Description Week 3discussion Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: As you contemplat ...

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Description Week 3discussion Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: As you contemplate starting a new business, how do you determine if there is a genuine need for your product or service? Based on the need Ngozi Opara has identified, do you feel her business will be sustainable in the long run? Why or why not? Do you feel the hydration product Allen Lim has introduced will continue to meet the need of his target market over time? Why or why not? What is the best test to confirm that people need and want your product? week 5 discussion Change is a difficult thing to navigate for many people and many organizations, but change is needed to grow. Employees and employers alike need managers to support change and go beyond accepting it to normalize change. Discuss strategies managers can use for creating positive, organizational change with their teams. How does collaboration influence positive organizational change? Provide an example scenario to illustrate the implementation of one strategy. week 5 assignment To prepare for the Week 6 Assessment, you will complete an organizational change chart, like you did in Week 1, only this time for a well-known multi-national corporation. Choose an organization such as Samsung, Starbucks, Ford Motor Company, or Waste Management that implemented a major change. For example, a sustainability initiative at Starbucks or Apple making FaceTime available to non-Apple users. Analyze the organization’s change process based on Kotter’s 8 Steps to Leading Change using the Organizational Change Chart. Make sure to complete a new analysis, do not copy any information from a previous week. (Uploaded) Consider questions such as the following as you complete your analysis: Do you think this was a positive organizational change? Why or why not? What strategies and tactics do you think would be effective in creating positive organizational change? What strategies and tactics might have worked better? UNFORMATTED ATTACHMENT PREVIEW 7:52 ? 5G+ LDR/535 v4 University of Phoenix® Organizational Change Chart Organizational Information Select an organization that needed a change to its culture as you complete the organizational change information chart. For each type of information listed in the first column, include details about the organization in the second column. Indicate your suggested actions for improvement in the third column. Type Vision Suggested Actions for Improvement Details Insert the organization's vision. Mission Insert the organization's mission. Purpose Insert the organization's purpose. Values Insert a list of the organization's values. Diversity and Equity Insert the types of the diversity and equity Inclusion Goal Strategy observed in the organization. Insert examples of overall involvement of diverse groups inclusion in decision-making and process change. Identify the goal set for organizational change. Identify the implementation strategies followed to implement the organizational change. Communication Identify the communication methods used to communicate organizational change and the change progress. Organizational Perceptions Considering the same organizational culture and change goal, rate your agreement from 1 to 5 in the second column with the statement in the first column. Use the following scale: 1. Strongly disagree 2. Somewhat disagree 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4. Somewhat agree 5. Strongly agree Statement Employees know the organization's vision. Rating (1-5) Employees know the organization's mission. Employees know the organization's purpose. Employees know the organization's values. Overall, the organization is diverse and equitable. Diverse groups are included in decision making and processes for change. The change goal was successfully met. The implementation strategies were effective. The organization's communication about the change was effective. Kotter's 8-Steps to Change Consider the goal for organizational change that you identified and the existing organizational culture. For each of Kotter's 8-Steps to Change listed in the first column, rate whether you observed that step during the implementation process in the second column. Use the following scale to rate your observation: 1. Never observed 2. Rarely observed 3. Sometimes observed 4. Often observed Identify actions you suggest for improvement in the third column. Step Name Step 1: Create Urgency. Step 2: Form a Powerful Coalition. Rating (14) Suggested Actions for Improvement Step 3: Create a Vision for Change. Step 4: Communicate the Vision. Step 5: Remove Obstacles. Step 6: Create Short-Term Wins. Step 7: Build on the Change. Step 8: Anchor the Changes in Corporate Culture. ultimedia.phoenix.edu