Assignment:
Organizing Concepts and Change Principles
Assess the competency
Apply organizational change principles.
You will need to choose an organization or business you are familiar with or would like to learn more about. You will be focusing on learning about the organizational structure that is being used and the driving and restraining forces.
1. Select your business and give a short description.
2. Identify which one of the 5 structural approaches the business uses.
3. The textbook lists advantages and disadvantages next to each structural approach. Is your business' structural approach advantages and disadvantages similar to what the textbook states? Why or why not?
4. Identify a change that your selected business or organization is going through or will go through in the near future. This could be a product, technology, people, or culture change.
5. Once you have identified the change, use Lewin's Force Field Analysis technique (Chapter 8, Exhibit 8.7) to list the driving and restraining forces for the change you identified. What were the main restraints to the needed change and what helped with the change? You may use this template to assist you with the Force Field analysis.
6. As a manager what implementation tactic would you recommend the business use?
Prepare this assignment in a Microsoft Word document using Times New Roman 12-point font, and double spaced in a 3-4 page paper. Use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.