MGT 435 Full Week 3 (Assignment, Discussions & Quiz)
MGT 435 Week 3 Assignment: Change Model
MGT 435 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 – Tools of Organizational Change: Select one of the following tools: the nine steps in Ackerman and Anderson’s roadmap for change, Cummings and Worley’s five dimensions of leading and managing change, or the three components of organizational change. Explain how a leader could use this tool in guiding an organizational change. Review several of your peers’ posts. Respond to two peers who did not choose the same tool as you. Discuss the similarities and differences between the tools.
MGT 435 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 – Change at The Top: After reading the Forbes articles “Six Reasons Tim Cook Is Doing A Great Job As Apple’s CEO” and “All Excuses Aside, Apple’s Major Problem Is Tim Cook,” explain the impact you think the transition from Steve Jobs to Tim Cook has had on Apple’s primary stakeholder groups: customers, employees, and investors. In what ways do you think Tim Cook’s leadership has changed Apple? Review several of your peers’ posts. Discuss any similar or opposing perspectives you have, with at least two of your peers. Take care to be professional and polite even if your beliefs or viewpoints differ.
MGT 435 Week 3 Quiz (Questions & Answers)
- Question: Alan Mulally’s strategy to turn Ford around was known as the __________, which was characterized by the mantra __________.
- Question: When aligning people with an organization’s vision, leaders should consider __________.
- Question: According to the stakeholder matrix, if the stakeholder is assessed as nonsupportive, which of the following strategies should be used?
- Question: In Cummings and Worley’s five dimensions of leading and managing change model, identifying key stakeholders is as aspect of __________.
- Question: For which company did Alan Mulally previously work that prepared him for implementing change at Ford?
- Question: At which level does aligning the organization to a new vision begin?
- Question: What is a company’s C-suite?
- Question: Which is the first step of Warrick’s six-step change implementation process?
- Question: All of the following elements are part of an organization’s vision EXCEPT __________.
- Question: The role of a sponsor for large-scale, strategic organizational change is typically assigned to ____.