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Purpose of Assignment
Students start to think about how change may impact an organization, how leadership is effective or ineffective in communicating, and to hear from other students about types of changes experienced or researched. Organizations are impacted by change both internally and externally.
Assignment Steps
Choose an organization at which you have worked or with which you are familiar.
Examine the type of change experienced (current or past employer or a company that your facilitator approves). This is an organization you will be using throughout the entire class.
Reflect on how the leadership introduced/announced the change and the reason for the change.
Prepare a graphic that illustrates your analysis of the change and in 1,050 words, cover the following:
- Identify the type of change
- Explain how the change was communicated
- Identify which leaders were involved in the communication
- Identify the change model (if possible)
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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Running head: IMPETUS FOR CHANGE
Operational change at Nissan Company
Student’s Name
Institution’s Name
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IMPETUS FOR CHANGE
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Change is inevitable to a company. Change is instigated by the need to grow and develop.
Change maybe as a result of phenomena or it may be motivated by internal or external forces. In
an instance when change is required, the management and leadership of the company take charge
in communicating and strategizing on how to adopt the change (Halas, 2015). After the 2011
March earth quake disaster, Nissan Company underwent lucrative changes. One such change was
operational change. Undeniably, a company should be able to anticipate risks and implement
concrete measures meant to mitigate the risks (Roberts, 2011), otherwise, it will sink into
problems at an instance of a crisis. After the earthquake epidemic that struck Japan, Nissan
Company immediately communicated operational change. This operational change was divided
into three, with which each was communicated uniquely by the management.
Nissan Company and operational change
The first operational change that Nissan upheld after the earthquake catastrophe was
information sharing operational change. This involved setting up a network of communication
channel through which all Nissan locations including the North American locations were updated
on the progress and given direction. This benefited the company in that regional coordination
was manifested, managers of company location got information, right from the communication...
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