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MGT 435 Entire Course For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com   MGT 435 Week 1 DQ
1 Examples of Organizational Change MGT 435 Week
1 DQ 2 Implementing Organizational Change MGT 435
Week 1 Quiz MGT 435 Week 2 DQ 1 Innovation MGT
435 Week 2 DQ 2 Change Models MGT 435 Week 2
Quiz MGT 435 Week 3 DQ 1 Tools of Organizational
Change MGT 435 Week 3 DQ 2 Changes at the
Top                                        
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MGT 435 Week 1 DQ 1 Examples of Organizational
Change For more classes visits www.snaptutorial.
com   Examples of Organizational Change. View
the Social Media Revolution video. We have all
watched organizations around us change in
response to technology, legislation, consumer
demand, and other factors. Provide an example of
an organization that has changed for the better
and how this transition benefited its customers,
employees, and investors. Review several of your
peers posts. Discuss how and why these changes
have occurred, with at least two of your peers.
                                           
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MGT 435 Week 1 DQ 2 Implementing Organizational
Change For more classes visits www.snaptutorial.
com   Implementing Organizational Change. This
post should be at least 200 words in length.
Select one of the following approaches to
understanding or implementing organizational
change. Summarize this approach. Provide an
example of how this information could be useful
to an organization. Review several of your peers
posts. Discuss any similar or opposing
perspectives you have, with at least two of your
peers. Take care to be professional and polite
even if your beliefs or viewpoints differ. Dunphy
and Staces Four Levels of Change
                                         
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  MGT 435 Week 1 Quiz For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com Week 1   1.        
Question         Which of the following is not
the case with regard to climate change issues and
company competiveness?  2.        Question
        Compared to reactive change, proactive
changes initiated by organization leaders . .
.  3.        Question         Which of the
following is a key factor in allowing a small
business to remain competitive?  4.       
Question         Which of the following
frameworks of effective organizational change
focuses on the ethical behavior of organizational
members and groups?                  
                     
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MGT 435 Week 2 DQ 1 Innovation For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com   Innovation. View
the Seth Godin video about innovation, Ideas that
Spread, Win. Think of an innovative company and
explain how its ability to adapt has enabled the
organization to remain competitive in its
industry. Review several of your peers posts.
Discuss with at least two of your peers how these
changes impacted employees or other
organizational stakeholders.                    
                     
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MGT 435 Week 2 DQ 2 Change Models For more
classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   Change
Models. Select and compare two of the following
change models environment-industry-organization
contingency, organizational life-cycle, action
research model, eight-step approach, appreciative
inquiry. Identify the pros and cons of the two
models you selected. Review several of your
peers posts. Discuss any similar or opposing
perspectives you have, with at least two of your
peers. Take care to be professional and polite
even if your beliefs or viewpoints differ.
                                         
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MGT 435 Week 2 Quiz For more classes
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Quiz  1.        Question         Organizational
Inertia refers to  2.        Question        
Which organizational change model stresses the
importance of applying a historical analysis of
changes occurring over the course of a companys
development?  3.        Question         Stage 5
of The Development Life-Cycle of Organizations
is known as  4.        Question        
Second-order (discontinuous) changes
are  5.        Question         According to
Lewins Force-Field Analysis to change
resistance, change is the result
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MGT 435 Week 3 Assignment Change Model For more
classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   Change
Model Assignment. Imagine that you are an
executive for XYZ, Inc., a high-end retail chain
that sells luxury watches, jewelry, and hand
bags. Youve just been put in charge of the
companys first international expansion, opening
a store in Shanghai, China. This will be a
short-term, small-scale change for the
organization. After one year, you will be
expected to begin opening additional stores in
Brazil, Russia, India, and China (also known as
the BRIC countries). This will be a long-term,
                                         
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MGT 435 Week 3 DQ 1 Tools of Organizational
Change For more classes visits www.snaptutorial.
com   Tools of Organizational Change. Select one
of the following tools the nine steps in
Ackerman and Andersons roadmap for change,
Cummings and Worleys five dimensions of leading
and managing change, or the three components of
organizational change. Explain how a leader could
use this tool in guiding an organizational
change. Review several of your peers posts.
Respond to two peers who did not choose the same
tool as you. Discuss the similarities and
differences between the tools.                  
                       
