QUESTIONS:1. How do the formal aspects of your work environment affect you? What informal aspects of your work environment are important?2. What is the biggest competitive challenge or change facing t

Complete the one Self-Evaluation for Chapter 1 below using these steps:

  • Highlight your responses to each item (Use the Highlight (painting or shading, maybe use yellow) icon in Word); otherwise, I will not be able to read your responses and will require a re-do.


chapter 1 - SELF-EVALUATION: What about You?

Analyze your perceptions of change


Everyone perceives change differently. Think of a change situation you are currently experiencing. It can be any business, school-related, or personal experience that requires a significant change in your attitude or behavior. Rate your feelings about this change using the following scales. For instance, if you feel the change is more of a threat than an opportunity, you would circle 0, 2, or 4 on the first scale.


 1. Threat 0 2 4 6 8 10 Opportunity

 2. Holding on to the past 0 2 4 6 8 10 Reaching for the

future

 3. Immobilized 0 2 4 6 8 10 Activated

 4. Rigid 0 2 4 6 8 10 Versatile

 5. A loss 0 2 4 6 8 10 A gain

 6. Victim of change 0 2 4 6 8 10 Agent of change

 7. Reactive 0 2 4 6 8 10 Proactive

 8. Focused on the past 0 2 4 6 8 10 Focused on the future

 9. Separate from change 0 2 4 6 8 10 Involved with change

10. Confused 0 2 4 6 8 10 Clear



How positive are your perceptions of this change?


Source: H. Woodward and S. Buchholz, Aftershock: Helping People through Corporate Change, p. 15. Copyright (c) 1987 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.