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MGT 435 Week 1 DQ 1 Examples of Organizational
Change
MGT 435 Entire Course
MGT 435 Week 1 DQ 1 Examples of Organizational
Change MGT 435 Week 1 DQ 2 Implementing
Organizational Change MGT 435 Week 1 Quiz MGT 435
Week 2 DQ 1 Innovation MGT 435 Week 2 DQ 2 Change
Models MGT 435 Week 2 Quiz MGT 435 Week 3 DQ 1
Tools of Organizational Change MGT 435 Week 3 DQ
2 Changes at the Top MGT 435 Week 3 Assignment
Change Model
Examples of Organizational Change. View the
Social Media Revolution video. We have all
watched organizations around us change in
response to technology, legislation, consumer
demand, and other factors. Provide an example of
an organization that has changed for the better
and how this transition benefited its customers,
employees, and investors. Review several of your
peers posts. Discuss how and why these changes
have occurred, with at least two of your peers.
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MGT 435 Week 1 Quiz
MGT 435 Week 1 DQ 2 Implementing Organizational
Change
Implementing Organizational Change. This post
should be at least 200 words in length. Select
one of the following approaches to understanding
or implementing organizational change. Summarize
this approach. Provide an example of how this
information could be useful to an organization.
Review several of your peers posts. Discuss any
similar or opposing perspectives you have, with
at least two of your peers. Take care to be
professional and polite even if your beliefs or
viewpoints differ. Dunphy and Staces Four Levels
of ChangeBalogun and Haileys Change Model
Proactive vs. Reactive Changes Strategic Change
versus Tactical Change Tichys 3 Types of
ChangeOpen-systems Framework Balanced Scorecard
The Stakeholder Approach
Week 1   1.         Question         Which of
the following is not the case with regard to
climate change issues and company
competiveness?  2.        Question        
Compared to reactive change, proactive changes
initiated by organization leaders . .
.  3.        Question         Which of the
following is a key factor in allowing a small
business to remain competitive?  4.       
Question         Which of the following
frameworks of effective organizational change
focuses on the ethical behavior of organizational
members and groups?  5.        Question        
Which of the following techniques might
organizational development specialists utilize in
their work?  
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MGT 435 Week 2 DQ 2 Change Models
MGT 435 Week 2 DQ 1 Innovation
Change Models. Select and compare two of the
following change models environment-industry-orga
nization contingency, organizational life-cycle,
action research model, eight-step approach,
appreciative inquiry. Identify the pros and cons
of the two models you selected. Review several of
your peers posts. Discuss any similar or
opposing perspectives you have, with at least two
of your peers. Take care to be professional and
polite even if your beliefs or viewpoints differ.
Innovation. View the Seth Godin video about
innovation, Ideas that Spread, Win. Think of an
innovative company and explain how its ability to
adapt has enabled the organization to remain
competitive in its industry. Review several of
your peers posts. Discuss with at least two of
your peers how these changes impacted employees
or other organizational stakeholders.  
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MGT 435 Week 3 Assignment Change Model
MGT 435 Week 2 Quiz
WEEK 2 Quiz  1.        Question        
Organizational Inertia refers to  2.       
Question         Which organizational change
model stresses the importance of applying a
historical analysis of changes occurring over the
course of a companys development?  3.       
Question         Stage 5 of The Development
Life-Cycle of Organizations is known
as  4.        Question         Second-order
(discontinuous) changes are
Change Model Assignment. Imagine that you are an
executive for XYZ, Inc., a high-end retail chain
that sells luxury watches, jewelry, and hand
bags. Youve just been put in charge of the
companys first international expansion, opening
a store in Shanghai, China. This will be a
short-term, small-scale change for the
organization. After one year, you will be
expected to begin opening additional stores in
Brazil, Russia, India, and China (also known as
the BRIC countries). This will be a long-term,
large-scale change.In 3-5 pages, explain which
change model you would follow for the short-term
change and which you would follow for the
long-term change. Provide rationale for your
decision and discuss the effects that these
changes would have on the employees, managers,
and executives within the organization. Include
at least two references and follow standard APA
formatting for your paper.Carefully review the
Grading Rubric for
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MGT 435 Week 3 DQ 2 Changes at the Top
MGT 435 Week 3 DQ 1 Tools of Organizational Change
Tools of Organizational Change. Select one of
the following tools the nine steps in Ackerman
and Andersons roadmap for change, Cummings and
Worleys five dimensions of leading and managing
change, or the three components of organizational
change. Explain how a leader could use this tool
in guiding an organizational change. Review
several of your peers posts. Respond to two
peers who did not choose the same tool as you.
