Tools of Organizational
Change
Select one of the following tools: the nine steps in Ackerman and Anderson’s
roadmap for change, Cummings and Worley’s five dimensions of leading and
managing change, or the three components of organizational change. Explain
how a leader could use this tool in guiding an organizational change.
Review several of your peers’ posts. Respond to two peers who did not
choose the same tool as you. Discuss the similarities and differences
between the tools.
Your initial post should
be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from
required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any
references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.
Discussion 2
Changes at the Top
Using at least one
resource from the Ashford University Library, or a reputable online source,
explain what impact you think the loss of Steve Jobs has, and will have, on
Apple’s primary stakeholder groups: customers, employees, and investors.
In what ways do you think Tim Cook’s leadership might change Apple?
Review several of your peers’ posts. Discuss any similar or opposing
perspectives you have, with at least two of your peers. Take care to be
professional and polite even if your beliefs or viewpoints differ.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words
in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s)
and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to
at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.
Assignment
Change Model
Assignment.
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.
Please see theGrading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your
assignment.
