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Week 3 Discussion 1– Tools of Organizational

Change

Select one of the following tools: the nine steps in Ackerman and

Anderson’s roadmap for change, Cummings and Worley’s five

dimensions of leading and managing change, or the three

components of organizational change. Explain how a leader could

use this tool in guiding an organizational change. Review several of

your peers’ posts. Respond to two peers who did not choose the

same tool as you. Discuss the similarities and differences between

the tools.

A true leader must be flexible and allow themselves to be able to adjust with

business needs. This ability to adjust allows you to assist others in viewing

the purpose of the change and for them to transition just as smoothly as you.

With this stated the most feasible tool a leader can use would be Ackerman

and Andersons roadmap. Just like traveling on a road trip you have a

destination set so you have a starting point and an ending point but you

must also think of the obstacles that come in between those two points and

how it affects the overall ability to reach the end. Below are the 9 steps to

the process after you hear the wakeup call:

I. Prepare to lead the Change

II. Create organizational vision, commitment, and capability

III. Assess the situation to determine design requirements

IV. Design the desired state

V. Analyze the Impact

VI. Plan and Organize for Implementation

VII. Implement the change

VIII. Celebrate and Integrate the new state

IX. Learn and Course Correct

Weiss (2016) stated, “the road map can be used as a “thinking discipline”

rather than a prescribed way of forcing an organization’s behavior into a plan

and timeline.” When we view these steps and these road map leaders are

able to maintain flexibility while navigating through the process of change.

These tools will allow a leader to have continuous planning until the best

process is executed. What I mean by this is if the plan is in place and we

have a process of how we will proceed but then once the plan is in process

and you notice there could be another way of executing the plan. During the

Analyze the impact the leader can determine how the plan is assisting with

the business goals and if it needs to be changed as the text stated this is a

road map and there are many ways to get to the same destination that

provides different results.

Weiss, J. W. (2016). Organization Change (2nd ed.). San Diego, CA:

Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

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