450 Word

Students begin to strategize on how a change initiative is planned and the potential obstacles to the change’s success. They will also begin to address the organizational resistance by determining a potential solution.

Assignment Steps

Consider an existing organization you are familiar with, such as an employer, or a company for which you would like to work that operates under a traditional management model. The company’s new CEO is looking to grow the company into a sustainable organization. In her initial evaluation, the CEO realizes that the traditional management approach is not compatible with being sustainable and wants to explore integrating a Corporate Social Responsibility program as an initial step to becoming a sustainable organization.

Create a 450-word change management brief or report.

Explain how change management, in the context of Lewin’s or Kotter’s model (select only one), can help the organization become a socially-responsible organization.

Apply Lewin’s or Kotter’s model and outline the following:

1. Define the project goals in the context of change management.
2. Propose an action plan for creating change.
3. Establish how progress will be measured.
4. Determine how performance will be validated