13 Jan Review data, information,

Week 2 Learning Activity

Learning Activity #1–Critical Thinking Activity

Bruce Tharp claims that “organizational culture is a slippery concept to concretely define (Tharp, n.d., p. 2).” Let’s characterize it instead. Culture can be viewed as content (e.g., values, norms, morals, customs, beliefs, language, knowledge, experience, ideas, patterns) and process (e.g., ways in which the content is passed along, learned, changes, and adapts). Organizational culture can be characterized by attributes reflecting its content and its processes. For example, UMUC’s mission states that students come first (content), offering open admissions and convenient online degree programs (process). Pick an organization with which you are familiar. Describe and explain two content attributes and two process attributes (total of four).

Use the following headings to organize and format your Response:

Name of organization

Content attributes characterizing [name of organization]

Process attributes characterizing [name of organization]

Analyze data, information, and ideas from the Week 2 readings and other resources listed in the Course Schedule. Create a Response evidencing and citing at least three required readings/resources, primarily from this week’s schedule. Also, identify, analyze, and integrate at least one well founded, credible outside source. Integrate and use bold font for at least three organizational change concepts, methods, theories, strategies, principles, or practices Use examples to support your claims. Cite all reference sources using APA format. Use in-text parenthetical citations, for example, (Cummings & Worley, 2005, p. 17)—please include page number(s), or other location such as chapter and section heading, or URL—within your Response content, and full citations at end (see Content/Using APA). Review the Discussion Guidelines to clarify expectations for successfully completing this question. Refer to the Week 2 Overview to reinforce the course learning outcome(s) and key concepts addressed in this week’s conference.

Learning Activity #2–Workplace Application Activity

Discuss three factors related to change resistance and overcoming change resistance you have experienced in organizational work environments. What two take-aways did you gain from the readings this week that you could apply in the future to organizational change challenges? Explain.

Use the following headings to organize and format your Respons

Change resistance factors experienced in organizational work environments

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Take-aways

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Review data, information, and ideas from the Week 2 readings and resources. Create a Response evidencing and citing at least two required readings/resources, primarily from this week’s schedule. Also, identify, analyze, and integrate at least one well founded, credible outside source. Integrate and use bold font for at least two organizational change concepts, methods, theories, strategies, principles, or practices (at least one per factor/aspect). Use examples to support your claims. Cite all reference sources using APA format. Use in-text parenthetical citations, for example, (Cummings & Worley, 2005, p. 17)—please include page number(s), or other location such as chapter and section heading, or URL—within your Response content, and full citations at end (see Content/Using APA). Review the Discussion Guidelines to clarify expectations for successfully completing this question.