In the final project, you will be developing a change plan for the case study Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset. The case study’s authors explain what a leader and organization must do to successfully apply Kotter’s steps in a change effort.
Directions
Review the case study Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset, and then complete the following actions: (a) State what actually occurred in the case regarding Kotter’s first two steps of establishing a sense of urgency and creating the guiding team in a change effort, and (b) reflect on what you think should have been done in the change effort regarding those two steps. State your reflection as recommendations to implement Kotter’s steps 1 and 2.
This milestone will help you build Section II parts A and B of your final project. Your assignment must include the following critical elements:
- Create Urgency
- Describe a plan to create urgency within the organization and convince stakeholders that this change needs to take place.
- Identify current processes for implementing change and describe how processes will need to be updated for the proposed change.
- Describe a strategy to gain support from your employees and describe why you think the strategy will be effective.
- Build a Guiding Coalition
- Identify who should be involved in this guiding coalition and provide a rationale for each choice. Kotter likes 50% leaders and 50% managers with experience. Others prefer the composition to be 33% leaders, 33% managers, and 33% informal leaders. You can assemble the guiding coalition as you see fit.
- Determine steps for ensuring commitment from those involved and describe each step.
What to Submit
Your paper must be submitted as a 3- to 6-page (not including the title page and references) Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format
