MGT 601 week 3 Assignment

In a four- to- five- page paper (excluding the title and references page), address organizational processes and change.

Write a paper using the five steps in the organizational process found on page 200 in the text. In your paper, you must:

1. Consider the concept of authority in organizational management and evaluate how authority influences and fosters change in an organization.
2. Include an explanation of why people resist change and what managers can do to overcome the resistance.  
3. Provide at least one example of an organization that went through a significant change. Assess how that change impacted the organizational culture (if at all).

Your paper should include in-text citations and references for at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the course text, and be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Required Resources

Required Text

1. Read the following chapters from Management: Meeting and Exceeding Customer Expectations:
   
   1. Chapter 7: Organizing Principles
   2. Chapter 8: Organizational Design, Culture, and Change

Articles

1. Quinn, R.E., & Cameron, K. (1983). Organizational life cycles and shifting criteria of effectiveness: Some preliminary evidence. Management Science, 29(1), 33-51.  Retrieved from the ProQuest database.