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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.