Prior to beginning this assignment, carefully review Chapter 3 of the textbook Weiss, J.W. (2016). O ...

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Prior to beginning this assignment, carefully review Chapter 3 of the textbook Weiss, J.W. (2016). Organizational change (2nd ed.). Bridgepoint Education. In addition, using the Gale Business: Insights. Be sure to properly cite the database as a reference for your selected organizations. Numerous changes occurred at the CEO level during the 2020-2022 fiscal seasons. With new leadership comes change opportunities and change challenges. From the list below, pick two of the organizations with changes in leadership and research the possible changes that accompany this transition. CEO Change Choices: Pick two Disney – From Chapek to Iger Ford – From Hackett to Farley Amazon – From Bezos to Jassy LinkedIn – From Weiner to Roslansky MGM Resorts – From Murren to Hornbuckle Harley Davidson – From Levatich to Zeitz Walgreens Boots Alliance – Wasson to Brewer For one of your selections, you may include a major company with a CEO change that has occurred within the past 12 months. The same analysis criteria must be used for your selection. In your paper, Provide a brief overview of the company using the Business Insights Global Tip Sheet Final Provide an overview of both the exiting leader and the new leader. Describe the challenges of the organization and the changes needed. Assess how the changes might impact customers, employees, and investors. Selecting from Ackerman & Anderson’s roadmap for change, Cummings and Worley’s five dimensions of leading and managing change, or Kotter’s eight step approach, what change model would you recommend for the new leadership team and why? You may select different models for the selected organizations. This paper should be at a minimum of seven pages of content, not including the title and reference pages. There should be one introduction and one summary for the entire paper. Each company should have a minimum of three pages of content. Support your work with the text and with at least four credible resources. One resource should be specific to the selected organization. Two additional resources should be research-oriented about the change model selected. The Change theories and leadership paper must be at least 7 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA. must include a separate title page with the following in title case: title of paper in bold font Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page student’s name name of institution course name and number instructor’s name due date must utilize academic voice. must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. must use at least four scholarly resources in addition to the course text and the Gale Business: Insights must document any information used from sources in APA Style