Analyze leadership and management roles in change management

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Analyze leadership and management roles in change management
Evaluate different change management models.
Examine various roles in change management.
Analyze methods for understanding and mapping change in an organization.
Critique strategies for removing barriers to change.
Examine leadership’s role in executing successful change.
Instructions

Delta Pacific Case Study Click for more options

You serve as the change leader for Delta Pacific Company (DPC). Up until this point, the organizational culture has been one of a traditional culture as the company had a manufacturing environment.

DPC has undergone an extensive change from manufacturing to consulting, including new employee roles and responsibilities, training, and resources. However, there have been organizational barriers and employee resistances to the changes, resulting in a declining profitability.

You have decided to design a Change Leadership Strategy plan to present to the leaders of DPC to meet their goal of changing the culture from the more traditional manufacturing environment to one of a contemporary consulting environment. To complete your Leading Change Plan, please include the following:

An APA-formatted title page.
Breakdown of the current issues that Delta Pacific are facing.
Analyzation of change leadership strategy to be implemented.
Classify what type of leader mindset is needed to create a new environment.
Compare and contrast advantages and disadvantages of two popular change models. Include at least three similarities and three differences. Choose the one that you feel best compliments your strategy .
Explain how the change model you decided to use will ensure the most effective and efficient process of changing an organizational culture.
Construct a leadership team.
Explain the importance of the leader’s position within each area of the change plan.
Include examples of what the leaders should expect during the change process.
Continue with your plan to explain at least two specific organizational barriers and at least two specific employee resistance behaviors that are most likely to occur during an organizational culture change.
Design strategies to combat those barriers and resistance behaviors.
Discuss the behaviors that DPC’s leaders need to exhibit to ensure a positive and successful cultural shift for the long-term.
Include the top mistakes leaders make during an organizational culture change and your recommendations to avoid those mistakes (module 6).
Please include an APA-formatted reference page to document the sources used for your research. Make sure that your sources are credible.

What went wrong? How can you explain how the technology actually led to more rather than fewer mistakes?

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Case study 2 & 3

  • Case 2: Transferring Innovation across National Boundaries (4 pages)
  • Case 3: Making the Problem Worse (4 pages)

Case study instructions

  1. Read the assigned case discussion provided on another attachment (Case 2 and Case 3). Use the questions provided in each case as a guideline for the submission.
  2. Should include an introductory and concluding paragraph, as well as headings.
  3. Include a biblical perspective with scripture included relevant to the topics covered in the Case Study scenario
  4. 4 pages EACH CASE (8 pages total), NOT including the cover, abstract, or reference pages
  5. 5 Scholarly references PER CASE. (10 total). * Have different references pages per case. *DO NOT PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER

Questions (will also be included on each case attachment)

Case 2: Transferring Innovation across National Boundaries/ Use these questions as a guideline for the case study. (4 pages on this case study)

  1. What triggered the new product strategy at Minnesota Biolabs (MB)?
  2. What prediction would you make for the success of getting the country general managers in Europe and Japan to adopt the new product? Explain your prediction.
  3. What changes might MB make in its design in order to better promote the transfer of new products across national borders?

Case 3: Making the Problem Worse / Use these questions as a guideline for the case study. (4 pages on this case study)

  1. What went wrong? How can you explain how the technology actually led to more rather than fewer mistakes?
  2. What theories of change implementation would have helped the administrators at the Springfield General Hospital solve the problem of medication mistakes?
  3. How might you have gone about solving the problem at Springfield General? To what extent, if any, would new technology have been helpful?

What is the role of master production scheduling in manufacturing planning and control?

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  • The master production scheduling (MPS) activity:What is the role of master production scheduling in manufacturing planning and control?
  • Master production scheduling techniques:What are the basic MPS tasks and what techniques are available to aid this process?
  • Bill of materials structuring for the MPS:How can nonengineering uses of the bill of materials assist the master production scheduling function?
  • The final assembly schedule:How is the MPS converted into a final build schedule?
  • The master production scheduler:What does a master production scheduler do and what are the key organizational relationships for this position?
  • Company examples:How do actual MPS systems work in practice?
  • Master production schedule stability:How can a stable MPS be developed and maintained?
  • Managing the MPS:How can MPS performance be monitored and controlled?

Select a specific power tactic how it was used in a particular situation toward a supervisor. Provide background, expected outcomes, actual outcome or result.

