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A 4 page paper based on several article reviews. The essay responds to two questions, the first relates to a change model not included in the readings. Kotter's eight phases is briefly described. The rest of the paper reports the leadership skills identified or implied in the articles about change. Specific attention is paid to Theory E and Theory O and which leadership style could be adopted for each of these change theories. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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most (70%) of change initiatives fail (Hart, 2003). From these eight reasons for failure, Kotter devised his Change Phases model. Success in organizational change efforts will be more likely to
succeed when the change agents: 1. Establish a sense of urgency- complacency is often the cause of failure, thus, a sense of urgency must be created to reach a goal
that requires different thinking processes. 2. Create a coalition is about having the right people leading the change process. 3. Develop a clear vision of the outcome of the change
and how the organization will look after the change. 4. Share the vision with everyone because this is the way to get others directly involved. 5. Empower people to clear
obstacles so that they can take the actions needed. 6. Secure short-term wins because people need reinforcement, they need a feeling of success. 7. Consolidate and keep moving refers
to celebrating small successes without losing vision of the long-range outcome. 8. Anchor the change so that it becomes part of the corporate culture. While some of these steps are
incorporated into models discussed in the readings, none seem to have focused specifically on Kotters eight step change process. However, as Goodstein and Burke (1991) pointed out models of change
are very similar and one will find the same or very similar components and steps across models. 2. Theory E and Theory O Leadership Styles and Skills In
brief, the Transformational leadership style would complement Theory O. Beer and Nohria (2000) describe Theory O as a "soft approach to change" because it emphasizes developing a different corporate culture
as well as boosting the people and helping them to achieve maximum capabilities (Hart, 2003). As Beer and Nohria (2000) explain, Theory E is about increasing shareholder value and Theory
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