Assignment:
Discussion 1
Throughout this course you have examined the role of diagnosis in assessing behaviors of employees in order to affect a strategic organizational change plan.
Wernicke (2010), with tongue in cheek, discusses how to create the perfect TED Talk. Watch the presentation here: Sebastian Wernicke: Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks).
How would you, based on his talk, devise a metric for the organization where you work that would gauge the behavior of employees during the planning stage of a strategic organizational change model?
Some metrics you might use include:
1. Productivity
2. Arriving on time
3. Leaving late
4. Sense of humor
5. Contribution to collaborative efforts
The goal of this last discussion is to apply creative problem-solving techniques and to examine the various methods that leadership uses to effect organizational change.
Critique the postings of at least two fellow students. Back up your thoughts and feedback with concrete facts and insights based on research.
Require:
One page with a few references.
Discussion 2
When changes are implemented in any organization, it is important that all people involved in the change are responsible for ensuring the change is successful. Think of a change that you are familiar with in an organization, and discuss the responsibilities of all those involved in ensuring the change was successful. What were leaderships responsibilities? What were the employees responsibilities? How were these responsibilities communicated? What, if anything, should have been done differently in terms of communication to ensure everyone understood their responsibilities in regard to the change?
Critique the postings of at least two fellow students. Back up your thoughts and feedback with concrete facts and insights based on research.
Require:
One page with a few references.