Examine organizations strategic plan

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Questions:

1. What factors are contributing to change in the organization you work in or an organization you worked (or volunteered) in the past?

2. If you have experienced organizational change in your workplace, at school or in an organization that you volunteered with, what aspects of the change were hardest for you?

3. The reading by Durant describes the Kubler-Ross Change Curve that addresses the emotional issues for employees that are often associated with change. Do you agree with these six stages? How you experienced these stages? Do you agree with the premise that managers are better prepared to facilitate the change process when they better understand the emotions employees may be experiencing as a result of the change? Why? Why not?

4. Bridges suggests that transitions begin with endings. In a transition to change you have experienced, either personally or work related, identify the things that you had to let go.

5. The Clemmer reading explores the concepts of leadership and management. How are they different and how are they complementary? If you supervise staff are you more of a leader or a manager? Is there anything you would like to change about this? If you are not currently supervising staff, think about a supervisor you have had and do the same analysis, including whether you think the person should have become more of a leader vs. manager or manager vs. leader.

6. In solving problems in your organization, which approach do you generally take, i.e. pragmatic, silo, or holistic/systems? Why do you take that approach? Under what circumstances would you change your approach? What would you have to do differently in order to take a different approach?

7. Reflect on your experience of change by confrontation vs. consultation, and which does your organization tend to utilize more? How does this impact staff?

8. Examine your organization's strategic plan (if it has one). How might it benefit from taking a more strategic thinking approach? If your organization doesn't have a plan, consider how taking a strategic thinking approach might influence the operation of your organization.

9. Does your organization currently intentionally document its values and apply them through its approach to ethical dilemmas? If it does, how has doing this influenced the organization? If it doesn't, how might doing this influence the organization?

10. Which of the five models (or a combination of models) of strategic planning discussed in this Module has your organization used? If you were involved in the process, what were your experiences? Would you recommend the future use of the model or a combination of the elements from different models

11. Has your organization experienced any of these problems identified in this Module when it has conducted a strategic planning process? Which problem(s) most undermined the effectiveness of your organization's plan/process?

12. Which of the alternatives to strategic planning discussed in this Module would be most appropriate for your organization? Why? Are there other alternatives that could be considered?

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