Students' Summaries of Chapter 1 -3

Group Assignment and Presentations

Here are the documents submitted by all the groups on the assignments.
Group A  Why transformation efforts fail and Competing commitments
Group B        gr b
Group C        group c
Group D  Tipping point leadership

Discussion Question 2.7 Persuasion

Garvin and Roberto (2005), in their article Change through Persuasion suggest strategies that leaders could use to persuade their employees to embrace and execute needed change. Discuss the four steps of their persuasion campaign.

Discussion Question 2.6 DICE Formula

Sirkin, Keenan, and   Jackson (2005) argued about the significance of focusing on the hard side of change management issues first and deal later on with the softer issues to succeed in transformation initiatives. To this end, they suggested the use of the DICE framework. Explain this framework and its importance to you as a leader.

Discussion Question 2.5 Survival guide

  Discuss some of the advices Heifetz and Linsky give for leaders of change as a survival guide.

Discussion Question 2.4 "Tipping Point Leadership"

According to Kim and Mauborgen Tipping point Leadership, how can you overcome the hurdles facing any organization struggling to change?

Discussion Question 2.3 Competing Commitments

According to Kegan and Laskow, there are always unacknowledged accompanying and an inner contradictions that protect people from significant changes that they are genuinely striving for; Competing Commitments. Discuss with examples about the management of these competing commitments in a change management.