Job: Walgreens Retail Manager
TEXTBook: Puccio,G.J.,Mance,M.&Murdocke,M.C.(2011).Creative leadership: Skills that drive change(2ndEd.). Sage Publications
Assignment 2: Stages of Change Management
Read the following online article: Know the Stages in Change Management? Use a Change Management Checklist to Guide Your Efforts in Managing Change (Heathfield, 2015) https://www.thebalance.com/know-the-stages-in-change-management-1917802 Links to an external site.
Discuss each of the 6 stages in change management as outlined by Heathfield (initiation, investigation, intention, introduction, implementation, integration). Identify potential limitations barriers which may occur in each stage, as well as identify strategies for successfully achieving each stage. In your discussion, use examples from your workplace pertaining to current change that is taking place or change that you wish to implement. Develop an 8-10 page paper and support the discussion through additional research (5-7 references).
