Am6208 Organisational Behavior|Change Implementation Assessment Answer

Evaluate the implications of implementing change to individuals and organisations and its effect on organisational dynamics such as power, authority, leadership, culture, interpersonal relationships and ethics. Recommend a range of strategies for individual, group and organisational alignment.  Instructions: Select and investigate a leader from any New Zealand organisations practicing diversity or have a diverse workforce. This may be a different person than the leader you choose for assignment 2. The organisations should be undergoing or have undergone major change (large impact on a wide group of individuals) within the last 7 years. This may be a restructuring, a merger, downsizing, redundancy, introduction of a new system / technology, eco-sustainable or others. Undertake the following tasks, providing clear, coherent, comprehensive and logical discussions using theories and concepts learned in class. Use specific examples and justify all recommended strategies. 1. Introduction: Industry and orgnisational background Leader’s details  Describe the cultural diversity that exists in the organisation (identify ethnicities). Describe the change that it is undergoing or has undergone in the past 7 years. 2. Power in organisations Analyse and evaluate the implications of implementing the change on the selected leader’s use of power in the organisation. 3. Conflict and negotiation  Analyse and evaluate the conflicts arising from the process of implementing change, noting types and sources of conflict.  4. Organisational culture Analyse and evaluate the implications of implementing change on the selected organisation’s culture in terms of its cultural elements and sub-culture  5. Organisational change a) Analyse and evaluate the causes and forms of employee resistance arising from the implementation of change. b) Analyse and evaluate the ethical issues that may arise from change implementation.  6. Diversity, EEO, Treaty of Waitangi Analyse and critically evaluate the application of the 3 principles of the Treaty of Waitangi (protection, partnership, participation) in facilitating change implementation and achieving individual, group and organisational alignment7. Recommend and explain 2 influence tactics that the selected leader can use to facilitate effective change implementation and achieve individual, group and organisational alignment.  8. Recommend and explain 2 conflict resolution approaches that the selected leader can use to facilitate effective change implementation and achieve individual, group and organisational alignment. Consider interpersonal and structural approaches.