Project Management
Running Head: EVALUATE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLANS 1
EVALUATE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLANS 2
15 Mar 2021
Michelle, you address the requirements for this assignment with ample detail and precision. Good work in describing each section to result in a realistic, practical plan for change.
· The final discussion paragraph mentions KPIs and MBO methods, but does not identify any tangible, real performance measures to be used to evaluate the changes being made. Be precise and specific.
· The ref list needs attention to basic format rules, as does the paper spacing. List still contains errors in use of italics, spacing, and complete information. Did you not look at my notations in earlier papers?
Revise again, after you look at the reviewed paper attached with the grade comments.
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Evaluate Change Management Plans
Michelle Freeman
Purdue University Global
GB560M4
Professor, Jerry Haenisch
March 12, 2021
Evaluate Change Management Plans
Overview and Goal Description
Stellar solutions is a small business company that started back in 1995 as an idea from a woman which standouts because most of the society tends to place women down because they do believe that they are not about the business. The company mainly provides systems engineering services for varying clients including government and commercial clients. The company has sister companies in the United Kingdom (Stellar Solutions Aerospace Limited) and in France (Stellar Solutions Aerospace France) that all work together to help make sure that they do tend to their clientele engineering needs. [Again, and again, remove extra space from between paragraphs. Right click within the paper, select Paragraphs, then set extra space before and after paragraphs to zero in the format table presented.]
The organizations mission, “is to create long-term value for our customers by understanding their goals and delivering comprehensive, innovative solutions that exceed their expectations. The company’s vision is, “to be the world’s premier provider in the markers we serve, continually strengthened by the growth and contributions of our people and out ability to earn repeat business.” The values of the organization include integrity, quality and safety, customer satisfaction, commitment and creativity and innovation. The three concepts are relative because the organization is making a major strategy that will see the organization attend to the needs of their consumers well and making sure that they do integrate their interactions which is a major advantage to the way that they do interact.
Stellar solutions did receive the Malcolm Baldrige award in 2017 that did help in recognizing their business which is essential for their performance. The organization did $22.89 million in revenue which is good for a small business and with the ties that is has with the international market. The organization specializes in different practices that include subsystem expertise, technical training, systems engineering and integration, due diligence, strategic planning, mission operations and engineering, launch vehicle engineering integration & procurement and continuity, resiliency & cyber engineering and program management.
As the new CEO, I will opt for a merger between the three companies in United Kingdom and France. The organization should make major moves towards the growth of their reach and also making sure that they do stay in touch with their consumers despite their regions and locations. the merger will help make sure that the company has more services and a wider reach to their consumers which is a major advantage to their positioning on the market.
Change management best practices
Make change desirable
It is important to try and make the change desirable for the employees and other stakeholders which will help create a positive working environment. The practice is essential because it helps make sure that the workplace is desirable and it will fit the needs of the consumers which is relevant to the way that they lead to their interactions. Change management helps in making sure that there is some transition for the organization which help make sure that the workplace work is ready for the new change (Cadle, Paul & Turner, 2014). Merging and acquisitions are a sensitive part of any organization which helps make sure that they are interactive, and this is beneficial to the way that they do view the organization. The organization should try and sell the idea of merging as a positive aspect and not over do it to help hype the employees up and then have lower expectations that might result in loss of motivation and change of attitude in the workplace. The workplace should try and prove to the employees and other stakeholders including their consumers how the merger will be relevant to the organization and all the positive impacts that it will bring to help make sure that there is a positive transition.
Open communication
It is important to communicate openly with the stakeholders and other parties relevant to the project regarding any changes in the organization. Communicating well in the organization is a major benefit because it helps in raising the relevant issues affecting the business and also leading the organization towards their interactions. Numerous organizations that collapse when they are seeking to merge or acquire other organizations tend to have problems of communicating and thus lead to conflicting ideas. The different parties all should come together and communicate which helps in understanding the reasons behind such a major decision (Wren, 2020). The different parties have relevant roles in the organization and thus they need to communicate well to help make sure that they do have the right consensus for the organization which will help make it easier to increase their productivity.
