Organizational Behavior
Whole Foods Case Study Questions
Review the Whole Foods Case Study (pp. 1-6) and answer the questions connected to Chapters 13 and 14 as listed below. Responses to each question should be 250 words.
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1" margins, title and reference pages). Be sure to use the text and/or other sources to support your responses and properly cite the use of such.
1.Analyze and discuss the effects of the democratic approach on store operations and on newly hired employees. (Ch 13)
2.Whole Foods now faces a significant amount of competition. How should it respond to the changes in the competitive landscape of its industry? What future challenges do you envision for Whole Foods market? (Ch 14)
W8 "Final Project"
Organizational Behavior
Final Project
• Using APA formatting requirements (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1" margins, title and reference pages), write a 1,500-2,500 word paperin which you diagnose a process/structure/environment in an organization that you're familiar with (and that you chose in week 1 and have been researching during the term) and that needs improvement and design an organizational development (OD) intervention to achieve positive change.
• In addition to your standard APA formatting requirements, your paper should include an Executive Summary which succinctly describes your recommended change(s), highlights of what will be required during the change process, and a projected timeline for implementation. You will find a template for the final paper here.
RESPOND TO EACH STUDENT 100 WORDS EACH
RE: WEEK 7 MICHELLE
Hey Michelle.
I've also worked in industries where it was required to have an approved change management plan. It was a headache to do it for every little change sometimes, but I can see that it was necessary to have individuals plan their work and make it known to others what they were going to do. Having others included in the change process is incredibly important as there could be unconsidered items that will affect everyone.
Especially in manufacturing, there are processes that must be considered because there is power requirements, safety issues, heavy equipment, etc. There could be a lot of dangerous things that can happen in that industry if there isn't an appropriate management of change.
7 Discussion
The elements to examine to determine if a fast or slow method works better for change depends if there is a continuous issue that creates significant harm.
Urgency, the degree of support, competitive environment, knowledge and skills and financial and other resources are considered for a faster approach.
Amount and complexity of change are limited and easy, a faster pace is generally utilized; however, if the change is substantial, there is a possibility that additional time is needed.
The top-down style is utilized when the change, plans, and beginning proceeds without participation from those below them. The participatory style change leaders search for information from those below them and utilize several of their ideas.
The participatory style is utilized in a high-involvement organization. Participation is useful when ideas are generated and commitment is developed for those affected by the change.
I was a change recipient, a poor choice was made to change our sign-in method without giving any detailed instructions. The computer was there with a label stating use the computer to sign-in and sign-out daily.
During the first lunch period, it appeared that all the teachers were absent. When the secretary placed the note on the computer she failed to tell us to use the mouse to click "enter" instead of pressing the enter key, which everyone did. Therefore, she had to go in and manually put everyone in the system for the day and rewrite the label.
There was a brief meeting after school to go over the procedure and the secretary realized there were more questions than she had anticipated.