Identify at least three important concepts or critical skills you have developed and explain how this knowledge and/or these skills will benefit you into the future. Explain how you will apply the knowledge and skills you have gained, coupled with your experience and your personal interests and passions, to be a more effective change agent.

Identify at least three important concepts or critical skills you have developed and explain how this knowledge and/or these skills will benefit you into the future. Explain how you will apply the knowledge and skills you have gained, coupled with your experience and your personal interests and passions, to be a more effective change agent.

Principles of Management

OER 2019th Edition

ISBN:9780998625768

Author:OpenStax

Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter10: Organizational Structure And Change

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 6CRQ: What are the fundamental dimensions of change?

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