes would have on the employees, managers, and executives within the organization. Include at
least three references and follow standard APA formatting for your paper.