MGT 435 Full Week 5 (Final Paper, Discussions & Quiz)
MGT 435 Week 5 Final Paper: Kotter’s Approach to Organizational Change within AT&T
MGT.435 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 – Partnerships: View the Malcolm Gladwell video, Malcolm Gladwell on Innovation, about today’s customers desiring partnerships. How does employee empowerment aid in building partnerships between companies and their customers? Describe why the structure of an Agile Organization might meet the goal of empowerment and partnership. Provide an example from your experience as an employee or customer. Construct your answer from the theories you’ve learned. Review several of your peers’ posts. Compare your experiences with at least two peers and identify lessons you can apply in your future work.
MGT.435 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 – Organizational Learning: Evaluate the four traits of organizational learning. Provide examples of how learning and change can impact one another.
MGT 435 Week 5 Quiz (Questions & Answers)
- Question: Which of the following is a typical quality of an agile organization?
- Question: Which of the following statements about mental models is FALSE?
- Question: Because of a special project, Khalib is asked to be part of a temporary group that is made up of individuals from marketing, customer service, engineering, and product development. The team has never worked together before, and will be dissolved once their work on this project is finished. This group would most likely be described as a(n)_______________.
- Question: What does the clothing manufacturer Zara do that qualifies it as an agile organization?
- Question: Which of the following is TRUE of an organization with a flattened layer of management?
- Question: Respondents of a survey conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership ranked which of the following traits low in terms of being important for successful leadership?
- Question: At which of Woolner’s (1995) five stages to becoming a learning organization does learning become a part of an organization’s day-to-day activities?
- Question: How did Cisco address company-wide communication issues that were hindering its performance?
- Question: Which of Woolner’s (1995) five stages to becoming a learning organization applies primarily to start-ups?
- Question: One key virtue of a learning organization is to _________________.