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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.

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Choose an organization at which you have worked or with which you are familiar. (Please, use one of these companies: Facebook, Google, or Genentech)

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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Impetus for Change Grading Guide MGT/426 Version 8 Managing Change in the Workplace Copyright Copyright © 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Impetus for Change Grading Guide MGT/426 Version 8 Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. 2 Impetus for Change Grading Guide MGT/426 Version 8 Individual Assignment: Impetus for Change Purpose of Assignment In Week 1, 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. Resources Required Chapters 2, 3, and 18 Grading Guide Content Met Partially Met Not Met Total Available Total Earned 7 #/7 Partially Met Not Met Comments: Prepare an infographic (Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Publisher®, Word, or sites such as Glogster® or PiktoChart® ) 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). Analysis is 1050 words Writing Guidelines The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements. Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page. Met Comments: 3 Impetus for Change Grading Guide MGT/426 Version 8 Writing Guidelines Met Partially Met Not Met Total Available Total Earned 3 #/3 10 #/10 Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper. Sentences are complete, clear, and concise. Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation. Assignment Total Additional comments: # Comments: 4
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Running Head: IMPETUS FOR CHANGE

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IMPETUS FOR CHANGE

Change affects all organizations regardless of their size and industry. The changes can be
from within an organization or from without the organization. The leaders have the responsibility
to ensure that their organizations respond positively to the changes and that the changes cause
the least possible detrimental effects to the organization. Naturally, people feel more comfortable
with the norm and thus they are normally resistant to changes. The amount of resistance against a
change depends on the strategy of delivering the change. For an organization to remain relevant
in its field, change is inevitable, otherwise, the organization will lose its space and gradually fade
away. To illustrate this aspect of change, this essay will use the change that has taken place in the
Google organization.
Google is a company that specializes in internet related products and services. Google
was instituted by Larry Page and Sergey Brin who were doctors of philosophy students. On 4th,
September, Page and Brin unified Google as a privately owned company. Since the two were
still students, they allowed Eric Schmidt to take the leadership of the company, a position he held
until 2011. The three became the executive partners of the new company. It was under Eric
Schmidt’s leadership that Google had its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the 19th of August
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