Fredericka C. Mitchell
LRD- 850 Foundations of Research
Dr. Jackie Olsen
February 10, 2013
Unordered list of responses to open ended questions concerning changing daily operations at Data Imports, Inc.
Participant Responses 1. I emphasized the change and supported it to my full ability.
2. I try to encourage others to see the reasons or benefits of the change.
3. Jumped right in. Learned what I needed to do to help make the initiative a success. Cooperated. Positive Attitude. Did whatever needed to be done. Encouraged others to get on board and prove what we could do.
4. I communicated to the management chain that I believed in the new direction and offered whatever services I could provide to the cause. Second, I emphasized to my subordinates the importance of the change. Third, I tried to communicate progress toward the goal both to my subordinates as well as to management.
5. I went to the leadership people and offered to help in any way I could. 6. I worked as hard as I could to help with the change and encourage others to do the same. I researched different ways that the change could be implemented and shared them with colleagues.
7. If I am personally committed to a change, then I am going to try my best to get all of the other employees to see the change from my perspective. I feel like this will make the transition easier and the change last.
8. I guess I would look at both sides of the change and probably cooperate if it would benefit those that had influence over me.
9. I hop on the bandwagon that has the most support.
10. I suppose I was slow to respond and gave it only half my attention. If I felt it was not really relevant, I ignored it as much as possible.
11. I went about my business as usual and ignored any changes taking place around me. When management approached me, I told them
References: Babbie, E. (2010), The Practice of Social Research. (13th ed.)