Welcome to our Spring II class, Organizational Change (ORGD 6355)! I am looking forward to guiding our discussions and assisting you and your colleagues throughout our semester. Below is our first week’s discussion assignment:
Welcome to our Spring II class, Organizational Change (ORGD 6355)! I am looking forward to guiding our discussions and assisting you and your colleagues throughout our semester. Below is our first week’s discussion assignment:
Part I
In preparation of our first week (starting March 8), I would like for us to get to know each other by sharing a little about ourselves. For example, please introduce yourself by sharing what organization you work for or previously worked for, any interesting hobbies or general interests, and what you expect to gain out of our class. You can’t go wrong, just be yourself!
Your introduction and part II (see below) are due by Thursday, March 11, 11:59 p.m. (CST).
Part II
In addition to introducing yourselves, in 3-4 paragraphs, share an experience regarding change and answer the three questions below. Remember, your initial post is due Thursday, March 11, 11:59 p.m. (CST). Please respond to at least two (2) colleagues with substantive comments and feedback by the end of week, Sunday, March 14, 11:59 p.m. (CST).
1. Identify the issues with managing change that you experienced?
2. What lessons have you added in your own change management practices, particularly for future changes?
3. Knowing what you know today, do you think organizations are implementing “your” lessons learned? Why or why not?
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Week 2 Discussion
For your initial post, answer each question with substantive and meaningful information and insights. Your answer should draw upon the text and your professional experience. Use this opportunity to enhance your knowledge of the concepts by comparing/contrasting your professional experience(s) with the textbook and discussions.
For your two follow-up posts to your colleagues, state (1) why their post captured your attention, (2) compare/contrast their initial discussion with your own post, and (3) include at least one question as a resource for further analysis. You are not required to respond to each of your colleagues questions; however, this is encouraged as this allows for further discussion and analysis.
Chapter 2:
1. Table 2.1 (pg. 35) identifies six different images of change management. Which one do “you” identify with when implementing change in your current or past professional career/job?
Chapter 3:
1. Figure 3.1 (pg.65) displays six environmental pressures for change. Which one or two of these changes have “you” (and your colleagues) had to address in your current or past professional career/job? How did you (and your colleagues) manage these changes? Where you successful? Why or why not?
ORGD6355 Organizational Change
Week 3 Discussion
For your initial post, answer each question with substantive and meaningful information and insights. Your answer should draw upon the text and your professional experience. Use this opportunity to enhance your knowledge of the concepts by comparing/contrasting your professional experience(s) with the textbook and discussions.
For your two follow-up posts to your colleagues, state (1) why their post captured your attention, (2) compare/contrast their initial discussion with your own post, and (3) include at least one question as a resource for further analysis. You are not required to respond to each of your colleagues questions; however, this is encouraged as this allows for further discussion and analysis.
Chapter 4:
1. Figure 4.4 (pg. 110) illustrates a typical PESTLE analysis. How have “you” (and/or your colleagues) utilized PESTLE, or parts of this analyzing tool, to scan the environment in your industry? If you have not implemented this tool, how would you implement this in your company or business.
Chapter 5:
1. Table 5.1 (pg. 148) outlines five groups. How have or would “you” utilize the innovators or early adopters to assist your change initiative with the “Laggards”. Detail at least two strategies.
ORGD6355 Organizational Change
Week 4 Discussion
For your initial post, answer each question with substantive and meaningful information and insights. Your answer should draw upon the text and your professional experience. Use this opportunity to enhance your knowledge of the concepts by comparing/contrasting your professional experience(s) with the textbook and discussions.
For your two follow-up posts to your colleagues, state (1) why their post captured your attention, (2) compare/contrast their initial discussion with your own post, and (3) include at least one question as a resource for further analysis. You are not required to respond to each of your colleague’s questions; however, this is encouraged as this allows for further discussion and analysis.
