Week 6 discussion
Dq1
Successful Change Management (graded)
Since change in the workplace is constant, a good leader
knows how to implement and lead effective change. A description on p. 418 and
419 explains how change affects top management, middle management, and
frontline employees. Read this section, and consider a time when you experienced
change in your organization.
Describe how people at those three levels in the organization
initiated or responded to the change. Did top management help his or her middle
managers prepare employees for and implement the change? Did management
understand the “losses” experienced by employees? Were employees resistant to
the change? How did management overcome that resistance?
Dq2
Stress and Burnout Prevention (graded)
What is burnout? Who gets burned-out?
Read the stories about Joe in “We Buried Joe Today” and the
“A tragic story” about ambulance attendants on pages 432 and 433. Comment on
the stories and similar ones you may have heard about.
