MGT 435 Week 1 discussion 1&2

Required Readings and Multimedia    

1. To successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following chapters from the text, Organizational Change
   • Chapter One – Organizational Change Management: An Introduction
2. To successfully complete this week’s discussion, “Examples of Organizational Change,” view the following video:
   • Social Media Revolution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0EnhXn5boM&feature=player_embedded)
     

Discussions

To participate in the following Discussion Forums, go to this week's Discussion link in the left navigation:

1. Examples of Organizational Change

   View the Social Media Revolution video. We have all watched organizations around us change in response to technology, legislation, consumer demand, and other factors.  Provide an example of an organization that has changed for the better and how this transition benefited its customers, employees, and investors.  Review several of your peers’ posts.  Discuss how and why these changes have occurred, with at least two of your peers.

   Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length.  Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.
   

    

   Implementing Organizational Change  

2. Select one of the following approaches to understanding or implementing organizational change.  Summarize this approach and provide an example of how this information could be useful to an organization.  Review several of your peers’ posts.  Discuss any similar or opposing perspectives you have, with at least two of your peers.  Take care to be professional and polite even if your beliefs or viewpoints differ.

   Dunphy and Stace’s Four Levels of Change
   Balogun and Hailey’s Change Model
   Proactive vs. Reactive Changes
   Strategic Change versus Tactical Change
   Tichy’s 3 Types of Change
   Open-systems Framework
   Balanced Scorecard
   The Stakeholder Approach

   Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length.  Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.