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At the end 2014, Dave Lewis, who had been Tesco’s CEO for only three weeks till
then, sent an email to the company’s staff members saying that the organization’s culture
had to change. He said that Tesco needed to focus on its customers and work hard
on being open, honest, and transparent. Most people in his position would have probably
waited more than three weeks before recommending such sweeping changes, especially
for something as significant as the organizational culture. So what caused Mr.
Lewis to make such a dramatic public announcement? Put simply, a financial scandal.
With significant issues, related to the drive for growth and positive market results, being
brought to light by a whistle-blower, at the end of September 2014, Tesco had to make
an embarrassing announcement—they had overstated their mid-year profits by £250
million, later revising this to £263 million.
The issues faced were twofold. In order to improve its own financial position,
Tesco delayed its payments to some of its suppliers and it had also been including
payments from suppliers as profit. It appeared that these payments were made against
suppliers getting more favorable positioning for their products and more shelf space.
Tesco’s announcement resulted in an 8 percent fall in the share price, wiping £1.5
billion off the company’s market value. A total of £3 billion was wiped off the share
price in the three weeks following the announcement.
Verb Agreement
1. The organization’s culture had to change
The organization’s is the plural nouns and change is the pluar verbs
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Dave lewis as a CEO of Tesco’s for only three weeks saying that the organization culture had to
change, the reason is financial scandal that related to the drive for growth and positive market
results . They delayed its payments to some of its suppliers and it had also been including
payments from suppliers as profit