ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

post has three assignments

1:MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

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do a thorough review of the required background materials and read up on each author’s discussion about Kotter’s eight-step model of change, Lewin’s three-step model, and the five phases involved in action research. All of the authors discuss at least one of these models. There are also some videos on some of these models that might help.

When you are done reviewing these models of organizational change, take a look at the scenarios described in Questions 1-3. For each of these scenarios, explain which of the three models of change would be most appropriate for this situation. You are required to cite at least three of the sources from the background readings in your paper. Finally, Question 4 is a summary question that you should also answer using the required readings. Your paper should be 3–4 pages in length:

A corporation has had recent problems with increased turnover of employees and decreased profitability. However, nobody is sure exactly what the problem is or what to do about it. Senior managers have been arguing for many months about what to do, but it is clear nobody is being objective or has a clear idea about what to do to get the company back on track. Explain which organizational change model would be most suited for this scenario using at least one of the required background readings.
A financial services company has been using the same software system for 10 years and employees have grown very accustomed to using this system. The employees are hard-working but very resistant to change. When word leaks out that management is considering a switch to a completely new software system, the employees become very upset as a new system will require a tremendous amount of training and hard work. Management determines that a new system is necessary in order to remain competitive but is concerned about the difficulty in dealing with employees who are so resistant to any type of change. Explain which organizational change model would be most suited for this scenario using at least one of the required background readings.
A company has been gradually losing market share to competitors and the CEO believes radical change is needed in order to stay in business. He is concerned that his employees will be resistant to change and may be successful in blocking the necessary changes. The CEO also believes that if he can make a strong enough case that changes are urgently needed, he will obtain a the support of a large enough number of employees and senior managers that will help him overcome any resistance to the needed changes. Explain which organizational change model would be most suited for this scenario using at least one of the required background readings.
Conclude your paper with a discussion about which of the three change models you think is the most useful and which one you think is the least useful. Support your answer with references to the required background materials.

2: Blogs

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Task

Step 1. Create a blog entry – Instructions for creating a blog entry are in the Resources section of the subject site. You are welcome to comment constructively on another students work if you so choose.

Step 2: Once you have submitted your blog, you need to paste the contents of your responses to each question into a word document, then when you have done all four, submit it (including your name, student number and subject name and code) via Turnitin by the due date.

Task # Topic Discussion

Topic 1 – Blog 1: What is organisational change? Blog 2: Discuss why it is necessary for contemporary organisations to appreciate the scale and scope of the change they are facing.

Topic 2 – Blog 3: Discuss some reasons why some change programs in organisations fail, or under-achieve, on the intended goals and then illustrate with a case example. Blog 4: Discuss further reasons (different from Blog 3) why some change programs in organisations fail, or under-achieve, on the intended goals, and then illustrate with a (different) case example.

Please note: The case examples need to focus upon change programs which were implemented but that failed, or under-achieved, NOT upon organisations that fail because they did not implement a change program (although organisational failure may be the outcome of a failed change program!)

Guidelines for online participation
If you are new to blogs you might be a little nervous about the process. My advice is to take the plunge, begin posting early and then actively build your confidence as you become more familiar with the process. Please ensure that you include at least ONE academic reference for each posting. Use APA6 referencing at the end of each post. This reference list is not included in the word count.

Contributions to online BLOG
The purpose of the blog, as one key medium for this assignment, is to enable the sharing of knowledge and learning between students and to enable you to make constructive comments upon each other work, if you would like to. (Note: any direct comments on others’ blogs done via the blog comment function are not included in the final assignment word count). While considering the views of others (i.e the readings and other students blog posts), your own blog should reflect your thoughts and ideas related to your engagement with this material, in answering the questions.

The implications for you in crafting your contributions are to:
· keep postings short and to the point. Although these blogs are not necessarily intended as mini-essays, please construct your sentences and paragraghs so that they are intelligible to other readers.
· read other relevant blog postings before crafting yours so that you can learn from each other, and build on these postings, rather than merely repeating just what another student has written.
· go for quality of insight rather than quantity of material.

Online submission via Turnitin is required for this assignment. Details will be provided by your subject lecturer.

Rationale
This assignment has been designed to:

Assess learning outcome 1 – Identify and define organisational change
Provide opportunities for peer to peer and student – teacher interaction

3: Art History

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Art as Revolution

studied works of art produced in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that reflected, or in some cases, incited, social change or even revolution.

Carefully examine the following works, and read about each one in your textbook, course and video lectures, and through reliable internet resources:

Hogarth, The Marriage Contract, from Marriage à la Mode, 1743-45
David, Death of Marat, 1793
Delacroix ,Liberty Leading the People, 1830
Goya, Third of May, 1808, 1814-15
Courbet, The Stone Breakers, 1849
In an essay of 5-7 well-developed paragraphs, address the following questions, making specific references to the five paintings listed above:

How did each painting reflect or inspire social change or revolution? What was the social or revolutionary context of the painting?
What additional historical events or social factors may have influenced the creation or interpretation of each painting?
Explain how the style and specific visual characteristics of each painting contributed to or reflected its overall content or meaning.
Do these paintings have the same impact or meaning to audiences today? Why or why not?
Include details about the visual characteristics and content of each painting in your response. Provide proper citations for any information from outside sources included in your essay.

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