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END–OF-CHAPTER EXERCISES
TOOLKIT EXERCISE 1.1
Critical Thinking Questions
Consider the questions that follow.
Excellent video to visualize the rate of change in the environment.
• Choose one fact and discuss how it may impact change initiatives for an
organization you’re familiar with.
• Which fact listed do you think will have the most long-term implications for
organizations in the future?
• Brainstorm what similar facts you think may be true in 5 years, 15 years and 25
years.
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• Can you think of similar instances of change project failure from your own
experience?
• What are the main takeaways about how to increase the success of a change
initiative?
TOOLKIT EXERCISE 1.2
Analyzing Your Environment
Select an organization you are familiar with. What are the key environmental issues affecting this
organization? List the factors under each subheading and their implications for the organization.
Factors
Proactive Implications
Reactive Implications
Political
Economic
Social
Technological
TOOLKIT EXERCISE 1.3
Change Roles in Your Organization
Think about organizations that you are familiar with-organizations you have worked, schools you’ve
attended, and organizations you’ve volunteered for such as a baseball league or a church.
Think about changes, large or small, that have taken place in those organizations. Take a moment to
describe a situation when you filled each of the change roles (Return to Table 1.4 on page 22 for
definitions of each role). How did the role feel? What did you accomplish in the role?
When did you play the role of a change initiator?
When did you play the role of a change implementer?