For this assignment, select one of the following topics that expand on characteristics of organizational change:
-Since the Industrial Revolution, the Pace of Workplace Changes Has Been Accelerating
-Is the Assertion that Processes Are Changing Now More Rapidly than They Ever Have Based More on Individual Perception than Within a Corporate Reality?
-The Classroom Today Looks Similar to the One-Room Schoolhouse from the 1830s
-The Classroom Today Has Evolved Drastically Since the One-Room Schoolhouse of the 1830s
OR one of the following topics that expand on strategic planning:
-Creating a Formal Strategic Plan Is Vital to an Organization's Mission
-A Formal Strategic Plan Has No Impact on an Organization's Mission
-The Role of Vision and Values in Corporate Strategic Planning
-Succession Planning Is Critical to Strategic Planning
Use the following appropriate EBSCOhost Web databases to research your chosen topic: Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, Education Source, Research Starters - Business, Research Starters - Education, and / or ERIC.
Write a five to seven page paper in which you:
-Provide an explanation and overview of your selected topic
-Examine the three trends reflected the most in current research findings and prevailing attitudes about your topic.
-Compare and contrast the strengths, weaknesses, advantages, and disadvantages inherent in your subject of choice.
-Predict the future direction of the research and thought on your topic. Include your own informed opinion of what is next for the topic you have explored.
-Include at least three references from material outside the textbook.