INSTRUCTIONS PART 1
Consider an organization with which you are familiar where a culture change was needed. It is best to consider a past or current professional experience where you saw this as an issue. You will evaluate the organization and a change you identified using Kotter’s 8-step model for change, including:
Step 1: Create Urgency.Step 2: Form a Powerful Coalition.Step 3: Create a Vision for Change.Step 4: Communicate the Vision.Step 5: Remove Obstacles.Step 6: Create Short-Term Wins.Step 7: Build on the Change.Step 8: Anchor the Changes in Corporate Culture.
Organizational Information
Select an organization that needed a change to its culture as you complete the organizational change information chart.
For each type of information listed in the first column, include details about the organization in the second column.
Indicate your suggested actions for improvement in the third column.
Type
Details
Suggested Actions for
Improvement
Vision
Insert the organization’s vision.
Mission
Insert the organization’s mission.
Purpose
Insert the
organization’s purpose.
Values
Insert a list of the
organization’s values.
Diversity and Equity
Insert the types of the diversity and equity observed
in the organization.
Inclusion
Insert examples of overall involvement of diverse
groups inclusion in decision-making and process change.
Goal
Identify the goal set for organizational change.
Strategy
Identify the implementation strategies followed to
implement the organizational change.
Communication
Identify the communication methods used to communicate
organizational change and the change progress.
Organizational Perceptions
Considering the same organizational culture and change goal, rate your agreement from 1 to 5 in the second column with the statement in the first column. Use the following scale:
1. Strongly disagree
2. Somewhat disagree
3. Neither agree nor disagree
4. Somewhat agree
5. Strongly agree
Statement
Rating
(1 – 5)
Employees know
the organization’s vision.
Employees know
the organization’s mission.
Employees know
the organization’s purpose.
Employees know
the organization’s values.
Overall, the
organization is diverse and equitable.
Diverse groups
are included in decision making and processes for change.
The change goal
was successfully met.
The
implementation strategies were effective.
The
organization’s communication about the change was effective.
Kotter’s 8-Steps to Change
Consider the goal for organizational change that you identified and the existing organizational culture.
For each of Kotter’s 8-Steps to Change listed in the first column, rate whether you observed that step during the implementation process in the second column. Use the following scale to rate your observation:
1. Never observed
2. Rarely observed
3. Sometimes observed
4. Often observed
Identify actions you suggest for improvement in the third column.
Step
Name
Rating
(1 – 4)
Suggested
Actions for Improvement
Step 1: Create Urgency.
Step 2: Form a Powerful Coalition.
Step 3: Create a Vision for Change.
Step 4: Communicate the Vision.
Step 5: Remove Obstacles.
Step 6: Create Short-Term Wins.
Step 7: Build on the Change.
Step 8: Anchor the Changes in Corporate
Culture.
