To prepare for the Week 6 Assessment, you will complete an organizational change chart, like you did in Week 1, only this time for a well-known multi-national corporation.

Choose an organization such as Samsung, Starbucks, Ford Motor Company, or Waste Management that implemented a major change. For example, a sustainability initiative at Starbucks or Apple making FaceTime available to non-Apple users.

Analyze the organizations change process based on Kotters 8 Steps to Leading Change using theOrganizational Change Chart. Make sure to complete a new analysis, do not copy any information from a previous week.

Consider questions such as the following as you complete your analysis:

• Do you think this was a positive organizational change? Why or why not?
• What strategies and tactics do you think would be effective in creating positive organizational change?
• What strategies and tactics might have worked better?

Submit your assignment.

Organizational Information

Select an organization that needed a change to its culture as you complete the organizational change information chart.

For each type of information listed in the first column, include details about the organization in the second column.

Indicate your suggested actions for improvement in the third column.

Type	Details	Suggested Actions for Improvement
Vision	Insert the organizations vision.
Mission	Insert the organizations mission.
Purpose	Insert the organizations purpose.
Values	Insert a list of the organizations values.
Diversity and Equity	Insert the types of the diversity and equity observed in the organization.
Inclusion	Insert examples of overall involvement of diverse groups inclusion in decision-making and process change.
Goal	Identify the goal set for organizational change.
Strategy	Identify the implementation strategies followed to implement the organizational change.
Communication	Identify the communication methods used to communicate organizational change and the change progress.

Organizational Perceptions

Considering the same organizational culture and change goal, rate your agreement from 1 to 5 in the second column with the statement in the first column. Use the following scale:

1. Strongly disagree
2. Somewhat disagree
3. Neither agree nor disagree
4. Somewhat agree
5. Strongly agree

Statement	Rating (1 5)
Employees know the organizations vision.
Employees know the organizations mission.
Employees know the organizations purpose.
Employees know the organizations values.
Overall, the organization is diverse and equitable.
Diverse groups are included in decision making and processes for change.
The change goal was successfully met.
The implementation strategies were effective.
The organizations communication about the change was effective.

Kotter's 8-Steps to Change

Consider the goal for organizational change that you identified and the existing organizational culture.

For each of Kotter's 8-Steps to Change listed in the first column, rate whether you observed that step during the implementation process in the second column. Use the following scale to rate your observation:

1. Never observed
2. Rarely observed
3. Sometimes observed
4. Often observed

Identify actions you suggest for improvement in the third column.

Step Name	Rating (1 4)	Suggested Actions for Improvement
Step 1: Create Urgency.
Step 2: Form a Powerful Coalition.
Step 3: Create a Vision forChange.
Step 4: Communicate the Vision.
Step 5: Remove Obstacles.
Step 6: Create Short-Term Wins.
Step 7: Build on the Change.
Step 8: Anchor the Changes in Corporate Culture.

Kotter's 8-Steps to Change Consider the goal for organizational change that you identified and the existing organizational culture. For each of Kotter's 8-Steps to Change listed in the first colurnn, rate whether you observed that step during the implementation process in the second column. Use the following scale to rase your observation: 1. Never observed 2. Rarely observed 3. Sometimes abserved 4. Often observed Identify actions you supgest for improvement in the third column. For each type of information listed in the first column, include details about the organization in the second column. Indicate your suggested actions for improvement in the third column. Kotter's 8-Steps to Change Consider the goal for organizational change that you identified and the existing organizational culture. For each of Kotter's 8-Steps to Change listed in the first colurnn, rate whether you observed that step during the implementation process in the second column. Use the following scale to rase your observation: 1. Never observed 2. Rarely observed 3. Sometimes abserved 4. Often observed Identify actions you supgest for improvement in the third column. For each type of information listed in the first column, include details about the organization in the second column. Indicate your suggested actions for improvement in the third column