Discuss the below:
1. Partnerships
View the Malcolm Gladwell video, Malcolm Gladwell on Innovation, about today's 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 you've learn
2. Organizational 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.
Final Paper
The purpose of the Final Paper is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by demonstrating your knowledge of organizational management by synthesizing the information from class into work and life experience.
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 Kotter's 8-Step Approach.
Include the following sections headings and additional sections as needed:
1. Introduction
2. Company Overview
3. Diagnosis
4. Kotter's 8-Step Approach
5. Conclusion
The Final Paper for the course should be submitted to the instructor by 11:59 p.m. of the time zone in which you reside on the last day of the class.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
1. Should be eight- to- ten double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.
2. Should include a title page that includes:
a. Title of paper
b. Student's name
c. Course name and number
d. Instructor's name
e. Date submitted
3. Should include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
4. Should address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Should conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
6. Should use at least five scholarly sources.
7. Should use APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide to document all sources.
8. Should include, on the final page, a Reference Page that is completed according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.