"Change and Culture"

Please respond to one (1) of the following:

• Read the article titled "Habits as Change Levers". Reflecting on step eight (8), Institutionalize the Change, identify a change that you implemented or was implemented at an organization with which you are familiar.

What impact does an organization's corporate culture have on maintaining and sustaining change? What steps need to be taken to make ensure that a newly implemented change becomes part of the organizational culture?

• Read the article titled "Sustaining Change in Manufacturing Companies". Next, review the list of eleven (11) factors which impact the sustainability of change.

Reflect on a change that you implemented or was implemented at an organization with which you are familiar that was not sustainable.

Comment on the factors of sustaining change that were not included in the change process. How would you address the key factors which the organization missed and ultimately lead to the change being reversed?

Preparation

Reading(s)

o "Leadership Excellence: Communicate Your Vision" (7 pages)

• Videos

o "John Kotter - Communicating a Vision for Change" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGVe3wRKmH0

Activities

• Discussion

Preparation
• Reading(s)
o Sustaining Change in Organizations

- Chapter 13: Ensuring Sustainable Change through Monitoring and Measurement (23 pages)

o "Habits as Change Levers" (5 pages)

o "Sustaining Change in Manufacturing Companies" (3 pages)