This course has played a critical role in my professional development in organizational management. One of the most important lessons I have obtained from the course relates to management of change in an organization. This is an important lesson since organizations in today’s business environment are faced with the need for managing organizational change because of the changes in the business environment. As I reflect on the insights obtained from the course, I have learned about change management and found some readings, resources, and assignments helpful in this process as well as some that did not fully engage me. However, I also feel that there are some aspects of change management that I still need to know more about and research more deeply after this class.Prior to undertaking this class, I knew that change management is a relatively complex process that is difficult to carry out. I believed that its nearly impossible for an organization to undertake change management in a manner that does not affect its operations. However, this class has changed my perceptions regarding change management with respect to planned and unplanned change in an organization. I have learned that there are various change management models through which organizations can implement change...
I have also learned that change management is an essential planning tool, which predicting how the process change will take place and prepare people for this process (Connelly, 2017).
Some of the reading and resources that have added the greatest value to my learning include Change Management for Sustainability by Huong Ha and How to Coach Individuals, Teams, and Organizations to Master Transformational Change: Surfing Tsunamis by Stephen K. Hacker. These resources have been of greatest value since they have provided both theoretical and practical insights regarding change management process and models. The assignment that I have found to be beneficial in my learning is the Change Management Project, which entailed identifying a real world example on an organization requiring transformational change. This was helpful since it helped me learn the applicability of change management models in real-world scenarios. However, the reading or resources that did not fully engage me include Stephen Denning’s The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling and the TED talk on Social Good, Inc. These resources were not fully engaging since they did not focus on change management, but seemingly focused…
