Do My Managing Strategic Change Assignment of University of Northampton

Question - Managing Strategic Change

I need to prepare two files:

1.Presentation (submitted on the 21 February 2014)
2.Report (submitted on the 21 March 2014)
1st
The Presentation

ï‚· Wakewood:
Please read the Wakewood case study (find attachment file; Case Study for presentation (Wakewood)),
Taking into consideration key objectives highlighted.

Prepare a 6 slide presentation including notes (notes should be not exceeding 1000 words) to highlight:
1. Key issues within Wakewood.
2. Strategy to me the organization forward.
3. Include relevant academic underpinning.

ï‚· Presentation Format:
No more than 6 slides including no more than 1000 words of notes (put the note in the Box under the slide,
not inside the slide). ...Read More
6 slides should include:
ï‚· What are the issues for Wakewood?
ï‚· What would be your proposed strategy to move the organisation forward?
ï‚· Underpin with academic theory and models.

ï‚· How you are assessed:
- Your purpose is clear; you show an understanding of the key issue within W akewood.
- Business objectives are clear and justified, explanation given on why you have chosen this strategy,
including the impact of the proposed changes.
- Relevantly underpinned with academic models and literature.

ï‚· What do I Expect?
- You have highlight key issues for Wakewood.
- Your strategy is clear.
- You have included relevant theory.
- Note should be relevant to specific slides.
- Include a balance of theory and application.

ï‚· Presentation Submitted: on the 21 February 2014

2nd
The Report

ï‚· Analyses of Change Management
For this assignment think of change management situation within your organization and choose three
questions only for your report:

Choose 3 questions only from the below:
1. What sectors and elements of the environment do you consider to have had the most influence on
the change within your organization? Please justify answer.
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the change in your organization?
3. Drawing on your experience, consider how realistic it is for managers to try and change
organizational culture.
4. When you think of a change situation within your organization, what were the sources of resistance?
How did management try to combat those?
5. Consider and explain why examples of bottom-up change are rare.

ï‚· How are you Assessed?
- Inclusion of a background to your company and the change you will be discussing.
- Showing your understanding of the academic literature.
- If you are discussing models, have you applied them to the situation discussed?
- Discuss the change and underpin this with some academic theory.
- Make sure your conclusion draw upon the key points. The discussion here should be clear and to
the point.
- Harvard referencing system should be used throughout.

ï‚· Report Format:
- Title
- Contents Page
- Introduction - what are you writing about?
- Some discussion of the theorist.
- Change situations – three questions.
- Conclusion/Recommendations.
- References/Bibliography/Appendices.

ï‚· What do I expect?
- Report written in third person.
- No more than 2500 words.
- Be clear and to the point.
- This is an academic report, balance of theory and application.

ï‚· Report Submitted: on the 21 March 2014 ...Read Less

Solution Preview - conflict in the Wakewood organisation Mullins L 2005, Management & Organisational Behaviour –Prentice Hall, 7th Edition The Wakewood organisation comprises seven units, each of which has been managed autonomously over the last five years. Each unit is managed by a General Manager and comprises one or more product/service departments and

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