Week 3
Project
Course Project: Change for Motivation
The course project has major assignments that will be due in
Weeks 3 and 5. It will take more than a week’s effort to adequately complete
them. Plan time to start the research and other work for those assignments
earlier than the week in which they are due.
Use the same organization that you selected in Week 1.
Scenario:
Management has reviewed your work from two weeks ago about
how the employees’ low job motivation may affect the company internally and
externally and determined that there is sufficient evidence to support an
organizational change. It has asked you to recommend changes that will help to
boost employee job motivation.
Recall that a survey showed job motivation among employees
was lower than average, with complaints such as:
My job is so boring!
My boss micromanages me but never tells me how I’m doing.
I’ve been in my position for seven to fifteen years, but I
am never allowed to provide any input about making the work better.
Write a paper in which you:
Defend at least two organizational changes and explain how
these changes will improve job motivation in the workforce. Support your
recommendations by citing the theories covered in the readings or your own
research.
Assess potential conflicts that may arise due to the
changes, including why you anticipate these conflicts.
Justify a change implementation plan for leading the change
initiatives and helping the organization overcome any resistance to the
changes.
Justify an appropriate communication plan that announces the
changes and continues through the change management process.
