In a reflective paper of no more than 1500 words, identify a significant change you have experienced. Use the course readings to date and other sources to support your points as applicable. What was the change? What did it mean for you? Was it positive or negative? Planned or unplanned? If it was difficult to categorize, explain why. Describe the benefits and the costs of the change. How resistant are you to change – how readily do you handle change? In Everett Rogers’ terms, describe how you embraced this change. Who did you engage to support you through the change and why? Who resisted and why? Insert a diagram indicating how you responded or came to terms with the change. Provide an explanation of your thoughts and feelings during the change and how they shifted over time. Looking back on this experience, what lessons do you draw that will help you to plan for and deal with future changes?
Option B
In a reflective paper of no more than 1500 words, identify a change you would like to make. Use the course readings to date and other sources to support your points as applicable. What is the change? What will it mean for you? Is it positive or negative? Planned or unplanned? If it is difficult to categorize, explain why. How resistant are you to change – how readily do you handle change? In Everett Rogers’ terms, describe how you will embrace this change. Who will you engage to support you through the change and why? Who do you think will resist and why? Insert a table listing the differences between present state and future state. Describe the benefits and the costs of the change. Describe the steps you will take to implement the change. How will you monitor your progress? What will you do to recognize or celebrate your success? Considering this personal change plan, how successful do you think you will be and why?
Information Regarding Citations
Any sources used to support your written assignment should, of course, be cited using correct APA format. And although it can be a useful starting place to gather very general information, in order to later verify it with more substantial sources, no Wikipedia references will be accepted as primary scholarly resources.
Ethical Considerations
Students cannot interview or otherwise engage human participants due to ethical considerations. Any research involving human subjects requires completion of an ethics application, and our seven-week course format does not provide enough time to write a proposal and have it approved. As a result, students are not to conduct personal interviews or use privileged information. Therefore, in the assignments, you are limited to your own experience and what is available in the public domain. When discussing your experiences in a workplace, you should anonymize the organization if you think issues might be sensitive. When doing critical reflective analysis, you must keep it anonymous and focused on self and personal observations and insights.
