HRM 587 Final Exam

1. (TCO A): The organization is planning to
make a substantial change to the compensation and benefits program for the next
fiscal year. This change will impact all
branches of the organization throughout the U.S. Eight thousand employees will be required to
move from the very popular existing total rewards program to the new
system. A compensation study determined
that most employees will need updated position titles and salary bands.
A.Compile the
change management imperatives that will go into making this a successful change
project.
B. Construct a set
of strategies that managers can use to help employees cope with complex change.
C. Persuade the
managers involved in this change that the imperatives that you identified and
the strategies to help employees cope with change will help them manage the
complex realities of this change project. (Points: 30)

2. (TCO
B):You
are the Director of Change Management, and it is expected that you can read the
corporate change tea leafs and have a model for change and an approach to
plan change when the need arises.
A.Construct a
model of change that reflects the reality of change in modern organizations and
reflects your beliefs about change.
B. Think of an
organizational change that you believe should be implemented in an organization
where you work now, or one you worked for in the past. Create a plan to implement change by
integrating your change model.
C. Plan a system to
measure how your model will impact the organization.

3. (TCO C):Put
this scenario into the context of an organization where you work now or did in
the past. Your organization has recently (past two months) hired a new VP of
Marketing and she is trying to understand the various types of changes that
might impact the organization in the future.
This is important to know, as it is hard to develop a strategic vision
for the Marketing Department without first considering how things might look in
the future.
A.Evaluate the
various types of change pressure that might impact the organization in terms
of: (a) staffing levels, and (b) corporate branding.
B. You are further
asked to compile a list that compares each potential force for change to the
stability of the organization.
C. Speculate as to
why some of these potential pressures on organizations to change do not impact
all organizations in the same way. (Points: 30)

4. (TCO) D:As
the change expert for the State Department of Natural Resources in a large
state with thousands of acres of forests, lakes, and wildlife, you learn that
the legislature voted to privatize the entire department in order to save money
and help reduce state and local taxes.
It is entirely possible that some current government agency employees
could be hired to work as civilian employees of the private company.
A.Appraise the
cultural impact of this change on the employees who will move from government
to private sector employment.
B. Speculate on the
changes that will come to the strategic behaviors of the new privatized
organization compared to the government organization.
. Propose a plan
that will help bring alignment between former government employees and the new
strategy that they will have to work within. (Points: 30)

5. (TCO
E)The organization is going through sweeping changes
that will lead to layoffs and a situation where several managers will now be
reporting to their former direct reports.
A.Compose a likely
set of reasons why people will resist this change.
B. Appraise the
most effective and least effective strategies for overcoming the resistance to
the change identified in the scenario.
C. Devise a plan to
implement the most effective approaches to reducing change resistance. (Points:
30)

6. (TCO F)There
are many approaches to diagnosing change in an organization. In the end, the change agent must use the
best practices of various models of diagnosis and apply them to the
organization.
A. Appraise two approaches to diagnosing
organizational change, pointing out what works and what does not work in
effective organizational diagnosis.

B.
Construct your own version of an effective diagnostic model using the best
elements of other models. Be specific
about the components of the model you create.

C. Create
a strategy that will measure the effectiveness of your diagnostic model.
(Points: 30)7. (TCO G):Its no secret that having a vision for change and
being able to communicate the change project are critical to success. However, that all requires a communication
plan. Assume that you are working on a
change project and need to design a solid communication plan.
A. Help yourself by
generating a checklist of key attributes of a good change communication plan.
B. Then, compose an
example change communication using an appropriate scenario.Finally, formulate a
methodology to measure the success of your communication plan. (Points: 30)HRM 587 Final Exam1. (TCO A): The organization is planning to
make a substantial change to the compensation and benefits program for the next
fiscal year. This change will impact all
branches of the organization throughout the U.S. Eight thousand employees will be required to
move from the very popular existing total rewards program to the new
system. A compensation study determined
that most employees will need updated position titles and salary bands.2. (TCO
B):You
are the Director of Change Management, and it is expected that you can read the
corporate change tea leafs and have a model for change and an approach to
plan change when the need arises.3. (TCO C):Put
this scenario into the context of an organization where you work now or did in
the past. Your organization has recently (past two months) hired a new VP of
Marketing and she is trying to understand the various types of changes that
might impact the organization in the future.
This is important to know, as it is hard to develop a strategic vision
for the Marketing Department without first considering how things might look in
the future.4. (TCO) D:As
the change expert for the State Department of Natural Resources in a large
state with thousands of acres of forests, lakes, and wildlife, you learn that
the legislature voted to privatize the entire department in order to save money
and help reduce state and local taxes.
It is entirely possible that some current government agency employees
could be hired to work as civilian employees of the private company.5. (TCO
E)The organization is going through sweeping changes
that will lead to layoffs and a situation where several managers will now be
reporting to their former direct reports.6. (TCO F)There
are many approaches to diagnosing change in an organization. In the end, the change agent must use the
best practices of various models of diagnosis and apply them to the
organization.B.
Construct your own version of an effective diagnostic model using the best
elements of other models. Be specific
about the components of the model you create.C. Create
a strategy that will measure the effectiveness of your diagnostic model.
(Points: 30)7. (TCO G):Its no secret that having a vision for change and
being able to communicate the change project are critical to success. However, that all requires a communication
plan. Assume that you are working on a
change project and need to design a solid communication plan.