Assignment:
Create a four- to- five- page paper (excluding the title and references page), address organizational processes and change.
Using the five steps in the organizational process found on page 200 in the text, do the following:
a. When considering the concept of authority in organizational management, please evaluate how authority influences and fosters change in an organization.
b. Include an explanation for why people resist change and what managers can do to overcome the resistance.
c. Provide at least one example of an organization that went through a significant change. Assess how that change impacted the organizational culture (if at all).
Your paper should include in-text citations and references for at least three scholarly sources (in addition to the course text), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
The five steps in the organizational process are:
1. Receiving plans and goals
2. Determining work activities
3. Classifying and grouping activities
4. Assigning work and delegating authority
5. Designing a hierarchy of relationships