SPE 308 Group Presentations and Leading Change
Quiz-Narrative-Paper
Leading Change – John P. Kotter
50 Points
Due: Wednesday, May 2nd at 3:45pm in class at the final time.
A digital version of this is available on Blackboard so you may edit and type.
For each chapter prompt below please follow the directions. Support your answer with a direct passage/passages from the Kotter text and provide the page number at the end of the sentence in APA style. The “deepest” examples from your life and those that tie the closest to the text will be most successful. 5 points per entry. 5-Excellent, 3-Expected/Average, 1-Poor.
For Example
Question: Ch. XX Discusses Taking SPE 308. What is your favorite part of SPE 308 and how does the Kotter text in Ch. XX support this?
Answer: Sometimes we take classes just to get through our major. Other times we stumble upon a “gem” that will help us forever. For me, this class is SPE 308. In this course we do XZY….Kotter supports this with his theories including: one will always succeed more in a class where one does something (pg. 1). He also goes on to suggest that people learn by doing (p. 5). For these reasons I know the lessons in SPE 308 will help me and I’m glad it was a good class for me.
Each typed answer should be roughly 150 words.
1) Chapter 1, Why Do Firms Fail? Select an organization of which you were/are a part. Why did/could it fail? Explain in detail your analysis and support your answer with passage(s) from the text.
2) Chapter 2, Successful Change and the Force That Drives It. What is the difference between management and leadership? Provide a pointed example from your experience/studies and support with Kotter text.
3) Chapter 3, Complacency. Pg. 40 offers a model of why organizations become complacent. Please offer an area of your life where you have witnessed/experienced complacency and then offer why it was such with support from the Kotter text.
4) Chapter 4, Trust and the Common Goal. We discussed building a team based on trust. Please offer your thoughts/experiences/pointed examples of this in your life. Then, support with the Kotter text.
5) Chapter 5, Vision. We discussed why vision is so important. Provide an example of a vision you have successfully completed or currently have. Provide details and support why it worked, will work based in the Kotter text.
6) Chapter 6, Communicating the Change Vision. We have discussed vision, leadership, and communication throughout the course. Provide an example of excellent change communication and support why it is so using the Kotter text.
7) Chapter 7, Removing Barriers. Discuss why removing barriers when managing others can be so important. Support with the Kotter text.
8) Chapter 8, Planning vs. Praying. Our class has had some planning issues (or successes). Discuss those as they relate to your group and provide support/exposition based on the Kotter text.
9) Chapter 9, Producing More Change. Discuss a time when someone/something was resistant to change. What happened? Relate this to a passage from the Kotter text.
10) Chapter 10, Culture. Why is organizational culture so important? Discuss your experience with an organization’s culture. Relate your experience to the Kotter text.