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BUS 661 Change at DuPont (Ash Course)

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• 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

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BUS 661 Change Initiatives

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• 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

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• 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 representative cross
  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

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• 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 Rationales

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• Find two articles about organizations going
  through change. Provide a complete APA citation
  for each article. Answer the following questions
  and respond to at least two of your classmates
  postings.
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• 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? What conclusions do you
  draw from this? 

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BUS 661 Change Stories (Green Mountain Resort)

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• 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 were              
  held

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BUS 661 Change Stories

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• Briefly reflect upon an important change you have
  experienced in your life. Compare your change to
  the change stories from the beginning of Chapter
  1.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?

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BUS 661 Entire Course (Ash Course)

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• 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
  ResistanceBUS 661 Change InterventionBUS 661
  The Vision Wow FactorBUS 661 Vision and
  Organizational ChangeBUS 661 RestructuringBUS
  661 Toxic HandlersBUS 661 Productive FailureBUS
  661 Change Leader

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BUS 661 Force Field Analysis

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• 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.
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• 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.
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• Respond to at least two of your classmates
  postings.

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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change Assignment
British Airways

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• BUS 661 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.

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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change Assignment
NESTLE (Ash Course)

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• 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

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• BUS 661 Leading 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

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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change ( Tyco )

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• BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change ( Tyco )
• 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.

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BUS 661 Organizational Change Report- Bridgepoint
Ed. (Ash Course)

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• BUS661 Organizational Change Report- Bridgepoint
  Ed.  
• Focus of the Organizational Change Report8-10
  page paper (excluding appendixes, cover page,
  abstract, and references). The paper should focus
  on Bridgepoint Education.
• Writing the Organizational Change Report

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BUS 661 Preventing Resistance

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• 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.
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• Reason for Resistance                           
                                            
  Proposed ActionDislike of change

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BUS 661 Productive Failure

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• 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 happened and what was learned in the
  process. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates postings.

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BUS 661 Restructuring

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• 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?
• As a manager of change, how might you use these
  insights in terms of forming a media
  communications strategy?
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BUS 661 The Vision Wow Factor

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• 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

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• 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?
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BUS 661 Vision and Organizational Change

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• 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?
• How influential do you think such articles are on
  the managers who read them?
• Respond to at least two of your classmates
  postings.
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BUS 661 Week 1 Assignment Change Stories

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• BUS 661 Week 1 Assignment Change Stories
• Change Stories. In a three- to four- page paper
  (excluding the title and reference pages),
  reflect on an important professional change that
  you have experienced. Compare your change story
  to one of the stories from the beginning of
  Chapter 1 of the text. Answer the following
  questions and support your thoughts with at least
  two scholarly sources.
• In your paper you must
•  Describe your change story and the one selected
  from Chapter 1 of the text.
•  Disussc the common issues and lessons present in
  both stories.
•  Identify and discuss the embedded lesson found
  in the four change stories of Chapter 1.
•  Describe how you might use the lessons as a
  solutions template during future change
  strategies.
• Your paper should include in-text citations and
  references for at least two scholarly sources, in
  addition to the course text, and it should be
  formatted according to APA style as outlined in
  the  WritingCenter.
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BUS 661 Week 2 Assignment Force Field Analysis

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• BUS 661 Week 2 Assignment Force-Field Analysis
• Force-Field Analysis. Describe the concept of
  force-field analysis and the forces that either
  drive or restrain the change process. Using the
  force-field analysis model, discuss a change
  initiative that you are familiar with, and define
  the key driving forces and key restraining forces
  that impact the change.
• Your paper should be three to four pages in
  length (excluding the title and reference pages).
  Your paper must be formatted according to APA
  style as outlined in the  Writing Center, and it
  must include in-text citations and references for
  at least two scholarly sources from the 
  University Library, in addition to the course
  text.
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BUS 661 Week 3 Assignment Mitigating the Chaos of
Change

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• BUS 661 Week 3 Assignment Mitigating the Chaos of
  Change
• Mitigating the Chaos of Change. Change managers
  play an active role in the way change occurs
  within the organization. There are specific
  foundational approaches associated with the
  change process and the coach and interpreter
  images. Evaluate and discuss the Organizational
  Development (OD) approach as associated with the
  coach image. Evaluate and discuss the sense
  making approach as associated with the
  interpreter image. Compare and contrast the steps
  of each evaluated framework.
• Your paper should be three to four pages in
  length (excluding the title and reference pages).
  Your paper must be formatted according to APA
  style as outlined in the  Writing Center, and it
  must include in-text citations and references for
  at least two scholarly sources from the 
  University Library, in addition to the course
  text.
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BUS 661 Week 4 Assignment Successful Change
Versus a Dismal Failure

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• BUS 661 WEEK 4 Successful Change Versus a Dismal
  FailureSuccessful Change Versus a Dismal
  Failure. Using the  University Library, locate a
  scholarly article that describes a successful
  change initiative within an organization. Next,
  locate a scholarly article that describes a
  failed change initiative within an organization.
  Compare and contrast the implementation theories
  used for the change events discussed in the two
  articles. Provide a summation of what could have
  been done to make the failure a successful
  initiative.Your paper should be three to four
  pages in length (excluding the title and
  reference pages). Your paper must be formatted
  according to APA style as outlined in the 
  WritingCenter, and it must include references and
  in-text citations for at least two scholarly
  sources from the  University Library, in addition
  to the text.
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BUS 661 Week 5 Assignment Preparing to Communicate

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• BUS 661 WEEK 4 Successful Change Versus a Dismal
  FailureSuccessful Change Versus a Dismal
  Failure. Using the  University Library, locate a
  scholarly article that describes a successful
  change initiative within an organization. Next,
  locate a scholarly article that describes a
  failed change initiative within an organization.
  Compare and contrast the implementation theories
  used for the change events discussed in the two
  articles. Provide a summation of what could have
  been done to make the failure a successful
  initiative.Your paper should be three to four
  pages in length (excluding the title and
  reference pages). Your paper must be formatted
  according to APA style as outlined in the 
  WritingCenter, and it must include references and
  in-text citations for at least two scholarly
  sources from the  University Library, in addition
  to the text.
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BUS 661 Week 6 Final PaperLeading Organizational
Change

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• BUS 661 Week 6 Final Paper
• Focus of the Final Paper
• We have determined that change is inevitable and
  subject to a number of variables attributing to
  the success or failure of the change process. The
  Final Paper is an exploration of a change
  initiative that you have personally experienced
  or researched. The paper should demonstrate your
  knowledge of the change process through a
  comprehensive analysis and discussion of the
  following aspects of organizational change. Your
  paper must include 
•    An identification and description of a
  professional change initiative personally
  experienced or researched.
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BUS 661 (ASH) Seek Your Dream /uophelp.com

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