Assignment: Organizational Change Process.
Imagine that you are a leader working within an MNC. You have been working with a division manager who is frustrated that changes he tries to implement are unsuccessful. You have asked the manager to prepare a procedural document that you can use when changes need to be implemented.
Your assignment is to direct the manager in preparing procedures for implementing change.
• Describe the types of change the organization (for example, evolutionary, revolutionary) could experience and how to create procedures for dealing with each.
• Include how to deal with possible resistance to change, including how the division manager could work with on-site managers to support the change.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
References used in class that might be helpful:
Espedal, B. (2017). Understanding how balancing autonomy and power might occur in leading organizational change. European Management Journal, 35 (2), 155-163.
Quiros, E. (2014). Leading people through change. Strategic Finance, 96(5), 15-16.
Umble, M. (2014). Overcoming resistance to change. Industrial Management, 56(1), 16.
Barcan, L. (2012). Organizational change management approach in an international context. Young Economists Journal / Revista Tinerilor Economisti, 9(18), 113-122.
Pihlak, Ü., & Alas, R. (2012). Leadership style and employee involvement during organizational change. Journal of Management & Change, 29(1), 46-66.
Jones, G. R. (2013). Organizational theory, design, and change (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Kotter, J. P., & Cohen, D. S. (2012). The heart of change: Real-life stories of how people change their organizations. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.
Palmer, I., Dunford, R., & Buchanan, D. A. (2016). Managing organizational change: a multiple perspectives approach (3rd ed.). Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill Education.