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Scenario:
You have been hired as a change management consultant for a manufacturing company. The leadership of the company currently uses a top-down management approach. The organizational structure is a hierarchy (pyramid type). Employees are not encouraged to be creative or make suggestions or decisions. They are also not encouraged to experiment and come up with new solutions to problems.
The company has grown rapidly over the past decade, from generating $1 million in sales to $100 million. In the past year, the company expanded its business internationally and now has 500 employees worldwide. Due to the rapid growth of the company, the organization has not invested in training and development opportunities for its employees to drive innovation and process improvements. Additionally, the company’s processes and software systems for inventory management have become antiquated
As the change management consultant, you will provide a report for the executive leadership team where you diagnose the need for change and explain how to plan for change, how to implement change, and how to sustain change. You will also explain how the company can transition to a learning organization in order to be on the forefront of change and innovation.
Requirements:
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect.
- Discuss how foursteps of the action research model could be applied to the change process (traditional organization to learning organization) for the company in the scenario.
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| Action Research Model | A discussion of 4 steps of the action research model is not provided. | The discussion of 4 steps of the action research model does not logically describe how each step could be applied to the change process for the company in the scenario. |
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The action research model assists workers in identifying a problem, developing a resolution, implementing a solution, and analyzing the final results. It consists of nine structured steps. Clearly identify 4 of these steps and describe how each step could be applied to the change process in the
scenario.
***Revision Notes: Action Research Model Inputs Identifying the problem and implementing are clearly identified and briefly described as action research model steps. It is not entirely clear what the other two steps are. Further support is needed for all four. Once two appropriate steps are clearly identified, please sufficiently explain how each step could be applied to the company’s change process.
- Explain how each of the five pillars of sustainable change could be applied to sustain the learning organization environment of the company in the scenario.
| Not Evident | Approaching Competence | Competent | |
| Five Pillars of Sustainable Change | An explanation of how the five pillars of sustainable change could be used to sustain the company’s learning organization environment is not provided. | The explanation does not logically discuss how each of the five pillars of sustainable change could be applied to sustain the learning organization environment of the company in the scenario. | The explanation logically discusses how each of the five pillars of sustainable change could be applied to sustain the learning organization environment of the company in the scenario. |
Besides just listing the five (5) pillars of sustainable change, clearly provide an explanation of how each of the five pillars of sustainable change could be used to sustain the company’s learning organization environment.
***Revision Notes: Five Pillars of Sustainable Change Leadership is sufficiently supported as a pillar of sustainable change. Further support is needed for the strategy, culture, structure and systems pillars to be complete. Please sufficiently explain how each pillar could be applied to sustain the company’s learning organization environment.
