Impact of Organizational Change & Impact on Stakeholders Paper
Instructions
Objective: Describe the process of applying organizational change and the impact on constituents and stakeholders.
Based on your activities and reading for this week, you learned several theories and processes exist in regard to organizational change.
• Read Chapters 5-7 in the textbook.
• In a 2 paper, research an organization that has implemented change. This can be any organization, including one you are or have been a part of, but keep in mind that publicly traded companies are often easier to research. You want to be sure you can find adequate sources of information.
• You will weave concepts of the life cycle as well as revolutionary and evolutionary change into your paper.
• Discuss how this change at different levels (chapter 6) affected the organization and its stakeholders and constituents.
• Ensure the following points are addressed:
o Open system theory
o Revolutionary and evolutionary change process
o Effects of change at different levels of the organization (chapter 7)
o Application of these concepts to your chosen organization (discuss how these concepts would have helped if applied, for example).
o Provide the reasoning behind your assertions.
o Support your assertions with two outside credible sources.
A Credible source is one that minimizes bias.
Primary and scholarly/peer-reviewed sources are the best.
Popular magazines, news sources, etc. are the weakest options.
Reference textbook: Burke, W. Warner (2023). Organization change: Theory and practice (6th Edition). Thousand
Oakes, CA: Sage. ISBN: 9781071869918