Unit 3 Individual Project Deliverable Length: 2-3 pages APA and Cites Details:
Turning a failing organization around is one of the most interesting activities in management. When organizations see themselves in that downward spiral, their managers may feel that they are unable to stop the pace of negative change. That worry and that downward momentum can be very powerful. At the same time, it sometimes takes only a key impetus to deflect that movement and turn things around. You have recently been hired as a new manager hired into a failing division in a company. The product line is outdated and losing market share, inter-departmental communication is adversarial, and competition for corporate funding is fierce. How are you, a new individual, going to turn things around? As your first job as the new manager at the outdated, adversarial company, write a plan for changing its organizational structure, incorporating the following elements:
1. Explain how you would address each of the three main problems in the organization: 1) outdated product lines, 2) adversarial communication, and 3) competition for internal resources. Thinking about organizational structures reviewed in the text, which one (or ones) do you think would be most suited to this organization and why. 2. What steps would you suggest to manage the transition from the old organizational structure to the new? 3. How would you assess the external environment and integrate this into the turn-around plan? Student must support their work with outside reliable sources.
Objective: In completing the Unit 3 IP, students demonstrate mastery of the course outcomes specified below. The relative weight of each outcome is also listed.
* Describe the techniques of managing change (50%) * Explain the concept of an organization and how it is changed (50%)
Unit 3 Discussion Board Deliverable Length: 3-4 paragraphs with cites Details:
Read through the Twelve Principles for Managing Change at the following website, http://www.lynco.com/12prin.html. Post the following on the discussion board:
1. Select the three principles you believe are the most important to follow when managing change and describe why you feel these are essential. 2. Describe some specific techniques that can be used to manage change in an organization. Explain how these techniques are consistent with the principles you selected.
Objective: In completing the Unit 3 DB, students demonstrate mastery of the course outcomes specified below. The relative weight of each outcome is also listed. * Describe the techniques of managing change. (50%) * The remaining 50% of the grading will be based on your in-depth interactions with your colleagues. # Describe the techniques of managing change.
