Rasmussen College Leading Change Strategic Plan Delta Pacific Company Case Study

Competency

• Analyze leadership and management roles in change management
• Evaluate different change management models.
• Examine various roles in change management.
• Analyze methods for understanding and mapping change in an organization.
• Critique strategies for removing barriers to change.
• Examine leadership’s role in executing successful change.

Instructions

Delta Pacific Case Study

Youserve as the change leader for Delta Pacific Company (DPC). Up untilthis point, the organizational culture has been one of a traditionalculture as the company had a manufacturing environment.

DPChas undergone an extensive change from manufacturing to consulting,including new employee roles and responsibilities, training, andresources. However, there have been organizational barriers and employeeresistances to the changes, resulting in a declining profitability.

Youhave decided to design a Change Leadership Strategy plan to present tothe leaders of DPC to meet their goal of changing the culture from themore traditional manufacturing environment to one of a contemporaryconsulting environment. To complete your Leading Change Plan, pleaseinclude the following:

• An APA-formatted title page.
• Breakdown of the current issues that Delta Pacific are facing.
• Analyzation of change leadership strategy to be implemented.
• Classify what type of leader mindset is needed to create a new environment.
• Compareand contrast advantages and disadvantages of two popular change models.Include at least three similarities and three differences. Choose theone that you feel best compliments your strategy .
• Explainhow the change model you decided to use will ensure the most effectiveand efficient process of changing an organizational culture.
• Construct a leadership team.
• Explain the importance of the leader’s position within each area of the change plan.
• Include examples of what the leaders should expect during the change process.
• Continuewith your plan to explain at least two specific organizational barriersand at least two specific employee resistance behaviors that are mostlikely to occur during an organizational culture change.
• Design strategies to combat those barriers and resistance behaviors.
• Discuss the behaviors that DPC’s leaders need to exhibit to ensure a positive and successful cultural shift for the long-term.
• Includethe top mistakes leaders make during an organizational culture changeand your recommendations to avoid those mistakes (module 6).
• Pleaseinclude an APA-formatted reference page to document the sources usedfor your research. Make sure that your sources are credible.