Paper And Presentation

Each group will select a company ( the company is Apple inc. ) to analyze that underwent a recent organizational change (previous year) such as leadership. (the change is “leadership”). The analysis should include:

1. The reasons and justification for the organizational change;

2. The barriers and drivers to the change initiative. Was there resistance to the change?

Approaches used to mitigate resistance forces internal and external;

3. The approach or strategy adopted to implement the change;

4. The impact of the change on the most important stakeholders (employees,

shareholders, Board of Directors, customers, media, etc.);

5. Recommendations and alternative perspectives for future change initiatives;

6. Your own learning as a graduate student and/or prospective change leader and what

you would have done differently.

The Final Project will include a PowerPoint presentation and an essay of 12-15 pages

with 12-point font and double-spaced APA style.