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Change Management Models

1. Compare and contrast the various change management models. Provide a brief overview of your comparison. Which models have you seen implemented in the workforce? Next, recommend which change model you would use when implementing your new HRIS, and explain why you would use the selected model.

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“Organizational Culture and Ethical Decision Making” Please respond to the following:

• Examine the major influences that organizational culture can have on organizational ethical decision making. From your personal experience in your current or past organization, provide one (1) example of how organizational culture influenced the outcome of an ethical decision. Note: Please do not identify workplaces or leaders by name.
• Use the Internet to research a business leader that you believe to be an ethical leader. Next, examine the key traits and actions that the selected leader demonstrates in order to influence a positive ethical culture in the organization. Suggest two (2) actions that a company could take in order to achieve a positive ethical culture.

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The text provides 14 faces of resistance. Select three of these types of resistance, and create a brief scenario in which it might occur. From a consultant’s viewpoint, prioritize the scenarios from most difficult to least difficult to handle and state why you think that way.

Read about resistance to change in an article titled “The Tower of Babel and the Ralley Driver: Understanding and Negotiating through Resistance to Organizational Change” located at http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/jpc/vol1iss2/cohen/cohen.htm. From the article, there may come a time when it is best to end a project rather than continue to face resistance. Predict what symptoms or signs might be present if it is best to make this choice.