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MGT 435 Week 3 DQ 2 Changes at the Top For more
classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   Changes at
the Top. View this video about Apples
leadership, Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO.
Explain what impact you think the loss of Steve
Jobs will have on each the companys primary
stakeholder groups customers, employees, and
investors. In what ways to you think Tim Cooks
leadership might change Apple? Review several of
your peers posts. Discuss any similar or
opposing perspectives you have, with at least two
of your peers. Take care to be professional and
polite even if your beliefs or viewpoints differ.
                                           
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MGT 435 Week 3 Quiz For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com   Week 3
quiz  1.        Question         True or false? 
The type of intervention that will be most
effective is dependent upon the particular
organizational dimensions.  2.        Question
        According to the Stakeholder Matrix,
if the stakeholder is assessed as
Non-Supportive, which of the following
strategies should be used?                    
                     
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MGT 435 Week 4 DQ 1 Personal Experiences For
more classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   Person
al Experiences. View the video You Can Be Good at
Change. Think of an organizational change that
you experienced. Describe how you were impacted
by the change. What could the leadership have
done to make the transition more successful? Cite
one or more change models to support your
assertion. Review several of your peers posts.
Compare your experiences with at least two peers
and identify lessons you can apply to future
organizational changes.                
                     
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MGT 435 Week 4 DQ 2 Failures of Change For more
classes visits www.snaptutorial.com    Failures
of Change. Organizational change is not always
successful. Identify factors that can cause
change initiatives to fail and the five pillars
that can cause them to succeed. Highlight an
organization that failed to adapt and evaluate
which of these factors and pillars were
demonstrated by this organization. Review several
of your peers posts. Discuss any similar or
opposing perspectives you have, with at least two
of your peers. Take care to be professional and
polite even if your beliefs or viewpoints differ.
                                           
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MGT 435 Week 4 Quiz For more classes
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Quiz  1.        Question         Needs-based
positioning refers to  2.        Question
        Airline companies that attempt to
improve customer relations by training their
flight attendants, but not ticketing agents, are
specifically guilty of  3.        Question
        The skills, knowledge, and experience of
individuals or a workforce with regard to their
value and costs as invested by an organization is
known as                                        
 
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MGT 435 Week 5 DQ 1 Partnerships For more
classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   Partnership
s. View the Malcolm Gladwell video, Malcolm
Gladwell on Innovation, about todays customers
desiring partnerships. How does employee
empowerment aid in building partnerships between
companies and their customers? Provide an example
from your experience as an employee or customer.
Construct your answer from the theories youve
learned. Review several of your peers posts.
Compare your experiences with at least two peers
and identify lessons you can apply in your future
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MGT 435 Week 5 DQ 2 Organizational Learning For
more classes visits www.snaptutorial.com   Organi
zational Learning. Evaluate the importance of
organizational learning. Provide examples of how
learning and change can impact one another.
Review several of your peers posts. Discuss any
similar or opposing perspectives you have, with
at least two of your peers. Take care to be
professional and polite even if your beliefs or
viewpoints differ.                      
                     
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MGT 435 Week 5 Final Assignment Kotters 8 Step
Approach For more classes visits www.snaptutoria
l.com   Focus of the Final Paper Think of an
organization you have worked for or one with
which you are very familiar. Diagnose the need
for change and present a plan to transform the
organization, utilizing Kotters 8-Step
Approach.Include the following sections headings
and additional sections as needed1.
Introduction2. Company Overview3. Diagnosis
                                         
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MGT 435 Week 5 Quiz For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com   WEEK 5
Quiz 1.         Question         Of the
following, which is one of the most serious
liabilities of the traditional, hierarchical
organizational structure, as opposed to the
modern, more decentralized approach?  2.       
Question         Which of the following
represents a soft dimension of
change?  3.        Question         In Rowdens
(2009) four traits of learning organizations,
continuous planning, reflection, and adjustment
exemplifies                    
                     
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