Illustrative plans you will provide a written context that will leverage appropriate change management theories and models that you have covered within the course or through you own independent research.

Consultant change manager

Acting as a consultant change manager you will develop a plan to deliver and sustain the optimisation of the operations of a simulated business as has been specified in the assignment 1 Leader’s Programme Journal of your student colleague. Referring to the specification of requirements in your colleagues assignment 1 your Consultant Programme Journal will: Introduce the organisation and proposed change; address the education of employees (learning plan); the informing of pertinent stakeholders (communication plan); For each of the above illustrative plans you will provide a written context that will leverage appropriate change management theories and models that you have covered within the course or through you own independent research. Finally, you will critic how you are to address the culture of the simulated organisation in terms of its resistance to change. If the specification you have received from student colleague in their assignment 1 is insufficient for your needs you can extend the requirements as foundations for your plans.

A draft format for the Consultant Programme Journal might include:

Journal 1 Introduction – the organisation , need for change and required outcome – 200 words (inc strategy and vision)

Journal 2 The education plan, model and justification 200 words ( inc learning contracts, loop model and organisation learning)

Journal 3 The stakeholder communication plan, model and justification – 300 words ( inc comm plan- stage messages and media)

Journal 4 Critic of the challenges associated with overcoming cultural resistance to change 500 words ( inc Change agency; kotter 8 step v emotional resistance)