Learning Goal: I’m working on a business multi-part question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.
In this assignment, you will:
- Discuss these questions:
- Does my organization have a clear direction and a roadmap to take us to our desired state (with the proposed OD intervention)?
- Why are we making this change?
- Why now?
- Discuss each of the direct traps and briefly assess the extent to which each impacts your culture.
- Which of these traps is holding back your change?
- Which one(s), if you fixed it, would bring the greatest benefit?
- Consider the direct tips.
- Which of these ideas could help your organization?
- Which one(s) would give you the most benefit?
- Based on your findings from the answers to the questions and assessment above:
- What mechanisms are in place to enable the vision and strategy for both our organization and this change to be updated in the light of new information?
- Organization vision and strategy:
- Change vision and strategy:
- How does our change initiative fit with other major initiatives in the organization to deliver its vision?
- If we asked our a) delivery team, and b) leaders, the following questions would they give broadly the same answers?
- Why are we changing?
- Why are we changing now?
- What is changing?
- When is it changing?
- Who is impacted?
- What outcomes does the organization need?
- The most important thing I need to remember about directing change is…
- What mechanisms are in place to enable the vision and strategy for both our organization and this change to be updated in the light of new information?
- Develop your Elevator Pitch in Appendix 6
- You may want to refer to Chapter 3.3 in Unit 7 for more about the Elevator Pitch
- Video your 30 to 60 second “elevator pitch� for your OD intervention (upload this to the Drop Box for Unit 9)
- This is an important tool for the success of your OD intervention.
Requirements: 1500 words