Bem3048 Leading Change In Practice Assessment Answer

Question:

Produce an integrative reflective paper on “HOW TO LEAD CHANGE: What is the change you want to make in the world and what will be your resources and challenges”

This is the culmination of your self-awareness work (as in personal resources and challenges), your experiential work in your change project (reflecting on challenges and resources), the collective harvest of challenges and resources as well as your independent study on social identity (as a key resource and challenge) and other related aspects of change agents.

Intended learning outcomes for the essay

·demonstrate a capacity for understanding the resources, challenges and impact of change agents

·demonstrate critical insight into the practical aspects of leading change

·reflect upon personal resources, challenges and impact as a change agent.

·critically appraise own actions through self-awareness

·reflect on personal strengths and weaknesses

·demonstrate good written and oral communication skills

·show good independent study skills

·reflect upon lessons learned

Instructions (more guidance on ELE)

It does not need to be related to your change project.

Choose one area that you are interested in and which can also help you utilize the literature you read and if possible your PDP.

Make sure that you use academic material combined with your reflective and experiential learning. Remember that this is a third year essay and needs to be of high quality!

To get a higher grade, it needs to: be focused and tight, have enough information about the context so you can comment on external resources and challenges.

1.The change I want to make is (WHAT)

[Be as specific as you can be but also concise. The purpose of this section is to be able to ground the resources and challenges. You can include more details about the change project in the appendix if needed.

2.The way in which I want to do this change is … (HOW)

Potential Link with papers on your topic

Papers on persuasion, social influence, Kotter leading change model, etc.

book on the theory and practice of social change (Kahame, 2010)

potential link with your field work

Potential link to social identity papers if you are going to actively utilise these processes

3.The resources I will utilise are

Internal resources (individual level)

I have passion, determination .,.. (link with PDP if appropriate)

 link with papers on skills of change agents

My way of listening allow me to explore openly what is important

Link with Theory U

Social identity aspects: I see myself as one of them and thus I understand what is important                 for them

Link with social identity papers

External resources

a.Interpersonal: I know the key person to contact … (link to field report)

b.At the group level: I will make sure that I create a sense of us, I make my initiative fit within normative boundaries, I connect with those I am trying to influence.

Link with field reflections

Link with social identity papers

c.At the systemic level:

Link with change management papers (if change in an organisation)

Link with social change (if change in communities etc.)

d.Others:

4. The challenges I am likely to confront are

Internal

Doubts, lack of confidence, lack of knowledge (link with PDP if appropriate)

Tendency to wanting to control (link with Field report if appropriate)

Having to swim upstream (link with academic papers) and not knowing whether I will stand the resistance and rejection  

Undergoing the sacrifice syndrome (reference to Boyatzis, R. & McKee, A. 2005)

External

a.Interpersonal: I have no idea who is the best person to approach (link to field report)

b.At the group level: My initiative does not fit with what is normative and expected. There is no way I can create a sense of us. The people I am trying to influence and I have nothing in common, I cannot connect with those I am trying to influence. I am being perceived as an outgroup

oLink with field reflections

oLink with social identity papers

c.At the systemic level:

Link with change management papers (if change in an organisation)

Link with social change (if change in communities etc.)