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BUS 661 Change at DuPont
Read the case study Change at DuPont from the end
of chapter 7 in your text. Answer the following
questions in a three- to four- page APA style
paper include outside sources to support your
answers. a. To what extent are
the following approaches to change embedded in
the DuPont story (justify your answer, providing
specific examples)
OD Appreciative
inquiry Sense-making
b. In your opinion, how
compatible are these three approaches? Why? What
evidence is there in the DuPont story to support
your answer? As a change manager, to what extent
could you utilize insights from each approach?
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BUS 661 Change Initiatives
Find an article that identifies at least one
reason why organizational change initiatives fail
in organizations. Summarize the article then
present your opinion. Be sure to provide a
complete APA citation of the article. Respond to
at least two of your classmates postings.
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BUS 661 Change Intervention
Complete the following exercise (Exercise 7.2 in
your text) Choose a current issue in your local
neighborhood. You will figure out how you would
design a large-scale change intervention program
in relation to this issue. Answer the following
questions and respond to at least two of your
classmates postings. a. How
many people would it make sense to involve?
b. Where and when would you hold it?
c. How would you ensure that you
have a representativecross sample of relevant
people in the room at the same time?What data
sources would you need to achieve this?
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BUS 661 Change Leader
What skills are appropriate for a leader of
change in a modern organization? How do you
cultivate them? On reflection, what skills do you
possess and how do you compare with your list of
skills? What can you do to improve your
skills?Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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BUS 661 Change Rationale
Find two articles about organizations going
through change. Provide acomplete APA citation
for each article. Answer the following questions
and respond to at least two of your classmates
postings. What is the rationale presented for
the changes? What are the internal and external
pressures considered in the change? Compare and
contrast the rationales from each article. What
are the commonalities presented? Are some
presented as more legitimate than others?
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BUS 661 Change Stories (Green Mountain Resort)
Read the case study Green Mountain Resort
(Dis)solves the Turnover Problem from the end of
Chapter 2. Answer the following questions in a
three page APA style paper include outside
sources to support your answers. a.
Which of the six change images discussed in the
chapter can be identified in the assumptions
about changing turnover that wereheld by
Gunter? The hospitality literature? The
consultant?
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BUS 661 Change Stories
Briefly reflect upon an important change you have
experienced in your life. Compare your change to
the change stories from the beginning of
Chapter1.Compare the change stories from the
beginning of Chapter 1. Answer the following
questions and respond to at least two of your
classmates' postings. What are the common issues
across each story? What are the differences? Of
the change "lessons" outlined in Table 1.1, which
of these are present in these stories? Which are
absent? What are the implications of this?
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BUS 661 Entire Course
BUS 661 Change at DuPontBUS 661 Organizational
Change Report- Bridgepoint Ed.BUS 661 Leading
Organizational Change Assignment NESTLEBUS 661
Leading Organizational Change Assignment British
AirwaysBUS 661 Leading Organizational Change
Final PaperBUS 661 Leading Organizational Change
( Tyco )BUS 661 Change InitiativesBUS 661 Force
Field AnalysisBUS 661 Change StoriesBUS 661
Change Stories (Green Mountain Resort)BUS 661
Change RationalesBUS 661 Preventing Resistance
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BUS 661 Force Field Analysis
Find at least one significant article related to
either downsizing,implementation of a new
technology, or a merger or acquisition. Provide a
complete APA citation of the article. What are
the key driving forces? What are the key
restraining forces? Prepare a force field
analysis graph (see Figure 5.9 from your
text). Think about how to implement the change by
increasing drivers or reducing restraints. Describ
e and discuss the change in terms of the force
field analysis in 200 words or less. Respond to
at least two of your classmates postings.
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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change ( Tyco )
Read the case study Tyco from the end of chapter
11 in your text. Answer the following questions
in a three page APA style paper include outside
sources to support your answers.a. Describe how
the turnaround team may have used Gerard and
Teurfs transformation skills to overcome the
frustration of employees.b. Tyco used vignettes
to communicate changes in ethical behavior. Write
a vignette that could be used by Tyco to assist
in overcoming the cultural change barriers that
companies like Tyco faced. What international
issues might need to be taken into account in
writing these vignettes?c. Using Ford and Fords
four types of change conversations, describe how
Tyco would go through the process of
communicating change to its staff.
