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This course has played a critical role in my professional development in organizational management. One of the most important lessons I have obtained from the course relates to management of change in an organization. This is an important lesson since organizations in today’s business environment are faced with the need for managing organizational change because of the changes in the business environment. As I reflect on the insights obtained from the course, I have learned about change management and found some readings, resources, and assignments helpful in this process as well as some that did not fully engage me. However, I also feel that there are some aspects of change management that I still need to know more about and research more deeply after this class.Prior to undertaking this class, I knew that change management is a relatively complex process that is difficult to carry out. I believed that its nearly impossible for an organization to undertake change management in a manner that does not affect its operations. However, this class has changed my perceptions regarding change management with respect to planned and unplanned change in an organization. I have learned that there are various change management models through which organizations can implement change...
I have also learned that change management is an essential planning tool, which predicting how the process change will take place and prepare people for this process (Connelly, 2017).
Some of the reading and resources that have added the greatest value to my learning include Change Management for Sustainability by Huong Ha and How to Coach Individuals, Teams, and Organizations to Master Transformational Change: Surfing Tsunamis by Stephen K. Hacker. These resources have been of greatest value since they have provided both theoretical and practical insights regarding change management process and models. The assignment that I have found to be beneficial in my learning is the Change Management Project, which entailed identifying a real world example on an organization requiring transformational change. This was helpful since it helped me learn the applicability of change management models in real-world scenarios. However, the reading or resources that did not fully engage me include Stephen Denning’s The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling and the TED talk on Social Good, Inc. These resources were not fully engaging since they did not focus on change management, but seemingly focused…
Change Management Theory Change management is a discipline studied and implemented in various organizations. The existence of this discipline spans for over half a century currently. Thus, it is a discipline of old time, with quite a number of years in existence. However, it is surprising to note that despite the huge investments that various organizations and companies employ to facilitate organizational change studies still indicate that between 60% - 70%
Organizational Change in the Public Sector This research proposal explores the feasibility of management in the public Sector as an organizational paradigm and new model in organizational development. The literature review reviews numerous journal articles that explore on the key concepts of change management strategies from a public sector project management perspective. The authors suggest that employee's participation, effective feedback across the board, and empowerment of subordinate staffs is a major
Change Management Fabrication International CHANGE Management AT FI (i) Critical Assessment of Investment-Appraisal Process The investment appraisal process at Fabrication International (FI) is divided into four distinct steps. This appraisal process reflects the values and concerns of top management that it seeks to realize during the decision making process. FI is marked by traditional expectations of doing business. It expects its long time customers to continue doing business with it irrespective of economic realities.
Organizational Change of Northrop Grumann Corporation Analysis of Change Northrop Grumman: Interview in relation to Program Mergers & Acquisitions Comparisons Looking to the Future Organizational Change of Northrop Grumann Corporation Although acquisitions did not prove to improve the performance of firms the activities of acquisition persists and government policy toward the industry of defense has approved consolidation for the purpose of cost savings that are nominal at best. Mergers and acquisitions are events that greatly modify the
Chaos theory states that change represents a contemporary corporate model which is best suited to the advanced corporations of the current era. The theory understands the fact that change is unavoidable, but that forecasting its trajectory and time is hard (Taneja, 2013). Mergers, acquisitions, governmental takeovers and liquidations, which are ever more frequently observed, all support chaos theory premises. Akin to chemistry, organizational change may be classified as organic (flowing
Al-Haddad and Kotnour (2015) describe different organizational change types, change enablers and change methods as a means of developing a roadmap for successful organizational change. They stress that there needs to be some flexibility -- a one-size-fits-all approach to change will often lead to failure, as there will typically be some misalignment between the method of change and either the organization's conditions or the objectives of the change program. This