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BUS 661 Change at DuPont For more course
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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 For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 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 For more course
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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?
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BUS 661 Change Leader For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com 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 For more course
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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. What is the rationale presented for the
changes? What are the internal and external
pressures considered in the change?
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BUS 661 Change Stories (Green Mountain
Resort) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com 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 by Gunter?
The hospitality
literature? The
consultant?
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BUS 661 Change Stories For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com 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? Of the change "lessons" outlined
in Table 1.1, which of these are present in
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BUS 661 Entire Course For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com BUS 661 Change at
DuPont BUS 661 Organizational Change Report-
Bridgepoint Ed. BUS 661 Leading Organizational
Change Assignment NESTLE BUS 661 Leading
Organizational Change Assignment British
Airways BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change
Final Paper BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change
( Tyco ) BUS 661 Change Initiatives BUS 661 Force
Field Analysis BUS 661 Change Stories BUS 661
Change Stories (Green Mountain Resort)
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BUS 661 Force Field Analysis For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 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.
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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change (Tyco) For
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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?
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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change Assignment
British Airways For more course tutorials
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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?
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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change Assignment
NESTLE For more course tutorials
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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.
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BUS 661 Leading Organizational Change Final
Paper For more course tutorials
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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.
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BUS 661 Organizational Change Report Bridgepoint
Ed. For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialra
nk.com 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 Report The
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.
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BUS 661 Preventing Resistance For more course
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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 Action
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BUS 661 Productive Failure For more course
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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 For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com 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?
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BUS 661 The Vision Wow Factor For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 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 For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com 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 For more
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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?
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BUS 661 Week 1 Assignment Change Stories For more
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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. Discuss the common
issues and lessons present in both stories.
Identify and discuss the embedded lesson found in
the four change stories of Chapter 1.
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BUS 661 Week 2 Assignment Force Field
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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
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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.
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BUS 661 Week 4 Assignment Successful Change
Versus a Dismal Failure For more course tutorials
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Successful Change Versus a Dismal
Failure Successful 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.
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BUS 661 Week 5 Assignment Preparing to
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Assignment Preparing to Communicate Preparing to
Communicate. When change is imminent in an
organization, there are specific steps that must
be taken to develop the proper communication
procedures and guidelines for the change process.
Assume that you have been assigned the role of
toxic handler. In your paper Describe the
toxic handler concept. Explain how you will
prepare to effectively handle the role.
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BUS 661 Week 5 DQ 1 For more course tutorials
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1. Imagine that you are the liaison between the
decision makers and the followers and that your
role is to communicate potential personnel change
initiatives. Using the communication strategies
found in the text, what actions will you take to
format the conversation with employees regarding
the restructuring process?
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BUS 661 Week 5 DQ 2 For more course tutorials
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2 There are specific qualities required to
successfully communicate change initiatives
within an organization. Drawing from this weeks
lecture and readings, discuss some of the most
important leadership skills required to develop
employee ownership and acceptance of change
initiatives within an organization.
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BUS 661 Week 6 Final PaperLeading Organizational
Change For more course tutorials
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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
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