uop MGT/426 week 2 assignment

Week Two: Preparing for Change

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Objectives

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1.1 Explain the importance of understanding shared vision and organizational culture in the context of change.

1.2 Define modeling as a facilitator of change.

1.3 Explain three models of change.

1.4 Identify both organizational and individual causes of resistance to change.

1.5 Describe how Lewin's theory of change can be used to overcome resistance to change.

9/19/2013

6:00pm

Reading

Read Ch. 5-9 of Managing Organizational Change.

9/19/2013

6:00pm

Reading

Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

9/19/2013

6:00pm

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

9/19/2013

10:00pm

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Leaning Team

Managing Change Presentation Part I

Create a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation that addresses the following topics.

Over the course of this class, your Learning Team will develop a comprehensive Managing Change Presentation. Each week, your team will add more elements to this presentation. By the final week, you will have a cumulative presentation that addresses the complete change cycle.

· Select a team member’s work organization. Identify a specific change that your Learning Team feels should occur in the selected organization.

· Prepare a7- to 10-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentationdescribing the cycle of change, and the specific change that needs to occur within the cycle of change. Be sure to:

o Compare and contrast continuous and discontinuous change in this scenario.

o Differentiate between the two types of change agents and how one or both can be used in this scenario.

· Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Include speaker notes beneath each slide.

9/19/2013

6:00pm

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Individual

Roles of Managers and Individuals Paper

· Prepare a 700-1,050-word paper assessing the various roles of managers and individuals in the change process.

· Include an examination of the two types of change agents as well as and a manager’s role in combating resistance and championing change.

· Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

· Print your paper and provide a hard copy to the instructor.

9/19/2013

6:00pm

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