Discussion 1: The Organization of the Future
Throughout this course, you have engaged in several facets of the change process. As youve probably realized, change can often run into unexpected obstacles, resistance, or failing momentum. As a change agent in your organization, this Discussion will give you a chance to explore some of those obstacles and how you might craft a strategy to manage them.
Take a moment and go back to the work you did on your Change Plan in Week 3. Examine the description of your organization 5 years into the future. Consider the importance of planning and leadership as change is planned for and implemented. As you reflect on your description, think about how your organization would function if your suggested changes were implemented.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review this weeks Learning Resources, especially:
· Kotter, J. P. (2012). Leading change. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.
Chapter 11 12 Notes See attachments
· Organizational Change – 14.3 Organizational Change Organizational Behavior (umn.edu)
· Six keys to leading to positive – Six keys to leading positive change: Rosabeth Moss Kanter at TEDxBeaconStreet – YouTube
Assignment:
Respond to at least two of your peers’ postings in one or more of the following ways:
· Compare the characteristics you selected with those your colleague chose and what your comparison teaches you about effectively leading or managing transformational change.
· Offer examples of a leader who possesses the characteristics your colleague identified and explain how the leaders employed the characteristic to effect change.
· Offer insights about how your colleague could further hone his or her skills to continue to develop as a change master and why those skills might be important.
· Examine how your colleague plans to use the knowledge and skills from the course to become an agent for social change and offer additional insights to your colleague that will further his or her ability to lead positive social change.
· Suggest a social change vision that you and your colleague might share and how you might collaborate beyond this course to bring that vision to life.
· 3 4 paragraphs
· No plagiarism
· APA citing
