How to Measure Success and Sustain the Gain

Discuss the following question and include textbook and outside credible resources to support your answer:

1. How does a business leader recognize if an intended change is not a good idea?

2. Have you been involved in a change initiative that was doomed from the beginning?

3. Have you been involved in one that was disrupted during the change process by some external environmental disturbance?

4. Have you been involved in one that simply did not produce the intended results?

** If not create a scenario and answer the questions.

Requirements:

·      Be sure to support your ideas with at least three references. In 300 words.

·      You must support your answers with course material concepts and principles and have references with creditable citations. 

·      Make sure to Answer all aspects of the assignment in depth analysis.

·      You must cite all your references, and give credit to any article, and follow APA citation format.

·      Book must be one of your citations.

·      No plagiarism accepted and all need to be on your own.

Book:

Spector, B. (2012). Implementing Organizational Change: Theory and practice (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. ISBN-13: 9780132729840

Recommended reading:

·      Hersey, P., Blanchard, K. H., & Johnson, D. E. (2006). Management of organizational behavior: Leading human resources. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

·      Aiken, C., Galper, D., & Keller, S. (2008, May). Winning hearts and minds: The secret to sustaining change in Lean management: New frontiers for financial institutions. Retrieved from http://www.mckinsey.com/global_locations/pacific/australia/
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