IB98R: Write an essay that  Evaluates, from critical perspectives, the role that dialogue and politicized conformance play in shaping employees: Leading and Managing Change Assignment, UOW, UK

Learning outcomes 

1. Evaluate, from critical perspectives, the impact of organizational culture on employee attitude and behavior, in general, and in relation to change.
2. Evaluate different management/leadership styles in relation to managing change.
3. Analyze the influence of position, power, control, and organizational politics and the role they play in determining the process and outcomes of organizational change.

Write an essay that  Evaluates, from critical perspectives, the role that dialogue and politicized conformance play in shaping employees’ response to change.

Please note, that your essay must evaluate the topic from critical perspectives and not rely on descriptions and definitions. In addition, it must be written in the third person.  You must provide a reference list, and you must use Harvard referencing.

Things to consider, in terms of the context of the essay; however, this list is not exhaustive in its coverage and is not a suggested structure for your essay.

• Organizations as holding environments
• Organizational culture
• Organizational psychodynamics
• Sense-giving and sense-making as part of communication
• Role and power of leadership and management in shaping dialogue, attitudes, and behavior
• Narrative and stories in shaping the response to change

You should include reference to relevant organizational examples to assist with your critical evaluation of the role of dialogue and politicized conformance in shaping employees’ response to change.

Employability Skills

You will have opportunities to acquire and demonstrate the following employability skills.  First, effective communication skills through completing a written assignment that requires cogent discussion of complex issues.   Second, research skills through undertaking extensive reading based on clearly delineated parameters to achieve focused research within the assignment. Third, the development of higher-level critical thinking based on understanding, exploration, and evaluation of complex issues inherent in organizational psychodynamics, and in relation to managing and leading change.