The culture at Pearson is still emerging post a significant reorganization and change in company strategy in 2013. Roegies began at Pearson at the beginning of this restructuring. Her first actions were to assess the changing landscape, and she quickly realized that Pearson’s Higher Education division is a complex system. Her job was to create a cohesive Program Management organization that brought three groups together, and create smooth out the flow of work in a complex system. She did this by organizing her Program Management department in focus areas that covered all aspects of planning from strategic planning to detailed project planning. She used a similar model as Schloss (2014) outlines to flow the planning and communication from strategy to project execution. This new system paradigm brought structure to both strategic planning and links it to execution deliverables. As Roegies analyzed, and then put into place, a system to manage the complex environment, she spend the first three months meeting with leadership, her peers, and her new department leaders. She enlisted her leaders help in structuring the system that would work for the Higher Ed division for Pearson. Roegies put in a system fit for purpose to the environment, thereby allowing her to make tremendous impact and progress in the organization, while empowering her leadership team to implement the new system. This allowed Roegies the ability to make early gains in the goal of combining the program
According to Michael Fullan (2016) in his book, The New Meaning of Educational Change, successful organizations that demonstrate change followed principled concepts of change. The reason for their success if that there is tangible proof of alignment in keeping components of actions. Fullan (2016) stated that successful change incorporates five factors. In this essay, three of the five factors will be discussed and an example of an organization using components of the change be revealed. Often when organization shave to go through the process of change it means either they have gone through change to repair broken areas or they are going through change as a reflective exercise before embarking on a larger scope of practice perhaps to expand into new growth within their organization. In either course, the larger concern is that organizations must embrace change and engage in meaningful constructed ways to promote the best growth with the fewest steps to reach accomplishment. A key decision factor to change is whether an organize will change because they adopt a model and see a better way or whether they want to save their resources. Fullan (2016) suggested that the reason for the change is largely to work is because, the organizations, “Define closing the gap as the overarching goal,” “Assume that lack of capacity is the initial problem and then work on it continuously,” and “Stay the course through continuity of good direction by leveraging leadership,” (Fullan, 2016,
Contents Page Qualification structures Unit 5001 Unit 5002 Unit 5003 Unit 5004 Unit 5005 Unit 5006 Unit 5007 Unit 5008 Unit 5009 Unit 5010 Unit 5011 Unit 5012 Unit 5013 Personal development as a manager and leader Information based decision making Performance management Resource management Meeting stakeholder and quality needs Conducting a management project Financial control Marketing planning Project development and control Human resource development Managing recruitment and selection Being a leader Leadership practice 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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Prepare a 10-minute presentation (10-15 slides, not including title or reference slide) on organizational culture and values.
B. Describe two examples of how a principal might use systems management and leadership teams to share administrative duties; allowing the principal more time for instructional leadership.
One of the major components that influence change in organizations is communication during the change process. Denning’s (2005) provided an example of how one major merger failed based on how it was communicated. For change to have an opportunity to succeed at Central Valley College, the university needs a trusted individual that Lewis (2011) described as a connector who can bridge the gap between the stakeholders and someone who is able to navigate diverse social
The next management issue, within the structural frame, lies in the structural tensions at the aquarium. There are two design issues that are in the core of the organizational structure: differentiation, and integration (Bolman p49). The first issue with differentiation comes up with the interns in the organization. There was a time where the interns where not making well use of time, and it wasn’t till the intern’s responsibilities were restructured that the interns were able to make use of the time, and make the most out of their positions. The next group that had difficulties was the finding proper and suitable work for the incoming diversity program students. This was, in part, due to the fact that there was no planning or specific program created for the unskilled students. However, the next year there was a quick growth in the number of students in the program making their tasks more difficult to specialize. Specialization of the student’s jobs was one of the initiatives that Williams planned for the new incoming students. These included creating specific jobs -with goals- such as education assistants and Teen Ambassadors.
In addition to connecting with all factors, the plan will include the leader becoming the change agent and motivating the masses together (Fullan, 2011). The Dean of Academic Affairs will “exemplify the curiosity, inquiry skills, and scholarly competencies need to investigate an idea and transform it into meaningful action” (Drexel University EdD Keystone 5, 2017). The plan will met be with resistance because so many at
Organization – Leadership: Though Alison Sampson has good business leadership skills, she has no cultural understandings. If the existing systems, structures and culture are not aligned with the new required behaviors, managers must adjust them. After her appointment in Cushy, she first needs to try to understand the organization culture and work culture. Instead, she decided to make the changes directly. Peter Drucker said strategic management is “analytical thinking [formulation] and a commitment of resources to action [execution]. CA’s strategic management is not in the form of analytical thinking and executions of the changes were failed.
All stakeholders in this transition plan must embrace the new focus and understand how each component plays an important role in in the big picture. Each component is a critical component of the system and without its function, the plan would fail. It will be a new way of thinking, but together more opportunities for student success will be present.
Effective leadership requires purpose and direction. Planning and preparation are vital when evaluating the success of the institution. The course reading states: ?As a new principal, you must assess the capacity of delivery mechanisms, facilities, and equipment before you make recommendations for enhancements? (WGU Student Portal, January 5, 2017). Attention to detail, being flexible and problem solving are at the core of school leadership. This paper will discuss two types of delivery mechanisms as it relates to learning and provide specific examples of how programs are used. Next, examine school facilities, technology and equipment, including use and specifications. Finally, discuss process improvement as it relates to the educational institution.
If you consider my current position as the Academic Dean, I must think strategically to implement new
Post University’s Malcolm Baldridge School of Business aims to give students a greater understanding and appreciation for what it takes to be a successful leader in today’s rapidly changing business environment (The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business, 2015). Founded on the philosophy and core values of Malcolm Baldridge (The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business, 2015), the undergraduate business administration degree plan is comprised of a variety of courses that take students through the assorted elements of operating a business, from classes designed to explain the macro environment that affect organizations to how a business should manage its finances. As the capstone course for this degree, the Business Policy Seminar required that I utilize all of the knowledge I have gained in my previous degree work and apply it towards planning, developing and implementing organizational strategies. However, the course was also an application of the core values upon which it was founded. This reflective paper sets out to explain how I believe the Baldridge Core Values were represented and discussed during the course of this seminar.
The cultural norm was to operate only within your function. This “decentralized managerial philosophy” hindered proactive communications between departments that that could have assisted in the company’s transition to project management.
This case discussed the events that occurred during a change in DSS Consulting’s organizational structure. Three retired school district administrators established DSS Consulting during the late 1990’s. The company offered administrative support to small school districts located within the mid-west and mountain west region. They specialized in handling the negotiating of labor agreements as well as implementation of permanent system solutions designed to enable those organizations to run efficiently.