Assignment: Positive Organizational Change
To prepare for this Assignment, choose a well-known corporation, such as Samsung, Starbucks, Ford Motor Company, or Waste Management, that implemented a major change. Analyze the corporation's change process based on Kotter's 8-Step to Change using the Organizational Change Chart.
Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
o Step 1: Create Urgency.
o Step 2: Form a Powerful Coalition.
o Step 3: Create a Vision for Change.
o Step 4: Communicate the Vision.
o Step 5: Remove Obstacles.
o Step 6: Create Short-Term Wins.
o Step 7: Build on the Change.
o Step 8: Anchor the Changes in Corporate Culture.
Was this a positive organizational change? Why or why not? If so, what strategies and tactics were effective or ineffective in creating positive organizational change? What strategies and tactics would have worked better?
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