The following exercise introduces y

The following exercise introduces you to how an organization's culture influences its ability to make desirable changes aligned to its mission, values, and strategies.

Complete the collaboration warm-up exercise, Assessing the Role of Collaboration in Facilitating Organizational Change. A transcript of this interactive exercise is also available.

Consider what you learned in the experience and respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What do you think the role of collaboration is in assessing organizational culture?
• How do you think collaboration can assist an organization to align its current organizational culture with one that will facilitate positive change?
• What do you think the role of collaboration  is in initiating change?
• What are some of the strategies  you could use to contribute to effective collaboration when initiating      change?
• Describe a behavior you have expressed in the past that prevents effective collaboration. Explain how you could avoid repeating this behavior and identify a more effective one      to replace it with.