Description

LDR531 Week 6 – Assessment: Implementing Change Business Case

Purpose of Assessment

Demonstrate how a leader can implement change within an organization to enhance effectiveness and efficiency. You will consider the information you learned in your conversation with the company you contacted in Week 5. You will be measured on how you apply key leadership and managerial skills to foster innovation and lead change in a dynamic business as well as your ability to listen actively and respond using appropriate tone and word choice. You will prepare a presentation, with detailed speaker notes, that covers the scenario shown below.

Scenario

Your boss has asked you to implement a new rotating work schedule that requires employees to work different schedules each week. Your boss would like to know how other companies in the area have handled their schedule changes in the past to determine if their change model is applicable to this situation.

Review the discussion with the organization you contacted in Week 5, and consider whether you would use any of the change strategies to implement a new rotating work schedule in your company.

Prepare a 12- to 15-slide presentation (e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint) to build a business case for your boss and your organization’s leadership team. Your presentation must include detailed speaker notes, and ensure you do the following:

· Introduce and analyze the change requested by your boss, changing from the current state to a future state.

· Analyze the impact of this change to the bottom line (profit, productivity, and expenses).

· Analyze the desired result or goal and use the SMART goal approach to formulate the goal.

· Analyze who will be affected by the change.

· Analyze the change management approach(es) used by the company you interviewed in Week 5.

· Evaluate whether you would use any of the change management strategies from your Week 5 interview.

· Analyze the role of the leader to accomplish the change.

· Describe key leadership skills and characteristics that will be needed from the leader.

· Assess what metrics will be applied to determine success or failure.

· Determine the timeline for the change.

· Conclude your presentation with a short summary and specify your recommendations regarding the rotating work schedule.

References – Provide at least three (3) references used for this assignment.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. NOTE: all assignments must have a title page, introduction, body of assignment, conclusion, and reference page.