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LP2.1 Assignment: Planning

This assignment will assess competency 1: DEVELOP planning for organizational performance

Directions
Complete LP2.1: Planning. Use the NAU library for your research on this assignment.

In this assignment, you will address one of two scenarios. As you address one of the scenarios, support your answers with research from scholarly sources (using APA citation). Make sure you think about your audience. Choose the appropriate tone and approach for them. Consider factors such as their profession, education, level of experience, biases, etc. These all factor into how they need you to communicate with them.

You are teaching a management class at a local community college. Anne is a sophomore who is also a successful business owner. She enrolled in your class to improve her management skills. She sends you an email asking about planning. Specifically, she asks about the role of planning in managing an organization. Include in your response to her:

a discussion on strategic, operational, and business unit plans and how they relate to planning for an organization.
at least one example of a generic change model (this will be taken from scholarly journal articles) with an example or scenario to show how it works
a discussion on organizational change and the role that planning plays in the process of change
at least three strategies for overcoming resistance to change

Jane, a middle manager in another department of your firm, is having trouble getting her staff to use adopt a new vacation request policy. She graduated from a top notch business school and isn't used to not getting her way. You can tell she is swallowing her pride by coming to you. Send her an email which includes:

a discussion and evaluation of at least two generic change models (these are taken from scholarly journal articles) that might be used to address the change she wants to implement
a sample plan of how each model might be used
at least three strategies for overcoming resistance to change within her department

Use at least three scholarly or professional sources in the scenario you select. Do not use the textbook as a primary source. Write with your audience in mind and use your critical thinking skills. Your citation must be in APA. Double space your submission. Each scenario should be 500-700 words.

Submit

Answer:-THIS IS CORRECT BUT FROM AN OTHER STUDENT USE IT AS REFERENCE ONLY

A strategy is an action that a company takes to attain one or two goals. The task of analysing the organisational' external and internal environment then selecting an appropriate strategy is normally referred as strategy formulation Strategic implementation involves designing appropriate organisational structures and control system to put the organisation's chosen strategy into action. From mission and vision, strategic objectives are set resulting in corporate strategy from which operational strategy and functional strategy are developed and aligned to corporate strategy. Corporate strategy could be single industry hence single operational and functional strategy or corporate strategy could be for multiple industry hence there could multiple operational and functional strategy but aligned to corporate strategy. From strategy, plan are developed which are corporate plan, operational plan and functional plan. This is all part of strategy formulation.

Generic Change Model:-

An external change results in organisation post recognition initiating organisation change. The change involves steps of diagnosis of present and future, plan and prepare for implementation, initiate implementation and post implementation have a review. An example:-

An external change of retiring of operating system caused an organisational initiate organisational change for having new operating system used in their main centralised server carrying out organisation's centralised system processing. Organisation post initiating had to diagnose present and future business requirement that is fitting to available operating system in market. Post diagnosis, planning and implementing the change in such a that there would be minimum disruption to business. Here the change is in centralised processing unit, the change would be in phased manner. A review system is required to review proper completion of each phase. This change is highly impactful hence required to have proper diagnosis, an efficient implementation plan and an effective review system.

Role of planning in change:-

Change at any point involves a high to moderate level risk which can be eliminated by efficient planning process. A plan helps to know the components that are being changed, the new component post changes, the time of carrying out changes, resources involved in making the change, review post change implementation as well as roll back steps if change implementation fails. An plan approval process helps to know the acknowledgement of change from process owners.

Strategy to overcome resistance to change are:-

Collaborative strategy that put resistance agent to collaborate in the change process.
Reward strategy that motivates resistance agent to be part of change
Isolation strategy that isolates resistance agent from being part of change.

LP2.2 Assignment: Outline

In LP5, you will be analyzing a case study.PLEASE USE THE CASE ATTACHED. Read the case study and assignment instructions this week. CREATE an outline for that paper. This is a good opportunity to get feedback on that paper before you start writing it, because if there are problems with the outline, there will probably be issues with your paper. Your outline should cover the entire paper. In addition, it should:

Include your thesis statement (sometimes called a "problem statement")
Have at least 3 levels
Utilize descriptive phrases or full sentences. In other words, your instructor should be able to understand where you are going with your paper from just the outline.

Click here for an example outline. Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP2.2 Assignment: Outline”

This assignment is worth 50 points and will be graded according to the LP2.2 Assignment: Outline rubric.