Discuss the similarities and differences between
the tools.
Changes at the Top. View this video about
Apples leadership, Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple
CEO. Explain what impact you think the loss of
Steve Jobs will have on each the companys
primary stakeholder groups customers, employees,
and investors. In what ways to you think Tim
Cooks leadership might change Apple? Review
several of your peers posts. Discuss any similar
or opposing perspectives you have, with at least
two of your peers. Take care to be professional
and polite even if your beliefs or viewpoints
differ.
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MGT 435 Week 4 DQ 1 Personal Experiences
MGT 435 Week 3 Quiz
Week 3 quiz  1.        Question         True
or false?  The type of intervention that will be
most effective is dependent upon the particular
organizational dimensions.  2.        Question
        According to the Stakeholder Matrix,
if the stakeholder is assessed as
Non-Supportive, which of the following
strategies should be used?  3.        Question
        When undertaking stakeholder analysis
for preparing to manage the political dimensions
Personal Experiences. View the video You Can Be
Good at Change. Think of an organizational change
that you experienced. Describe how you were
impacted by the change. What could the leadership
have done to make the transition more successful?
Cite one or more change models to support your
assertion. Review several of your peers posts.
Compare your experiences with at least two peers
and identify lessons you can apply to future
organizational changes.  
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MGT 435 Week 4 Quiz
MGT 435 Week 4 DQ 2 Failures of Change
Failures of Change. Organizational change is not
always successful. Identify factors that can
cause change initiatives to fail and the five
pillars that can cause them to succeed. Highlight
an organization that failed to adapt and evaluate
which of these factors and pillars were
demonstrated by this organization. Review several
of your peers posts. Discuss any similar or
opposing perspectives you have, with at least two
of your peers. Take care to be professional and
polite even if your beliefs or viewpoints differ.
WEEK 4 Quiz  1.        Question        
Needs-based positioning refers to  2.       
Question         Airline companies that attempt
to improve customer relations by training their
flight attendants, but not ticketing agents, are
specifically guilty of  3.        Question
        The skills, knowledge, and experience of
individuals or a workforce with regard to their
value and costs as invested by an organization is
known as  4.        Question         True or
false?  According to Fisher and Taplan (2002),
there is only one primary reason why
organizational change programs fail  5.       
Question         According to Beeson (2011),
talent mindset companies are firms
that  6.        Question         True or false? 
An organization cannot sustain change without
first establishing a strong identity
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MGT 435 Week 5 DQ 2 Organizational Learning
MGT 435 Week 5 DQ 1 Partnerships
Partnerships. View the Malcolm Gladwell video,
Malcolm Gladwell on Innovation, about todays
customers desiring partnerships. How does
employee empowerment aid in building partnerships
between companies and their customers? Provide an
example from your experience as an employee or
customer. Construct your answer from the theories
youve learned. Review several of your peers
posts. Compare your experiences with at least two
peers and identify lessons you can apply in your
future work  
Organizational Learning. Evaluate the
importance of organizational learning. Provide
examples of how learning and change can impact
one another. Review several of your peers posts.
Discuss any similar or opposing perspectives you
have, with at least two of your peers. Take care
to be professional and polite even if your
beliefs or viewpoints differ.
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MGT 435 Week 5 Quiz
MGT 435 Week 5 Final Assignment Kotters 8 Step
Approach
Focus of the Final Paper Think of an
organization you have worked for or one with
which you are very familiar. Diagnose the need
for change and present a plan to transform the
organization, utilizing Kotters 8-Step
Approach.Include the following sections headings
and additional sections as needed1.
Introduction
WEEK 5 Quiz 1.         Question         Of
the following, which is one of the most serious
liabilities of the traditional, hierarchical
organizational structure, as opposed to the
modern, more decentralized approach?  2.       
Question         Which of the following
represents a soft dimension of
change?  3.        Question         In Rowdens
(2009) four traits of learning organizations,
continuous planning, reflection, and adjustment
exemplifies  4.        Question         The
concept of a learning organization was
introduced by  5.        Question         The
point of Senges Parable of the Boiled Frog is
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