Assignment 1: Discussion—The Four-Frame Approach Applied to Change Management

Change efforts often fail because change agents operate with a limited perspective. They use only one or two lenses to conceive projects and then misread or entirely miss unanticipated consequences of their actions. By using an innovative approach where you reframe organizational change as a four-dimensional process, success is more likely to happen during a change.

Using the University online library resources, locate at least three different scholarly sources on change management. Discuss the barriers to change and the essential change strategies for each one of the four frames.

Complete the following:

• Analyze the use of the four-frame approach for the implementation of change in the workplace.
• Examine and explain possible barriers to be faced in a change process to be implemented in your workplace or an organization that you know well.
• Include perspectives about change management strategies using each one of the four frames discussed in this module.
• Support your points of view with clear change examples documented in the current literature.
• Be sure to cite your sources.

Write your initial response in a minimum of 400 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Thursday, February 13, 2014, post your responses to the appropriate Discussion Area.

Assignment 2: LASA—Organizational Theory Analysis Report

Revisit the literature you synthesized in your Module 5 literature review, taking into account the feedback received from your instructor. A revised literature review should be included in this LASA assignment. Using the case of the company in the article below, write an 18–20 page report that addresses the items listed under directions. You may also include any other resources that you consider relevant.

Review the following:

Directions:

In an 18 pages report:

1. Present a literature review of the four-frame model.

1. Analyze the Celestial Corporation referenced in the Baba, Gluesing, Ratner, and Wagner article using the structural frame.
1. Identify the typical problems that occur in the use of virtual teams.
2. Describe the problems with virtual teams that are discussed in this specific case.
3. Determine how the issues need to be addressed in order to improve the company’s performance.

1. Analyze the Celestial Corporation referenced in the Baba, Gluesing, Ratner, and Wagner article using the human resource frame.
1. Determine the impact of cultural differences on the operations worldwide.
2. Identify the leaders in this case and describe their leadership styles.
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the leaders in the case. If applicable, identify the specific areas in which leadership could be improved.
4. Explain what factors contributed to the initial lack of synergy and collaboration on the team.
5. Explain what factors and interventions eventually resulted in successful team collaboration.
6. Determine what and how issues need to be addressed in order to improve the company’s performance.

1. Analyze the Celestial Corporation referenced in the Baba, Gluesing, Ratner, and Wagner article using the political frame.
1. Assess the role that power and influence played regarding the impact and the acceptance of the Product Family Management methodology.
2. Determine which individuals have power. Explain why.
3. Determine what and how issues need to be addressed in order to improve the company’s performance.

1. Analyze the Celestial Corporation referenced in the Baba, Gluesing, Ratner, and Wagner article using the symbolic frame.
1. Determine which specific corporate cultural values were responsible for the virtual team problems discussed in the second item.
2. Considering the tension between Celestial and Voila, determine what issues should be addressed in order to improve the company’s performance.

1. Based on the list of issues you identified during the four-frame assessment of the company in the article, choose one issue and develop a strategy for reframing (solving) that specific problem using a different frame. Include considerations on ethics and social responsibility. Justify your strategy with information you collected from your literature review.

1. Summarize any key points you have learned regarding applying a new frame in order to solve a workplace problem.

Write an 18–20-page report in Word format. Utilize at least eight scholarly sources in your research. Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M7_A2.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M7_A2.doc.

By Saturday, February 15, 2014, deliver your assignment