6-1 Milestone Two: Change Management Plan Submit your report as a 7- to 9-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according

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MBA687 SNHU

Professor Brent Duncan

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[Create a report to cover the pre-implementation and implementation phases of the change management plan in the course scenario. Refer to the Case for Change Guide to ensure relevant organizational data is considered.]

Stakeholders

[Identify two key stakeholders or sponsor roles for the change process from the Singapore headquarters and the U.S. branch. Refer to the Leaders’ Self-Evaluations document for additional context.]

Stakeholder role

[Discuss the significance of each stakeholder’s role in gaining buy-in, acceptance, and support for change across departments.

Stakeholder impact

[How can each stakeholder improve the change initiatives’ likelihood of success (for example, by acting as opinion leaders, connectors, counselors, and journalists)?]

TABLE 1: Stakeholder analysis

Stakeholder

Role

Impact

Strategic alignment

[Identify strategic goals that align with the change management plan and provide rationale. Consider the following in your response:]

Organizational strategy

[Refer to the Vision, Mission, and Strategic Goals]

Branch operations

[U.S. Branch Overview; and Leaders’ Self-Evaluations.]

Aligning branch operations with organizational strategy

[Ensure there is alignment with the change management plan and the strategic goals of the organization (Singaporean headquarters and U.S. branch).]

Trends

[Research emerging trends that could influence employees of the U.S. branch.]

Improvements to organizational systems

[Explain how improvements to organizational systems can ensure successful and sustained behavioral change.]

Areas of change

[Refer to the Exit Interviews to identify the areas of change.]

[What are the processes, procedures, or policies that need improvement?]

Impact of change

[How will these improvements impact the behavioral change of employees at the U.S. branch?]

Recommended enhancement strategies

[Recommend at least two enhancement strategies for team collaboration.]

Team collaboration issues

[Refer to the Exit Interviews and Leaders’ Self Evaluations to identify the problems of team collaboration.]

Causes of collaboration problems

[What are the reasons for lack of collaboration between team members across both locations of the organization?]

Building teams

[How can an individual performer become a team player to improve team collaboration?]

Building trust in leadership

[How should leadership behavior change to build trust?]

Change management model

[Determine a change management model that can be used at the U.S. branch and provide justification. Based on your evaluation of the challenges that the U.S. branch is currently facing, choose from the following change management models. Kotter’s change management model, Lewin’s change management model, or ADKAR change management model.]

[TIP: Pick Kotter or ADKAR or synthesize them for your purposes. Lewin isn’t a change model, it’s a theoretical construct upon which the other change management models are based.]

Applying change model to US branch

[How would you use this model at the U.S. branch?]

[TIP: Show the steps in the process you selected, then explain what you will do for each step.]

Change steps

[Describe the steps needed to implement the change management model at the U.S. branch. Support your response with research.]

Mitigating resistance

[How would you mitigate and remove any roadblocks in the change management process?]

Dealing with contingencies

[What are your plans to deal with the impact of planned and/or unplanned changes and any contingencies?]

Milestones

[What milestones need to be accomplished for change implementation to succeed?]

Metrics

[How would you measure the success of your change management plan?]

Conclusion

[Summarize key ideas and recommendations. Explain why your recommendations ae important to the organization. Challenge the audience; let them know what they need to do.]

References

Lewis, L., Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2021). Leading organizational change. Wiley Global Education US.