This document outlines the sections and requirements for a strategic plan for change paper. It includes sections for an introduction and problem statement, literature review with at least 5 scholarly references, synthesis of evidence, suggested courses of action applying a change theory or leadership strategy, and conclusion. The literature review should identify strategies to address the stated problem. The suggested courses of action section should provide a detailed plan to implement the recommended change based on evidence and alignment with organizational vision and mission.
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1. Outline for Strategic Plan for Change Paper
Write a structured outline of your paper including the references
you plan for each section.
1. Introduction and Statement of the Problem
1.1. What is the problem?
1.2. Why is it important enough to warrant a change?
1.2.1. Scholarly Reference #1
1.2.2. Scholarly Reference #2
1.2.3. Scholarly Reference #3
*References in this section support the importance (2-3 is
adequate to establish that the problem is significant). These may
be peer reviewed journal articles and may or may not, be
original research.
2. Review of Literature
2.1. Research Reference #1
2.2. Research Reference #2
2.3. Research Reference #3
2.4. Research Reference #4
2.5. Research Reference #5
The review of literature section requires at least five current
scholarly peer reviewed articles. Research articles are required
for this section! Include a short synopsis of the studies, the
population studied, and indicate if the research is Qualitative or
Quantitative. The purpose of a literature review is to identify
strategies for change to address the problem. This is not a place
3. In order to successfully change the organization, we need to
identify the key stakeholders and change agents. We have
determined that Jane Ricter and Bob Cuellar are the major
stakeholders that we need to be concerned with. The manager
of the Engineering and R&D department and the actual
engineers are the change agents we need to influence most. We
must be effective in change management activities such as
motivating change, creating a vision, developing political
support, managing transition, and sustaining momentum. We
need to focus on creating readiness for change by sensitizing
the organization, identifying gaps between actual and desired
states, and portray credible positive expectations. One of the
most important components we must focus on is creating a
vision. By creating a vision, we ensure that management and
employees have a common goal to work towards.
Possible Vision:
We plan to allow and encourage innovation by having the most
well-trained, talented, and rewarded employees in the industry.
We want to ensure that we consistently introduce new
technologies in order to be the leader of the industry.
Once we have identified the vision, we must identify the target
of change. We have determined that the tape storage product is
in the declining stage of the product life cycle. Our goal is to
get as much revenue for as long as possible from tape storage.
In order to do this, we need to find a way to slow down the
decline of tape storage. The easiest way to do this, would be to
increase sales. As tape storage declines we need to encourage
faster growth of attached storage, so that it can take the place of
tape storage. We suggest that Keller gradually decrease the
amount of resources allotted to tape storage. Currently, there
are 20 engineers working on tape storage; we need to gradually
decrease the number of engineers from tape storage and redirect
them to work on attached storage or on creating a new product.
Our goal is to have a continuous cycle of one product growing
4. as the other declines. In order to successfully change the
organization, we must implement a strategic intervention,
human resources intervention, and technostructural intervention.
Human resources intervention- this intervention focuses on
developing, integrating, and supporting people in the
organization. It includes career planning, rewards systems, goal
setting, and performance appraisals.
· Goal setting involves setting clear and challenging goals to
improve organization effectiveness. Managers and other
employees meet to plan work, review accomplishments, and
solve problems.
· Performance appraisals are a systematic process of reviewing
achievements, strengths, and weaknesses. It provides
performance feedback to individuals and groups. It allows
employees to see if they are achieving goals.
· Reward systems involve rewarding employees to improve
satisfaction and performance. Rewards can include pay,
promotions, and other benefits.
By implementing a human resource intervention, we can create
a system that sets goals, evaluates performance, and then
rewards employees when goals are met. Our objective will be
to set clear and challenging goals to increase sales in San Jose.
We will use performance appraisals to assess the number of
sales being made. Performance appraisals would allow us to see
if goals are being reached. We will implement a rewards system
to improve job satisfaction and job performance. Employees
will have more incentives to reach goals and sale more of the
product. By allowing employees the opportunity to receive
rewards, we will also increase job satisfaction, which in turn
could lower the intent to turnover.
Strategic Intervention-
Technostructural intervention-
6. your problem and explain why it is important. In other words,
for this problem you would
need to explain why nurses should have professional
certification. You may also
describe why it is important to the organization. Perhaps the
research shows that
nurses who have professional certification have better patient
outcomes. In addition,
perhaps it is important to achieve magnet status. This section
should include some
references that support the problem as being important. These
references do not count
as your minimum number for your literature review (see review
of literature section
below). Patient safety is a high priority for healthcare.
Research has shown that
organizations with higher numbers of nurses with professional
certification have
increased patient safety indicators (citation here). You would
expand here which your
assertions that it is an important problem. End your paragraph
with a thesis or purpose
statement. The purpose of this paper is to examine the problem
of an insufficient
8. support a different tactic than the one you want to recommend.
It is good to weigh the
evidence both for and against any intervention. The review of
literature section requires
at least five current scholarly peer reviewed articles. Reports of
research are a stronger
base for your argument than an opinion article. If you find
research studies that
determines what works to overcome your stated problem--- that
is the best type
reference to use in this section. I suggest that this section is 2-3
pages in length.
Synthesis of the Evidence
In this section, you will assimilate and synthesize the findings
from your literature
review. You should not introduce additional references in this
section. You are taking
all that you have read and putting into your own words, giving
credit to the authors for
their ideas, the recommendations. Opposing opinions are a
good choice. It
demonstrates you considered several possibilities. This section
should be a clear,
11. everything together to help clarify the thesis of the paper. A
conclusion does not
introduce new ideas and rarely needs any references; instead, it
should clarify the
intent and importance of the paper. It can also suggest possible
future research on the
topic.
An Easy Checklist for Writing a Conclusion
1. Is the thesis of the paper accurately restated here (but not
repeated verbatim)?
It is important to remind the reader of the thesis of the paper so
he is reminded of
the argument and solutions you proposed.
2. Are the main points of the paper addressed and pulled
together?
Think of the main points as puzzle pieces, and the conclusion is
where they all fit
together to create a bigger picture. The reader should walk away
with the bigger picture
in mind.
3. Do you remind the reader of the importance of the topic?
Make sure that the paper places its findings in the context of
real social change.