Change Management Simulation: Power and Influence
You should have by completed all three parts of this assignment in previous modules. You can review these components below:
Part I: Setting the Strategy
In this section, you will discuss the strategy that you developed before executing your plans and steps. You should address the following:
- How and why did you choose the CEO or Product Innovation Role?
- What were your vision, mission, and core strategy for the simulation?
- Provide a SWOT analysis of your expectations.
Part II: Executing your Strategy
In this section, you will discuss the decision-making strategy you used throughout the simulation. Address the following:
- What occurrences and incidents impacted your decision?
- What adjustments did you have to make to your strategy?
- When did your strategy succeed and when did it fail?
- How did you adapt and what was the impact?
- What criteria did you use to make adjustments?
Part III: Analyzing Your Strategy
In this final section, you are to analyze what you have learned about strategy setting, change management, and their impact on success and failure. You will address the following:
- What have you learned about strategy, power, and leadership, and their impact on success?
- How does data impact decision making?
- How could you have improved your performance?
- What conclusions can you draw based upon this experience?
Now that you have completed all three components you will compare and contrast the organization you chose in Module 1 with the organization in the simulation.
For this assignment you will:
- Compare and contrast solutions and alternatives. Would a solution you found for your organization work for the simulation?
- Compare and contrast strategies. Would the strategy you used for your organization work for the simulation?
- Compare and contrast leadership. Is your organization’s leader a good fit for the leader of the simulation?
- Compare and contrast the recommendations and final outcomes.
Your final paper submission should be 5 to 7 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages, formatted in APA (6th ed.) style, and double-spaced, in Times New Roman, 12-point font, with one inch margins. Include at least two resources, other than your course textbook, to support your findings.
Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your instructor.
