Organizations Change

About this Assignment:

Organizations change at a rapid pace, it is necessary to change in response to internal and external factors.  Being prepared for change and navigating the environment to meet challenges is required to stay afloat. In this course you learned about leadership, organizational leadership, and organizational change.  For the final project you will select an organization and analyze it in terms of organizational change.  There will be a 10 page (approximately) paper due.   **I am not so concerned with the page count as long as you provide a quality, scholarly paper.  That being said I cannot see how anything under 7 pages would adequately present all of the necessary points required.

For this project you will select an organization and analyze it in terms of organizational change.  Please check with me that the company/organization you select is suitable.

A company may go through organizational change at various stages in its life cycle for a variety of reasons. Reasons can include, a change in ownership, a change in the competitive framework, business expansion, or business contraction, among others. The business sections of papers every day discuss instances of organizational change.

Please select from the following topics:

• A business where the company has been taken over by a larger organization in an unrelated field
• A business where the leadership has been changed because the CEO has been forced to resign
• A business where the company has decided to expand outside of the United States and open operations in another country
• A business where a major new competitor has entered the field and is taking away business and/or employees
• A business where the company has been sued by current/former employees for discrimination

Research the organization and analyze the organizational change.

In your paper address all the following:

• Describe the company/organization you have chosen
• Explain the external and internal factors that are driving the need for change
• Evaluate the organizational barriers and issues, including corporate culture, vision, and mission that currently exist
• Recommend appropriate strategies for leading the change
• Please tie the concepts of change from your text back to the company/organization that you have chosen.  View change through your specific organization.
• Additionally, bring in at minimum 3 citations/references from a peer reviewed/refereed journal.
• Please adhere to APA formatting 7th edition