Engaging front line employees
It is important to try and find the influential employees within the workplace and then putting in their work which helps make sure that they are interactive. It is important to understand that the change management process is vital for the interactions on the market. It is beneficial for the organization to make such decisions because they lead further to more approval and an easy transition process. The front-line employees might include the HR, marketing managers, team building respondents among others that will help make sure that the organization is operating in the right direction (Redman, 2019). The concept also helps make sure that the other employees might want to emulate the wishes and interests of the other employees which is beneficial to the way that they input the practices into the organization. The organization needs to make sure that they are on the same page with such employees because it will help make sure that they do interact and come up with positive results.
Change management plan implementation
The change readiness assessment focuses on establishing the magnitude of the changes and how they will influence the entire organization. The fact that the change magnitude was on low was a major problem because it needs to be average or above average which is a good sign for the business, and this is essential for their increase thus changing the way that they do interact. It is important to try and understand that change without proper understanding and evaluation might result to further problems in the organization thus it is important to try and make the change readiness to fit the needs of the organization and all the stakeholder’s interests.
The goal for the merge for the Steller Solutions Inc. is vital because it will help the organizations come together to increase the way that they do reach numerous consumers. The companies are divided in three companies and thus might have challenges to have the same consumers and also loyal customers but with one company, it will be easier to convince employees on their interactions which will be beneficial to the way that they do come up with their principles that changes their interactions. It is important to understand that merging might help create one strong brand which will help get rid of all the competition since the organization becomes stronger and with their markets in different countries, they can easily scale the market even higher to help make sure that the business remains interactive (Edge Training Systems, 2007). Most of the businesses tend to have major issues penetrating to a new market because of their sizes but with the collaboration between the three different firms they will become one mega company with an opportunity to even grow higher.
The change management plan helps in the management of the change process through helping define the various roles for the different participants, proper financial planning, maintain the schedule and timeline among other essential processes sufficient for the success of the project (Managing change in organizations: A practice guide, 2013). The choice of the change plan will include change management roles, change control board, developing process, change request form, change log and adopting the right project management software essential for their productivity. The implementation place process includes determination of goals, assessing the roles, rules and tools, developing an action plan, implementing the plan and measuring and evaluation of the business.
It is important to integrate the KPIs as the appropriate performance measures to help make sure that there is some breaking down of the organization responsibilities to make sure that they are flowing towards a positive direction. The organization seeks to incorporate Management by Objective (MBO) as the main tool of managing how the responsibilities and changes in the organization do erupt. the organization needs to define smaller goals and objectives before making them mash up with the major goals. the setting up of smaller goals helps make sure that there is proper planning and breaking down of responsibilities to fit the needs of the company. The division of the responsibilities to a project manager will be the first step of the MBO to help devise new ways of proper monitoring, controlling and tracking of different projects goals and objectives. [Again, do not describe general approaches; rather, identify tangible, real performance measures to be used to evaluate the change effectiveness.]
References [List still contains errors in use of italics, spacing, and complete information. Did you not look at my notations in earlier papers?]
Cadle, J., Paul, D., & Turner, P. (2014). Business analysis techniques: 99 essential tools for success (2nd ed.). https://libauth.purdueglobal.edu/sso/skillport?context=75456
Edge Training Systems. (2007). Managing change: The complete perspective [Video]. https://libauth.purdueglobal.edu/sso/skillport?context=24781
Managing change in organizations: A practice guide. (2013). Project Management Institute. https://libauth.purdueglobal.edu/sso/skillport?context=62568
Redman, T. C. (2019). Leading change in a changing world [Video]. https://libauth.purdueglobal.edu/sso/skillport?context=148629 (3 minutes)
Wren, H. (2020, April 22). Measuring change management success, according to 2 change leaders. [Missing publication information.]