LEADING CHANGE AT SIMMONS “Leading Change at Simmons” shows the importance of Organizational Behavior‚ having a culture that respects its employees and having a transformational leader who has a clear vision for the company. Problem Statement Simmons has lost three of its most important clients due to the economic depression post the 9/11 attacks. Its products are giving off unpleasant odor because of a low quality raw material supplied by one of its suppliers. Problems As one goes through
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principles of change management addressed by Kotter. Much of what is inherent in Kotter’s stage process of change management is in equal measure reiterated by Ivancevich and his coauthors in their book Organizational Behavior and Management. Kotter postulates a model for leading and implementing change with each stage reflecting a key principle that relates to the responses of people as well as the approach of change in which people visualize change‚ own change and then effect change. Similarly‚ the
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Week 2 - Process vs. Content Amanda Anderson LDR-625-1634-Leading Organizational Change- March 16‚ 2015 Robert Miller Process vs. Content 2 Working with children takes a certain level of adaptability in itself‚ but‚ working with children in a company that has absolutely no structure is a framework for disaster. However‚ planning for a process or a process-driven change intervention and task alignment for many companies have yielded successful
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This week’s assignment is about the application of leading organizational change. “Change is a process that makes something different‚ alters it‚ or transforms it.” (Howell and Costley 365 - 377) Changes within one’s organization can take a positive effect or a negative effect on that organization; therefore‚ it is extremely essential that the leaders within that organization take heed to virtually every aspect of the changes taking place in order to ensure quality assurance in one’s organization
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Managing and Leading Change Name Institution Managing and Leading Change Introduction Currently‚ organizational change permanent features in business industry. The changes in the technology‚ labor pools‚ and even market have called for exploration of better and efficient ways to run the production (Amis Slack and Hinings‚ 2004). Hence‚ different organizations have employed different advanced strategies to deal with the problems they are facing. Each day‚ the organizational leaders have become
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Problem: The case mainly focuses on the challenges of implementing change programs at Simmons. There is resistance to change. (The sources of resistance are derived from both individuals and organization.) Besides the resistance to change‚ the dominant organizational culture exists within Simmons is not in consistency with the Simmons’ core organizational culture. This inconsistency further hinders the Simmons from implementing change programs smoothly. Simmons is in its toughest period of time ever
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Grant B7628 Leading Innovation and Change Instructor Sopko Argosy University April 17‚ 2013 Abstract Case studies of companies that have bench marked the best practices on the topic of organizational culture characteristics that supports innovation and changes. These companies focus on different things to maintain and improve their environment for both staff and clients. The CEO’s believes that‚ if business faces severe challenges‚ they can look for opportunities to change and grow
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Relevance of Kotter’s and Cohen’s Eight Steps for Implementing Change Initiatives and John Ivancevich’s Organizational Behavior Concepts Organizational Behavior Throughout my career‚ I have encountered continuous and constant change. Regardless of my assignment‚ I could always count on change‚ whether in people‚ technology‚ equipment‚ mission‚ or war. Successfully leaders and units were always able to handle change well‚ could adapt‚ get the unit headed in the right direction
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ADKAR model Lewin’s change model Kotter’s change model - ADKAR stands for Awareness‚ Desire‚ Knowledge‚ Ability and Reinforcement. Each word represents a step in the change process and must be done in order so that the desired change is achieved. - This model focuses on principles of change that are effective on an individual. Its focus is on how to change people. Steps - Awareness: To begin change‚ an individual must know what needs to change and why. What the risks for not changing are‚ benefit
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success of the organisation --The process of making sense of what people are doing together so that people will understand and be committed 2. Leadership & management 1) Leadership functions: Change Inspiration Motivation Influence --having a vision of what the organization can become‚ produce change. --creating different future‚ and having strategy to get there --create organization culture‚ renew values and help others. --focus on people‚ cooperation‚ and teamwork‚ inspiring and motivating
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