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Power tactics are used toward superiors, peers, and subordinates. Select a specific power tactic how it was used in a particular situation toward a supervisor. Provide background, expected outcomes, actual outcome or result. Did it either accelerate or decline the probability of achieving its goal. Based on the outcome, would you choose a different tactic today and if so, explain your reasoning. You can relate this exercise to a personal experience from a past or current workplace or your response can be directed to an external business organization. The required 2 scholarly sources are each cited numerous times throughout each section of the paper.
Scholarly sources (from peer-reviewed journals) are used and follow the requirements for the time of publication.

Explain how your predominant strengths fit into the “Entrepreneurial Mindset” model.

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In a 1-2 page paper (formatted in APA), including a separate cover page (not one of the 2 pages), explain how your predominant strengths fit into the “Entrepreneurial Mindset” model discussed in Chapter 2 ; or discuss how you would work to develop those Mindset attributes if your predominant strengths aren’t a great fit.

Write a 400 word thread that presents an analysis of the assigned case study from Hess & Cameron.

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The purpose of the Group Discussion Board (DB) Forums are to examine the ethical values displayed in various organizations, and view such in light of Scripture, the course text, and scholarly research. For each Group DB thread, write a 400 word thread that presents an analysis of the assigned case study from Hess & Cameron. Your thread will not summarize the article; instead, it will analyze that company’s values approach in light of Biblical truths and outside research. Support your assertions with at least 3 scholarly resources found here https://www.jstor.org that have been published within the last 3 years, in addition to, a course text, and Scripture. Your thread must be in current APA format and must include a reference list. Please copy and paste your thread into the Group Discussion Board Forum (you may attach a copy to retain formatting – if needed). No title page or abstract are needed.
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This module/week delves into the topic of global business practices. These topics are important for the Christian to consider as they reflect very real challenges to Christian ethics, including readings addressing such varied topics as sweatshop labor, bribery, and thoughts on the growing “fair trade” movement.
The media is requesting a comment from the company. Create a press release explaining Sarah and her actions. Remember to include in this press release a great title/headline, include quotes, supporting details, contact information, a customer testimonial, a reason for the audience to care, and use proper grammar/punctuation/APA.

If you are an importer, what are the advantages and disadvantages involved in using Alibaba?

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  1. Visit Alibaba’s website (www.alibaba.com) and search for exporters of a B2B product; describe your experience.
  2. If you are an importer, what are the advantages and disadvantages involved in using Alibaba?
  3. Visit Amazon’s website (www.amazon.com); what is the difference between Amazon’s and Alibaba’s websites?
  4. In a Forbes article: “Alibaba and the 40,000 thieves” it was alleged that Alibaba sells an unprecedented torrent of sham and counterfeit goods,” and that neither the big brands manufacturers, nor the Chinese or American government pressure can do much about it. Forbes stressed that only Jack Ma, the man who oversees the world’s largest online retailer can; however, closing down the fakes would undermine his empire (Schuman & Ho, 2015, p. 100). Provide your take on that, and explain your rationale. What steps should Alibaba take, if it intends to dominate the global retail market?

Reference

Schuman, M., & Ho, J. (2015). Alibaba and the 40,000 thieves. (cover
story). Forbes, 196(7), 100-101.

 

 The office of the future will contain fewer people. Discuss in a 1-page response.

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Please answer the question below in 200-250 words.     The office of the future will contain fewer people. Discuss in a 1-page response.

Demonstrate in your response how emotional intelligence is important to Christian leaders.

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Find an academic article on emotional intelligence.
1. Write a 200-300 word post that synthesizes these concepts.
2. Demonstrate in your response how emotional intelligence is important to Christian leaders.

Provide details regarding how a specific private sector business/organization (whether that be a “real world” company or a fictitious one) is addressing and carrying out the Joint National Priorities for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (link below).

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– Provide details regarding how a specific private sector business/organization (whether that be a “real world” company or a fictitious one) is addressing and carrying out the Joint National Priorities for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (link below).
– Address these priorities by incorporating the following topics: critical infrastructure, continuity of operations planning, partnerships, information sharing, challenges, etc.

Technical Requirements:

– (5) pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit).
– (10) scholarly and credible references are to be used books, (peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc.).
– Times New Roman, 12 point, double space.
– APA 7th edition style
– No direct quotes

Link:

– Joint National Priorities for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience: https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/JointNationalPrioritiesFactSheet-508.pdf