Organizational Change Essay

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Final Analysis The Bob Knowlton Case Jessica Schluckebier Seminar Six Case Questions 1 The self managed work team violates which of the following principles? I would have to say that the self managed team in this case, violates the principle of keeping the chain of command limited. When Fester was added to the team, there were no prior discussions, only after the decision had already been made by Jerrod to bring him on board. When he was added to Knowlton’s team, he should have had direct order from Knowlton, and then Jerrod, without much more wonder of who was in charge of the team. The chain of command was broken when Knowlton began being ran by Fester, within his own group. Fester’s role in the organization was determined by his personality. Festers role in the organization was determined by his personality, in a sense that he is a leader and dominating in his method to succeed. Without realizing it, and from his own excitement, he took over the project with without much thought towards who was in charge and what others thought about it. Had he entered the team with a weaker personality, he may have just been a part of the team sitting around a table suggesting ideas. Instead, he walked in and found ways that he could be an asset to the company. He looked through information that he was not required to look through, in order to find a change that he could make this time around to make a better outcome in these test results. Jerrod’s approach to leadership included: Providing direction and influence Jerrod’s approach to leadership by providing direction and approach; was more shown when Knowlton expressed how powerful the words that he had said were to him, and how they encouraged him to be better at what he was doing. The words that he had repeated within the case, which was, “the sky is the

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