Prepare: Stakeholder Analysis and Findings
The assignment due in Week 7 is CM Strategy: Stakeholder Analysis and Findings. Be sure you connect with your client and schedule meetings with the stakeholders from whom you will be seeking inputs. The other component of Week 7 assignment is to analyze the corporate culture and environment and assess the organization’s readiness for change.
Keep in mind that the information from your stakeholder analysis and findings report will inform your recommendations and adoption strategies, which you will submit in Week 8. And the fast follow will be to create a presentation that explains the stakeholder analysis and findings, recommendations, adoption strategies, and metrics identified to track adoption. Your presentation is due in Week 9, and you should schedule time with your client and whomever else should be in attendance to deliver the presentation.
Continue keeping regular interactions with your client so they can be informed of how you’re doing the change work. Make sure to include them in decisions and exchange insights. Remember, they are your collaborative partner in the change work.
Overview
The purpose of this assignment is to conduct discovery to understand the stakeholders and the organization and identify themes from your discovery activities. You will utilize methodologies from your selected change model to complete discovery.
Preparation
Because this assignment is dependent on the information you gather through stakeholder analysis and examination of artifacts, you should schedule time with your contact person at the client organization. Explain the activities and tasks with which you will be engaging and make the necessary arrangements. Refer to these readings to help you with this assignment:
Rothwell, W. J., Stavros, J. M., & Sullivan, R. L. (Eds.). (2015). Practicing organization development: Leading transformation and change (4th ed.). Wiley.
Page 289.
McCalman, J., Paton, R. A., & Siebert, S. (2016). Change management: A guide to effective implementation (4th ed.). Sage.
Page 112.
Instructions
Complete the following for your stakeholder analysis and findings report. Support your writing with information from your course readings and other research you’ve conducted.
Conduct a stakeholder analysis.
Use the analysis approach of your selected model and conduct a stakeholder analysis to assess the change impacts.
Describe the methods you used and what you observed from your stakeholder analysis.
Analyze 3–5 stakeholders.
Create a change diagram or model of the inputs and outputs needed to reach the targeted change state.
Align the inputs and outputs to your stakeholder analysis.
Refer to systems thinking research to help illustrate the big picture and interactions within.
Analyze the organization’s culture and climate for change.
Describe the organization’s corporate culture such as the leadership structure, organizational structure, and internal systems. In other words, what are the goals, roles, procedures, and relationships? Consider the different roles and responsibilities.
Summarize the mission and vision of the organization and how they tie in with the organization’s business practices or the way they operate.
Include stories about the organization that support or conflict with the organization’s stated values, beliefs, et cetera.
Assess the organization’s readiness for change.
Summarize the stakeholder analysis and organization culture.
Discuss the themes you found from the analysis.
Use the models/components you selected and frame the organization’s readiness for change.
Additional Requirements
Your submission should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Write in complete sentences free from errors that detract from the overall message. Communicate in an exemplary and professional manner through clear, concise, well-organized, and grammatically correct writing.
Font: Arial, 12 point.
Page length: 2–3 pages.
Citations: Include complete citations of your sources. Review Evidence and APALinks to an external site. for more information on how to cite your sources.
Review the assignment scoring guide for details on how your assignment will be graded.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 2: Assess change management principles and their use cases for achieving desired results.
Analyze the organization’s culture and climate for change.
Competency 3: Apply change management interventions.
Conduct stakeholder analysis.
Create a change diagram or model of the inputs and outputs needed to reach the targeted change state.
Competency 4: Evaluate the efficacy of change management interventions.
Assess the organization’s readiness for change.
Competency 5: Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards management interventions.
Write in a well-organized and concise manner that adheres to the rules of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
