Running head: Change Management Plan Paper and Defense
Change Management Plan Paper and Defense
University of Phoenix
MBA 520
Transformational Leadership
Introduction
The natural order of things is to continuously grow and renew. The human body must continuously grow and renew in order to sustain itself in an environment which is subject to weather changes, personal stress, and even isolated conditions of trauma. The cells of the human body are constantly growing and renewing themselves. The various cells renew and grow at different rates over time. What is interesting however, is that within approximately one year all the cells within the human body are completely renewed creating an almost different person. How is this timeless process important to business and organizational behavior?
The same parallels for change can also be drawn to a corporation in which hundreds maybe even thousands of people are involved in successfully implementing change. Change like in the natural world, has become a necessary event for survival in the business world. When an organization fails to change and adapt it begins a steady decline toward death. Not only do organizations fail to change but also fail to affectively manage change. Therefore, this once desirable skill of change management has clearly become an indispensable process.
The important concept here to realize is that the perception of change is to be appropriately viewed not as a negative event to be dealt with but rather an opportunity for improvement and growth th ...