The purpose of this assignment is to engage in organizational change as leaders at their agencies or previous work experience. Reading Resources Daft, R. L. (2018). The leadership experience (7th ed.). Cengage Learning. Chapters 9: Leadership and Communication Chapter 10: Leading Teams Chapter 12: Leading Power and Influence Chapter 13: Creating a Vision and Strategic Direction Aarons, G. (2006). Transformational and transactional leadership: Association with attitudes toward evidence-based practice. Psychiatric Services, 57(8), 1162–1169. Barker, A., Sullivan, D., & Emery, M. (2006). Leadership competencies for clinical managers: The renaissance of transformational leadership. Jones and Bartlett. Bass, B., & Avolio, B. (2006). Transformational leadership (2nd ed.). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc Please ensure the following: 1]Provide an introduction to your paper-Provide short introduction related to the purpose of the paper. 2]Develop a plan for an organizational change initiative to address a weak area identified in an organization, such as your internship or job, and use the below application of the Eight-Step Change Management Model below: a] Creating a sense of urgency: external forces, force field analysis, internal indicators, high-performance standards, share data (., management audit, employee survey); the target for change (all staff, selected staff, upper management, etc.) b] Building the coalition for change: sponsor, champion, people with credibility, power, interest, informal leaders; formal group, ., steering committee, task forces; cross functional representation from all levels (“diagonal slice”); communication systems c] Clarifying the change imperative: problems, visions, resources needed, written contract including outcomes, legitimacy, communicating the vision d] Assessing the present: strengths, obstacles, organizational readiness e] Developing a plan for change: strategies, processes, activities, short-term successes, who will be involved f] Dealing with the human factors: communication; resistance; involvement of staff; new skills, knowledge, and attitudes; incentives g] Acting quickly and revising frequently: quick results, timetables, involvement, monitoring, institutionalization h] Evaluating and celebrating the change: assessing results, celebration, rewards Provide clear and detailed plan for organizational change using the Eight-Step Model (see 2a under Requirements and Guidelines above) Uses Eight-Step Model each step-in model addressed. Excellent and detailed plan for organization change using the Eight-Step Model. 3] Justify leadership positions in your model/answer Justify the inclusion of certain individuals in the leadership positions of the management model-Excellent and detailed explanation of how to include individuals in leadership positions 4] Recommend the process in which you can assess success of self and others in the process (leaders and followers)-Excellent recommendations on the process of assessing success 5] What will be the recommendations for enhancing the leadership of the organization? -Excellent discussion recommendations for enhancement of leadership 6] What are the recommendations based on the above for including leadership content in education, and how will you do that? -Explain ways to include leadership content in education Discuss the recommendations based on the above for including leadership content in education, and discuss how will you do that? Explain in detail different ways to include leadership content in education. Excellent explanation on inclusion of leadership in education 7] Begin your conclusion with how this informs your understanding of the importance of leadership in social work practice. – Provides a summary of the case to include a summation of thoughts. Provides an excellent summary of the case. Please include at least four references from the Reading Resources and a minimum of four external outside peer-reviewed journals to support your response. Please use Permalink for all citations used.
