Prepare a 2 – 3 page report, (APA style), excluding the title and reference pages, that summarizes your findings and includes the following:

Please have an Intro and a Conclusion. Also please put the question in bold as topic headers and answer each question under it respective header. Thank you!

Now that you have watched the video, research an organization that has experienced or is experiencing change. For this particular assignment, you do not need to use peer-reviewed resources. You may use articles from the business section of a newspaper, a business magazine, or a business article found on the Internet. You should use one resource that deals with the change and a second, additional article about this organization to help support your opinions, interpretations, and conclusions. You may use more resources about the organization if needed.

Prepare a 2 – 3 page report, (APA style), excluding the title and reference pages, that summarizes your findings and includes the following:

Identify and describe the organization.

Discuss the change that is presented in the article.

What is the rationale presented for the change? From a management perspective? From a leadership perspective?

Remember: Change might be needed to empower employees, attract potential investors, improve the customer base, etc.

Are there additional pressures that were not mentioned in your text or the video?

Are some pressures more legitimate than others? In your opinion, why might this be the case?

Identify barriers expressed in the article and/or barriers that you believe exist.

Explain how you, as the change leader, might gain overall support for the change. How might you prepare this team for change?

In conclusion, was this change evaluated or should this change be evaluated? How should the success be measured? In your opinion, can and should this change be sustained?

Discusses the change initiative presented in the article.

o Thoroughly analyzes the pressures and barriers.

o Details leadership tactics needed to support the change.

o Evaluates and measures the success of the change.

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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeUse of References

Argument is well supported using a minimum of two (2) resources; one resource dealing with the change and a second providing more information about the organization.

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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMechanics

o Responses are written at the graduate level with proper punctuation, grammar, and mechanics.

o Follows APA Style.

o Minimum of two to three pages in length.

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