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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change Assignment
British Airways
BUS661 Leading Organizational Change Assignment
British Airways British Airways Read the case
study The British Airways Swipe Card Debacle
from the end of chapter 8 in your text. Review
the swipe card story, drawing on each of the
following change perspectives discussed in
chapters 7 and 8 organizational development,
sense-making, change management, contingency, and
processual. Answer the following questions in a
three page APA style paper include outside
sources to support your answers.a. From each
change perspective, what are the key issues to
understanding the wildcat strike?b. Assume that
you have been retained as a change consultant by
BA management to advise them on how to avoid such
a situation in the future.
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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change Assignment
NESTLE
BUS661 Leading Organizational Change Assignment
( NESTLE) Nestlé Read the case study Nestlé from
the end of chapter 4 in your text. Answer the
following questions in a three page APA style
paper include outside sources to support your
answers.a. Did Nestlé undergo either first-order
and/or second-order change according to the case?
Answer listing examples of types for change from
the case.
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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change Final Paper
BUS661Leading Organizational Change Final
Paper Final Paper The final assignment for this
course is an Organizational Change Report.The
purpose of the Organizational Change Report is
for you to culminate the learning achieved in the
course by describing your understanding and
application of knowledge in the field of
organizational change.
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BUS 661 Organizational Change Report- Bridgepoint
Ed
Focus of the Organizational Change Report 8-10
page paper (excluding appendixes, cover page,
abstract, and references). The paper should focus
on Bridgepoint Education. Writing the
Organizational Change ReportThe Organizational
Change Report Must be eight to ten double-spaced
pages in length and formatted according to APA
style. Must include an abstract after the title
page according to APA style in the approved style
guide. Must include an introductory paragraph
with a succinct thesis statement. Must address
the topic of the paper with critical thought.
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BUS 661 Preventing Resistance
Listed below are a number of reasons why people
may be resistant to a change. For each of the
reasons, identify at least one action that could
be taken by management to reduce the prospect
that it will be a significant source of
resistance (Exercise 6.2 from your text).
Respond to at least two of your classmates
postings. Reason for Resistance
Proposed
ActionDislike of change Discomfort with
uncertaintyPerceived negative effects on
interestsAttachment to established culture/ways
of doing thingsPerceived breach of psychological
contract
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BUS 661 Productive Failure
Sometimes things go wrong and it's not always a
bad thing. Discuss a time in your organizations
history when a change process failed. Explain
what happenedand what was learned in the
process. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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BUS 661 Restructuring
Imagine that you are an employee of a large
organization about to go through a restructuring.
Discuss the following issues and respond to at
least two of your classmates postings. What
information would you like? From whom would you
prefer to get this information? Why? In what
format would you prefer to get it individually,
in a group, through an office memo or email,
other?
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BUS 661 The Vision Wow Factor
Find the vision statement of five different
companies that you are interested in. You can get
these from either annual reports or from online
searches. You may also use the vision statements
listed in Table 9.4 of your text. to the
following and respond to at least two of your
classmates postings. Choose and paraphrase two
different frameworks from Table 9.3 in your
text. Assess the vision statements in relation to
the two frameworks. What are you conclusions
about each of the visions? Do they have the wow
factor? Why or why not?
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BUS 661 Toxic Handlers
Read Table 11.5 from your text about toxic
handlers. Select one of the following discussion
focuses (a, b, or c) depending on your own
experiences. A. Have you ever been
or observed a toxic handler? If so, compose your
discussion around these questions How did this
emerge? How long did it last? What were
your/their greatest challenges? How did you/they
manage the burnout factor? B. Have
you ever been helped by a toxic handler? If so,
compose your discussion around these questions
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BUS 661 Vision and Organizational Change
Locate one journal article that discusses vision
in relation to specific companies going through
organizational change. The change could be
growth, decline, or some form of restructuring.
Provide a complete APA citation of the
article. How does each commentator link vision to
the change? Is vision an explanatory variable for
understanding why a change succeeded or
failed? How would you rate the tone of the
article in relation to vision positive, neutral,
or negative?
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