I have an assignment to write regarding my organizational
change course. I will attach the instructions below.
Prior to beginning this assignment, carefully review Chapter
3 of the text. (Textbook is titled Organizational Change Second Edition by Joseph W. Weiss, ISBN-13: 978-1-62178-264-3).
In addition, using the Gale Business: Insights database,
research your selected organizations. Be sure to properly cite the database as
a reference for your selected organizations.
Numerous changes occurred at the CEO level during the
2020-2022 fiscal seasons. With new leadership comes change opportunities and
change challenges.
From the list below, pick two of the organizations with
changes in leadership and research the possible changes that accompany this
transition.
CEO
Change Choices: Pick two
Disney
– From Chapek to Iger
Ford
– From Hackett to Farley
Amazon
– From Bezos to Jassy
LinkedIn
– From Weiner to Roslansky
MGM
Resorts – From Murren to Hornbuckle
Harley
Davidson – From Levatich to Zeitz
Walgreens
Boots Alliance – Wasson to Brewer
For
one of your selections, you may include a major company with a CEO change
that has occurred within the past 12 months. The same analysis criteria
must be used for your selection.
In your paper,
Provide
a brief overview of the company using the Business Insights Global
Tip Sheet. (Which can be found under Company profile).
Provide
an overview of both the exiting leader and the new leader.
Describe
the challenges of the organization and the changes needed.
Assess
how the changes might impact customers, employees, and investors.
Selecting
from Ackerman & Anderson’s roadmap for change, Cummings and Worley’s
five dimensions of leading and managing change, or Kotter’s eight step
approach, what change model would you recommend for the new leadership
team and why?
You may select different models for the selected
organizations.
This paper should be at a minimum of seven pages
of content, not including the title and reference pages. There should be one
introduction and one summary for the entire paper. Each company should have a
minimum of three pages of content. Support your work with the text and
with at least four credible resources. One resource should be
specific to the selected organization. Two additional resources should be
research-oriented about the change model selected.
Use APA Style Elements as provided in the
paper outline for headings to provide the reader with a clear path of content
and to create an organized document.
The Change theories and leadership paper
must
be at least 7 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and
references pages) and formatted according to APA Styel. as
outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word resource.
must
include a separate title page with the following in title case:
title
of paper in bold font
Space
should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the
title page
student’s
name
name
of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course
name and number
instructor’s
name
due
date
must
utilize academic voice. Review the Academic Voice resource
for additional guidance.
must
include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
Your
introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that
indicates the purpose of your paper.
must
use at least four scholarly resources in addition to the course text and
the Gale Business: Insights database.
must
document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the
Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper guide.
must
include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA
Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA:
Formatting Your References List resource in the Writing Center for
specifications.
