Self-Selected Project

Self-Selected Project Assignment Instructions

Overview

Developing as effective change agents incudes not only our continued education in effective change strategy, but it also requires us to help lead effective change. The Self-Selected Project is designed to address these two critical areas by either completing additional research about change or practicing change implementation by creating a training seminar in change. Read through the requirements of both options and consider which would be more beneficial to complete. This project will allow you further tailor your learning in the course and help you develop your leadership of change initiatives.

Instructions

The Self-Selected Project Assignment must meet the standards of the current edition of the APA manual for in-text citations, references, headings, grammar, spelling and mechanics.

SELF-SELECTED PROJECT: LEADING CHANGEPOWERPOINT ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS 

OVERVIEW

Research continues to show that change is often met with resistance. Thus, to lead change well, we need to consider ways to help those are apprehensive to embrace the change. One technique to help with this is to communicate change well and help others see the reason forthe change and their role in the change. By selecting the Leading Change PowerPoint, you are building your communication skills by creating a change strategy that would seek to accomplish several of these critical needs, from casting a vision and creating a sense of urgency to outlining specifics of how the change will occur.

INSTRUCTIONS

The student will develop a presentation that simulates a change implementation meeting, in which the presenter’s organization is about to undergo strategic change (Note: this presentation must be a different change initiative than the one explored in the Change Scenario Assignment).

The presentation will be created in PowerPoint and will present the following content in the slides. Each numbered item below should use the bolded wording as the slide’s heading (do not include the descriptive material that follows). You may use more than one slide for any particular aspect, but must include, at a minimum, the following slides with their headers. 

1. Introduction: Provide introductory information.

2. Issue in Need of Change: Describe the organizational issue in need of change.

3. The Change Initiative: Present a clear description of the change that is being suggested.

4. Change Rationale: Explain the rationale for the selected change strategy.

5. Anticipated Issues and Challenges: Describe the issues and challenges to be addressedand how to overcome them.

6. Change Action Plan: Detail the action plan to be followed.

7. Conclusion: Finish with key concluding thoughts.

In addition, the PowerPoint must integrate these artifacts (additional slides):

• Organizational Hierarchy: Use a hierarchical illustration to show change oversightand reporting.

• Communication Plan: Include a chart that marks key communication elements for theteam leading change.

• Responsibility Matrix: Include a chart that notes key activities and those responsibleand those in support.