Organizational change is moving at an ever increasing pace in today’s
global economy. Mergers and acquisitions, increasing competitive
pressures both at home and abroad, as well as a wide range of economic
and political forces are requiring that businesses be prepared to evolve
to meet changing environments. In this course you learned about what it
means to be a leader, the various forms that organizational leadership
can take, and the wide range of factors that influence the ability of a
leader to effect organizational change as well as strategies that can be
employed to manage change. In a minimum of 1,500 words, please select an organization and analyze it in terms of organizational change.
Scenario
A company may go through organizational change at various stages in
its life cycle for a variety of reasons. Reasons can include a change
in ownership as well as a change in the competitive framework, business
expansion, or business contraction, among others. The business sections
of papers and media sites discuss instances of organizational change
every day.
Select one of the following scenarios:
A business where the company has been taken over by a larger organization in an unrelated field
A business where the leadership has been changed because the CEO has been forced to resign
A business where the company has decided to expand outside of the United States and open up operations in another country
A business where a major new competitor has entered the field and is taking away business and/or employees
A business where the company has been sued by current/former employees for discrimination
Research the organization and analyze the organizational change. In your paper address all of the following:
Explain the external and internal factors that are driving the need for change
Discuss the organizational barriers and issues, including corporate culture, vision, and mission that currently exist
Identify and support the most appropriate leadership style
based on leadership theory and recommend appropriate strategies for
leading the change
Propose and provide a rationale for changes to the
organizational structure, vision, and mission and explain how the change
will be communicated to all key stakeholders
Related Lessons
The following lessons from the course may help you with this assignment:
Comparing Core Theories of Leadership: Relevance & Differences
Factors that Cause Change in Organizations: Planned and Unplanned
How to Evaluate Organizational Effectiveness
Organizational Culture and Change
Formatting & Sources
As part of your research, you may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use at least three credible, outside sources
and cite them using APA formatting. Please include a mix of both
primary and secondary sources, with at least one source from a scholarly
peer-reviewed journal. If you use any Study.com lessons as sources,
please also cite them in APA (including the lesson title and
instructor’s name).
Primary sources are first-hand accounts such as interviews,
advertisements, speeches, company documents, statements, and press
releases published by the company in question.
Secondary sources come from peer-reviewed scholarly journals,
such as the Journal of Management. You may use JSTOR, Google Scholar,
and Social Science Research Network to find articles from these
journals. Secondary sources may also come from reputable websites with
.gov, .edu, or .org in the domain. (Wikipedia is not a reputable source,
though the sources listed in Wikipedia articles may be acceptable.)
