5th
Assignment
Objective: This
week’s assignment has you write an APA formatted essay proposing a design for a
specific launch.
Preparation
Task: Review textbook chapters that cover the topics
of transformational change, continuous change, and trans-organizational change
(Chapters 17, 18, and 19).
Assignment
Step
1. Read the case The Transformation of Meck Insurance (p.
612-622).
Step 2. Keeping
in mind the lessons learned to date from this case, propose a design
(interventions, roles and responsibilities, timing, agendas, and other aspects)
for Launch 2. Be sure to include or consider the following:
Continued
work with leadership team
Building
capability of leaders
Starting
to engage rest of organization using core principles
Continuing
to leverage organization design features, such as systems, structures, and
rewards, to align behavior to The Compass.
Step
3. Time to produce an essay that should meet the following
requirements:
It
must be an APA formatted 3-5 page long (1000-1500 words) essay. You may use the APA assignment template
available at the bottom of this section.
It must contain at least three
scholarly sources (peer-reviewed journal articles) and a minimum of five
in-text citations.
It
must have a title page and a references page (not included in the
word count).