Chapter 6:
1. Table 6.1 (p. 188) describes Visions Fail When… Describe a time in that “you” experienced a failed vision in your career or workplace. Did the vision fail due to one or several reasons listed on Table 6.1 or where there other factors that contributed to the failed vision?
Chapter 7:
1. Table 7.3 (p. 215) details Barriers to Effective Organizational Change Communication. Pick one of six listed barriers to effective organizational change communication on the table and describe your experience with this barrier. You may also choose to discuss a barrier that you feel is the main cause of failed organizational change communication in your industry or company.
ORGD6355 Organizational Change
Week 5 Discussion
For your initial post, answer each question with substantive and meaningful information and insights. Your answer should draw upon the text and your professional experience. Use this opportunity to enhance your knowledge of the concepts by comparing/contrasting your professional experience(s) with the textbook and discussions.
For your two follow-up posts to your colleagues, state (1) why their post captured your attention, (2) compare/contrast their initial discussion with your own post, and (3) include at least one question as a resource for further analysis. You are not required to respond to each of your colleagues questions; however, this is encouraged as this allows for further discussion and analysis.
Chapter 8:
1. Table 8.5 (pg. 269) describes Strategies for Dealing with Resistance to Change. Which of these strategies do you see (or have seen) most often utilized in your current/past professional career? If you do not want to utilize your own professional experience, you can choose one that caught your attention to answer the questions. Does (or did) the strategy produce results? Are (were) the results positive or negative? Why?
Chapter 9:
1. Figure 9.1 (pg. 292) describes Appreciative Inquiry 4-D cycle. Do you think implementing Appreciative Inquiry can benefit your company or describe how it has benefited your company if you utilize this technique? Why or why not?
ORGD6355 Organizational Change
Week 6 Discussion
For your initial post, answer each question with substantive and meaningful information and insights. Your answer should draw upon the text and your professional experience. Use this opportunity to enhance your knowledge of the concepts by comparing/contrasting your professional experience(s) with the textbook and discussions.
For your two follow-up posts to your colleagues, state (1) why their post captured your attention, (2) compare/contrast their initial discussion with your own post, and (3) include at least one question as a resource for further analysis. You are not required to respond to each of your colleagues questions; however, this is encouraged as this allows for further discussion and analysis.
Chapter 10:
1. Table 10.2 (pg. 318) details Why Transformation Efforts Fail. Describe a time or experience in our career that you have experienced a failed transformation utilizing the reasons detailed on Table 10.2. Provide details to the examples you utilize.
Chapter 11:
1. On page 359 of the text, Mitchell Marks and Robert Shaw (1995) argue that “productive failure” is valuable, if an organization has the capacity to add the learning from such experiences to its store of knowledge rather than to conduct a witch hunt to find who to blame. Do you agree? If so, is this realistic and applicable in the real world?
ORGD6355 Organizational Change
Week 7 Discussion
For your initial post, answer each question with substantive and meaningful information and insights. Your answer should draw upon the text and your professional experience. Use this opportunity to enhance your knowledge of the concepts by comparing/contrasting your professional experience(s) with the textbook and discussions.
For your two follow-up posts to your colleagues, state (1) why their post captured your attention, (2) compare/contrast their initial discussion with your own post, and (3) include at least one question as a resource for further analysis. You are not required to respond to each of your colleagues questions; however, this is encouraged as this allows for further discussion and analysis.
Chapter 12:
1. Table 12.3 (pg. 398) describes The McBer Competency Model for the “top Notch Change Manager”. Do you agree with the skills listed? Why or why not? Also, which skill or skills sets do “you” thrive and which one do you want to improve (if any)?
ORGD6355 Organizational Change
Week 8 Discussion
What impacted you the most about our class topics? Also, please feel free to celebrate or recognize your colleagues who helped you learn more about our topics throughout our discussions.
