Change Management and Organizational Dynamics
Timeline
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February 10, 2025Experience start
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February 12, 2025Project Initiation
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March 11, 2025Midpoint Check-In
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April 8, 2025Final Deliverables & Presentations
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April 8, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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February 10, 2025Experience start
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February 12, 2025Project Initiation
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March 11, 2025Midpoint Check-In
Progress presentations or feedback sessions
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April 8, 2025Final Deliverables & Presentations
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April 8, 2025Experience end
Experience scope
Categories
Leadership Talent recruitment Change management CommunicationsSkills
problem solving verbal communication skills critical thinking project management employee conflict resolution organizational skills consulting collaborative communications researchExperience Overview:
This experience enables learners to apply organizational consulting and change management principles to real-world business challenges. Students will work in teams to analyze organizational issues, develop actionable solutions, and present recommendations to employers. Through this project, businesses gain fresh insights into their change management strategies, while learners develop hands-on consulting experience.
Learner Capabilities:
- Conduct organizational assessments to identify change needs.
- Apply consulting frameworks to real-world business problems.
- Develop strategic change initiatives and recommend solutions.
- Communicate findings effectively through professional reports and presentations.
- Apply ethical decision-making in organizational change contexts.
- Utilize data-driven approaches to analyze and implement change strategies.
Learners
Learners will engage in a consulting-style project aligned with an organization's current change management needs. Deliverables could include but are not limited to:
- Consulting Report: A detailed assessment of the organization’s challenges and proposed strategies for improvement.
- Change Management Plan: A structured roadmap outlining recommendations and implementation steps.
- Stakeholder Analysis: Identification of key stakeholders and strategies for managing resistance to change.
- Final Presentation: Professional presentation of findings and recommendations to the employer.
Project timeline
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February 10, 2025Experience start
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February 12, 2025Project Initiation
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March 11, 2025Midpoint Check-In
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April 8, 2025Final Deliverables & Presentations
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April 8, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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February 10, 2025Experience start
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February 12, 2025Project Initiation
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March 11, 2025Midpoint Check-In
Progress presentations or feedback sessions
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April 8, 2025Final Deliverables & Presentations
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April 8, 2025Experience end
Project Examples
Requirements
Ideal Employer Profile:
Organizations undergoing structural, technological, or cultural change that are open to student-led research and strategic recommendations.
In the past, the following projects have been completed by our students:
- Develop recruitment and selection process including behaviourally based question for key positions.
- Identify tactical HR initiatives to support an organization’s strategic thrusts.
- Develop and administer an organization culture audit/employee survey.
- Audit one area of current procedure and practices for legal compliance.
- Assess the design, operation of one aspect of the HR function, recommend changes.
- Assess the design of one part of the total compensation program for an organization.
- Identify ways in which to improve the systems and information flow of an HR department.
- Design a training program.
- Recommend improvements to current approaches to training and development.
- Design a performance management system and supporting documentation.
- Develop job descriptions for key roles, including an assessment of specifications and key competencies.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Can you meet the students so that they can prepare a proposal that they will approve in connection with the Instructor?
Can you provide students with relevant company information to complete the project?
Completing Feedback Sheets (provided by the students) for both the presentation and the final report.
Timeline
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February 10, 2025Experience start
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February 12, 2025Project Initiation
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March 11, 2025Midpoint Check-In
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April 8, 2025Final Deliverables & Presentations
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April 8, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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February 10, 2025Experience start
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February 12, 2025Project Initiation
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March 11, 2025Midpoint Check-In
Progress presentations or feedback sessions
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April 8, 2025Final Deliverables & Presentations
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April 8, 2025Experience end