Organizational Change
Overview
You will demonstrate your ability to apply organizational change concepts to real-world situations in an organization or organizations with which you are familiar.
- You will choose four (4) topics from the selection offered in the attached table.
- Each of these topics represents an "intervention"-or planned organizational change process.
- Read : Designing Interventions before determining your choice of topics. This chapter familiarizes you with the types of interventions that leaders implement.
- Also read : Evaluating and Institutionalizing Organization Development Interventions. This chapter will help you determine how to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
- References to concepts from these chapters are expected.
Guidelines
- Title page - Follow standard format for the MBA program. Go to Doc Sharing and locate the document: "Title page for student papers."
- Format - per APA manual
Double-spaced
Font: Times New Roman, 12 point
Margins: per APA
Page numbers: upper right corner
- Length - Your analyses should be a minimum of eight (6) pages in length; this equates to approximately two (2) pages per each of four (4) topics.
- Terminology and Concepts - Demonstrate mastery of course objectives by:
Using and defining organizational change terminology.
nMaking frequent references to and explaining course concepts.
- Examples- Support generalizations with specific examples from the organizational situation you are addressing. Present "pictures" of organizational behavior; include what actions were taken/are to be taken, by whom, where, and when.
- Other Sources -Library research is required for the following topics: Coaching, Workforce Diversity, and Employee Wellness/Stress. Students are encouraged to conduct brief research on other topics. You may also want to reference textbooks from, for example,
Contemporary Management, Organizational Behavior, and/or other Leadership Concentration courses. Include a Reference page and cite your sources per APA.
- Citation- Please cite and use references per APA 6th Edition. Use the Student Resources Link to obtain helpful materials. Use the Writing Center and GROWS. A minimum of 10 peer-reviewed references from the online library are required.
Topics
Choose four (4) of the topics indicated in the "Topic" column of the following table.
- The headings and subheadings in the "Content of your Analysis" column of the table generally reflect the contents of material in the indicated chapter in your text.
- For most interventions, the textbook includes an introduction on the intervention's importance, discussion of "Application Stages," and a section on results.
- To ensure full credit for what you write, include the boldface headings and underlined subheadings that are located in the "Content of your Analysis" column.
- Avoid identifying organizations/employees by name. Use pseudonyms.