ORGD6355 Organizational Change
Week Homework 1
Submit a 1-2 page summary, excluding your reference page, address the following items:
State and briefly explain the relevant situation/study from an organization setting that you selected as the final project. For example,
Name of the company or case study
Why did you make this selection?
What do you hope to learn?
State the activities or actions you have taken to research your topic. For example,
Read or researched the company or case study
Implemented research via the UIW online library
State any obstacles you have encountered? What strategies will you implement to overcome these obstacles, if any? For example,
Not enough resources to research my topic(s)
Organizing your topic(s) of discussion or research
Calling or emailing the UIW librarians to ask for assistance
Include your references in APA format
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Week Homework 2
Submit an annotated bibliography (APA Fromat) of at least three (3) of your books, articles, and/or documents that you are utilizing to construct your Research Paper. Each citation will be followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.
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Midterm Examination
The mid-term test consist of three (3) essay questions. This is an individual assignment. You may use your textbook, on-line resources, class notes, previous professional and personal experiences related to the subject matter in order answer the following questions. There is no minimum number of paragraphs or pages, as these are analytical questions, which require YOUR own unique perspectives, expertise, and overall knowledge. Good luck.
1) What do you think are the factors or issues that cause colleagues, team members, etc. to resist change? Why? How would you prepare to present and implement a change initiative knowing that you have resistors to change? Outline and discuss your strategy.
2) Choose one (1) of several diagnostic models or frameworks to develop a change strategy and implementation initiative. Detail the model or framework, while elaborating on what each component, element, or theory means to YOU and how you will implement your change strategy.
3) Describe at least three (3) challenges that a change manager may experience and how the change manager can address or mitigate these challenges.
ORGD6355 Organizational Change
Final Test
The final test consist of three (3) essay questions. This is an individual assignment. You may use your textbook, on-line resources, class notes, previous professional and personal experiences related to the subject matter in order answer the following questions. There is no minimum number of paragraphs or pages, as these are analytical questions, which require YOUR own unique perspectives, expertise, and overall knowledge. Good luck.
1) In the past few weeks, we have discussed several models, theories, and/or technologies describing best practices and details regarding change initiatives. For this specific question, utilize Kotter’s Eight-Stage Model of Transformational Change to articulate how YOU would implement a change initiative in your department or workplace. For those who are working in top secret organizations or simply you do not wish to utilize your place of work as an example, you may utilize your team project to answer this question.
2) State and discuss the top three (3) reasons YOU have seen change initiative fail. Second, detail how YOU will try to prevent the failures you’ve seen.
3) Discuss the importance of measuring progress in YOUR organization (or your team’s project for those who work for organizations that silence is golden). Why do YOU think it is important to implement the one or a few of the following measures: Leading measures, Lagging measures, Internal measures, external measures, Cost-based measures, and/or non-cost measures.
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Research Paper
Step 1: During the first two weeks of the course, each student will select a relevant situation/study from an organizational setting as a final project. The research must lend itself to assessing and diagnosing organizational needs that will lead to recommendations based on case study research. The project should allow the student to describe and conduct diagnostic activities at the organizational levels of an analysis.
Step 2: By the end of week two in the course, each student shall have emailed the professor their topic. The professor will have approved your plan and strategy to complete the project by the end of week two.
Step 3: Throughout the semester, each student is expected to spend significant time to complete this project by the deadline.
Step 4: Students are expected to update the professor on their progress each week via email.
Written Paper Details:
Each student will write a paper 8 – 10 + pages (Includes cover page, references, and other documents);
APA format;
Use the case study research method;
Any tables, graphs, or other relevant information (e.g., data collection instruments, organizational description, job description, etc.) should be included as part of the main paper.
The goal of this research is to have your organizational research published.
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Presentation
Each student will record their presentation and submit it via Blackboard. Each presentation will last no more than 20 minutes. Students will post their feedback and questions via the discussion board.
The presentation must use power point or similar platforms (i.e., Prezi, Google slides, etc.) that will allow the student to verbally narrate their presentation.
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