Discuss the importance of identifying and acknowledging short-term wins during change. What types of short-term wins are most meaningful? Why?

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UNIT 7

A

Discuss the importance of identifying and acknowledging short-term wins during change. What types of short-term wins are most meaningful? Why?

B

During a change initiative, what can organizations use to identify or verify truly objective and measureable success? What does your organization utilize to measure its level of success?

RESOURCES

Textbook

1. The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations

Read Chapter/Step 7 in The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations.

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/harvard-business-school-press/2012/the-heart-of-change_real-life-stories-of-how-people-change-their-organizations_ebook_1e.php

e-Library Resource

1. A Graphic Tour of Success and Failure in Corporate Renewal

Read “A Graphic Tour of Success and Failure in Corporate Renewal,” by Hass, Pryor, and Broders, from Journal of Private Equity (2006).

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2. Achieving Breakthrough Performance

Read “Achieving Breakthrough Performance,” by Gottfredson, Schaubert, and Babcock, from Stanford Social Innovation Review (2008).

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3. Chapter 8 – Generating Short-Term Wins

Read “Chapter 8 – Generating Short-Term Wins,” by Kotter, from the online eBook, Leading Change (1996).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://library.books24x7.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/library.asp?^B&bookid=3479&chunkid=750986081&rowid=85

4. Do 70 Per Cent of All Organizational Change Initiatives Really Fail

Read “Do 70 Per Cent of All Organizational Change Initiatives Really Fail?” by Hughes, from Journal of Change Management (2011).

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5. Error 6: Not Systematically Planning, and Creating, Short-Term Wins

Read “Error 6: Not Systematically Planning, and Creating, Short-Term Wins,” from “Leading Change—Why Transformation Efforts Fail,” by Kotter, included in the online eBook, HBR’s 10 Must-Reads: The Essentials (2011).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://library.books24x7.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/library.asp?^B&bookid=40535&chunkid=511313899&rowid=258¬eMenuToggle=0&leftMenuState=1

 
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