Change Leadership Strategy
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Change Leadership Strategy
University of Phoenix
Organizational Leadership 531
Michael Ventrone
August 17, 2009
Change Leadership Strategy
Background and Overview
Gene One is in trouble at the moment. The unexpected death of Don Ruiz during this critical time of developing a change management strategy to lead the company into becoming a publicly traded organization has left the entire company in flux. As is characteristic of most entrepreneurs, Don was highly motivated to success and he expected all of his associates to feel the same way. Don did a wonderful job expressing his vision for the company. Unfortunately, his autocratic management style did not fit well with a number of employees on the senior staff. Teri Robertson's letter of resignation and one of her subordinates in the research group (Angela) reflect this loudly. According to out text, Organizational Behavior, the Lewis Three Step Model (Robbins & Judge, 2007), it appears that Don moved a bit too quickly after unfreezing the status quo to the movement phase of changing the organization. This impacted many of the long term players within the organization that represent the cornerstone of the companies' success. .
Given Don’s sudden demise, it is incumbent upon the remaining senior management team members to develop a strategy for effectively salvaging the company and determining the proper course for developing a change management strategy for moving Gene One into the next phase of the company’s development. This strategy will involve a paradigm shift in the leadership by remaining management to a transformational style in order to right the organization and head it towards prosperity. According to Leadership in Organizations (Yukl, 2006), there are nine different factors affecting a resistance to a change management program. Since the management team is basically starting over at ground zero, there are a there are a number of...
Change Leadership Strategy
University of Phoenix
Organizational Leadership 531
Michael Ventrone
August 17, 2009
Change Leadership Strategy
Background and Overview
Gene One is in trouble at the moment. The unexpected death of Don Ruiz during this critical time of developing a change management strategy to lead the company into becoming a publicly traded organization has left the entire company in flux. As is characteristic of most entrepreneurs, Don was highly motivated to success and he expected all of his associates to feel the same way. Don did a wonderful job expressing his vision for the company. Unfortunately, his autocratic management style did not fit well with a number of employees on the senior staff. Teri Robertson's letter of resignation and one of her subordinates in the research group (Angela) reflect this loudly. According to out text, Organizational Behavior, the Lewis Three Step Model (Robbins & Judge, 2007), it appears that Don moved a bit too quickly after unfreezing the status quo to the movement phase of changing the organization. This impacted many of the long term players within the organization that represent the cornerstone of the companies' success. .
Given Don’s sudden demise, it is incumbent upon the remaining senior management team members to develop a strategy for effectively salvaging the company and determining the proper course for developing a change management strategy for moving Gene One into the next phase of the company’s development. This strategy will involve a paradigm shift in the leadership by remaining management to a transformational style in order to right the organization and head it towards prosperity. According to Leadership in Organizations (Yukl, 2006), there are nine different factors affecting a resistance to a change management program. Since the management team is basically starting over at ground zero, there are a there are a number of...