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  1. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values For More Courses Visit Now www.bus661.com

  2. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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?

  3. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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.

  4. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com BUS 661 Change Intervention 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.

  5. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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.

  6. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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? To what extent are single versus multiple rationales utilized? Whatconclusions do you draw from this?

  7. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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?b. How did these assumptions influence prescriptions for dealing with “the turnover problem?”

  8. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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? Are there other "lessons" embedded in the stories for future changes for/to the companies?

  9. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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

  10. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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. Describe 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.

  11. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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?

  12. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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.

  13. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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.b. Brabeck-Letmathe emphasizes the need for an incremental approach to change. Do you agree that this is what he has done? Discuss the differences and similarities between his view and your view of what has occurred at Nestlé, both historically and in recent times.

  14. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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. Focus of the Final Project Submit an eight- to ten-page paper (excluding appendixes, cover page, abstract, and references). The paper should focus on a topic or concept in the course that has proven to be especially interesting to you. An outline of the chosen topic will be presented to the instructor in Week Three for review and approval.

  15. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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.

  16. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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 ResistanceProposed ActionDislike of change Discomfort with uncertaintyPerceived negative effects on interestsAttachment to established culture/ways of doing thingsPerceived breach of psychological contractLack of conviction that change is needed

  17. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com BUS 661 Productive Failure Sometimes things go wrong and it's not always a bad thing. Discuss a time in your organization’s history when a change process failed. Explain what happenedand what was learned in the process. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

  18. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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? What would be the best source (media) for you to get this information – consider the range of media from low to high richness? What would be the worst way of getting this information? Why?

  19. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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?

  20. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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: How did this emerge?

  21. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com 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? What overall message would a reader receive about vision after reading the article?

  22. BUS 661 Help Bcome Exceptional / bus661.com The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values For More Courses Visit Now www.bus661.com

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