Change Management and Organizational Culture

Change Management and Organizational Culture
Purpose
This assignment will help you learn to propose approaches to effectively lead and manage a specific organizations culture through change.
Notes about Valid Research and APA
You must conduct scholarly research by using valid and reliable peer-reviewed journals or authoritative industry sources via the university library online databases. While you may begin some rudimentary research using Wikipedia or similar sources, you may not refer to, or use, any Wikipedia article, Google search results (or similar search engine results, e.g., Bing, Yahoo, etc.), or popular web sites as either peer-reviewed or authoritative sources. In addition, you must validate your research by using appropriate APA formatting, in-text citations, and properly formatted references.
Synopsis
In this assignment, you will undertake further scholarly research and review literature about the effects of change management on an organizations culture.
Tasks
1. Write a 5- to 7-page paper using the Change Management and Organizational Culture template Download Change Management and Organizational Culture template to address:
a. Introduction: write an introduction about your critical thinking to date in this course regarding your personal change management scenario; include a summary of the selected change model (or models) that you are applying to your change management scenario. Incorporate a paragraph about your selected leadership style approach.
b. Cultural Overview: provide an overview of the organizational cultural dynamics related to your change management plan based on your readings and research about change management and organizational culture. (Refer to the reading in Module 5 Preparation for guidance on key organizational culture elements.)
c. Cultural Analysis (SWOT): examine barriers and challenges that leaders face to implementing changes that affect culturally ingrained practices. For example, examine cultural barriers that might undercut the changes (e.g., long-term beliefs, values, and assumptions). Focus on cultural strengths (best practices), weaknesses (gaps and issues), threats (resistance and undercutting), and opportunities (items that changes will improve). Note the following:
i. Strengths: identify where the culture is at its best. Identify areas of which people are proud. Remember that strengths can also include obstacles via very strong cultural items that can still undercut the best-planned change.
ii. Weaknesses: identify key gaps or lack of unity. Identify areas that need fixing.
iii. Opportunities: identify what is ripe, and why, for a change or new approach. Assess areas of culture and stakeholder engagement.
iv. Threats: people typically resist change identify threats from internal or external groups that may tend to block even the best laid plans. Are there other internal or external threats?
d. Organization Cultural Change Readiness: assess the organizations cultural readiness for change. What must you address as an absolute priority? What are the optimal approaches? What steps can, or will, you take based upon your model selection(s) to lead the organizational culture effectively through the change? A fact to consider is that it takes a long time to change a culture. How does your change initiative stack up against that fact? Are you doing too little, too much, or just the right number of steps in the right way for success?
e. Evaluation Overall Cultural Assessment Outcomes: summarize the assessment results on cultural challenges, implications, and readiness addressed before, during, and after change implementation. You are encouraged to incorporate a diagram or table that reflects the key organizational cultural factors essential to the success of your personal change management plan.
f. Support your work with a minimum of eight scholarly references.
2. Submit your paper to Turnitin for review before your final submission for grading:
a. Give yourself enough time to revise and resubmit ahead of the due date.
b. Review the originality report you receive. A similarity index score in the yellow, orange, and/or red range signals that you need to conduct a substantive review of your work to ensure originality and appropriate application of APA formatting, use of in-text citations, and properly formatted references. A Similarity Index score in the single or low double-digits is optimal.
c. Revise your paper, as necessary.
3. By the due date indicated, upload your final work to Turnitin.
Grading Criteria
Read the assignment rubric to understand how your work will be assessed
Rubric
Change Management Papers Rubric
Change Management Papers Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Content 45 to >40.0 pts
Proficient
The student answers all of the required questions in the assignment. Main ideas are very clear. Content is all relevant to the material learned in the class/textbook. Content is correct and of high quality. 40 to >36.0 pts
Acceptable
The student answers most of the required questions in the assignment. Main ideas are generally clear. Content is generally relevant to the material learned in the class/textbook. Content is generally correct and of high quality. 36 to >0 pts
Unacceptable
The student answers none or only some of the required questions in the assignment. Main ideas are confusing or somewhat confusing. Content is irrelevant or somewhat irrelevant to the material learned in the class/textbook. Content is incorrect or somewhat incorrect and of low quality.
45 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Analysis/Synthesis 45 to >40.0 pts
Proficient
The student provides abundant evidence of analysis; the information is understood and integrated well. Synthesis of information and materials provides abundant evidence of critical thought. 40 to >36.0 pts
Acceptable
The student provides evidence of analysis; the information is understood and integrated overall. Synthesis of information and materials provides evidence of critical thought. 36 to >0 pts
Unacceptable
The student provides no or only some evidence of analysis; the information is not understood and integrated well. Synthesis of information and materials provides no or only some evidence of critical thought.
45 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome APA, Grammar, Mechanics 10 to >9.0 pts
Proficient
The assignment follows APA guidelines for formatting, citing, and referencing sources. The assignment contains no notable spelling, grammatical, and/or other errors. 9 to >8.0 pts
Acceptable
The assignment consistently follows APA guidelines for formatting and citing sources. The assignment has few spelling, grammatical, and/or other errors. 8 to >0 pts
Unacceptable
The assignment does not consistently follow APA guidelines in formatting, citing, and referencing sources. The assignment has many spelling, grammatical, and/or other errors.
10 pts
Total Points: 100

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