Concept of Organizational Transformations and Change Facilitators
******The assigned readings are Chapter 18-20
You are to keep a weekly journal of your thoughts that reflects on the issues and theories discussed in class in general and a meaningful integration of content from the assigned readings for the week starting Session 2 (Sep 8) and ending Session 6 (Oct 6).
These “lab papers” are your own reflections and thoughts that help "make sense" of the theories and your own changes in perceptions, beliefs, or challenges to the validity of theories and models discussed in class and presented in assigned readings from the previous week.
Each lab application paper should be 1.5 to 2-pages (double spaced typed equivalent) per session and posted under the “assignments” tab for the course. Be sure to use APA format for your papers. Your reflection/application lab papers will be assessed on the basis of your integration of course readings for that week, demonstrating your deeper understanding of the material and how you might apply the content to your life and work.
Concept of Organizational Transformations and Change Facilitators
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Strategies, implementations and changes are critical components that are encapsulated in organizational transformation. In the contemporary world, change is an essential strategy that allows organizations to adapt, survive and develop resilience as it responds to both external and internal factors and forces. This paper reflects the strategic transformation that an organization uses to secure the desired process geared towards achieving particular goals by altering existing assumptions regarding the organizational functions, roles, and relations to its environment.
According to Cummings & Worley (2014), organization transformation refers to radical changes in how members, teams, and people think, perceive and behave at work to improve and fine-tune organizational status, progress, operations and outcomes. Organizational transformation fundamentally encapsulates substantial shifts that incorporate values, traditions and norms, structures and organizational frameworks that seek to shape and define people’s behaviors.
I feel that transformational change is a practice that is strongly anchored on various theoretical frameworks. The theoretical underpinning of change allows practitioners to understand multiple facets of transformations and strategic approaches to embracing and actualizing such changes. Various theories such as life cycle theory, dialectical theories, evolutionary theories, the McKinsey 7-S model, Lewin's change management model, Nudge theory and teleological theories are critical in conceptualization the process of transformational change. From my perspective, these theories conceptualize and help in the understanding of the responsibilities of people, staff, teams, goals, the concept of conflict and drivers of change. For instance, Lewin's change theoretical model details process of change and unmask possible structure issues and challenges that need to be addressed while managing change.
While focusing on the concept of organizational transformations, there are two centers of focus that practitioners should focus on. First organizational internal disruption...