about Organizational change

Assignment 1 - Drop Box

You should base your responses to the following questions on the insight found in the following readings:

· Miller D. 1990. The Icararus Paradox — How Exceptional Companies Bring About Their Own Downfall, Harper Business.

· Hofstede G. 1993. Cultural Constraints in Management Theories, Academy of Management Executive. 7(1) 81 – 94.

· Adrian J. Slywotzky and John Drzik, Countering the Biggest Risk of All.  Harvard Business Review April 2005.

Please answer the following questions:

· For each paper, please use one paragraph to summarize the main ideas.

· Please use one half page to summarize the ideas that are similar among all of these papers.

· Why is the effective management of organizational change important?

Please limit your response to this assignment to three single spaced, typed pages. Please cite your sources in the text and please reference them at the end of your assignment. Please end your write-up with one paragraph that summarizes what you think is the importance of this assignment.