Central Texas College Spectrum Sunglass Company Discussion
The simulation assignment for this course allows students to lead strategic change in a safe and risk-free environment. Students have hands-on, interactive experiences to demonstrate there are multiple avenues to change. In this simulation, students play one of two roles (i.e., CEO or Director of Product Innovation) at a sunglass manufacturing firm and face the challenges associated with implementing an organization-wide environmental sustainability initiative. The simulation includes four scenarios with different combinations of two important factors for creating change: (1) the relative power of the change agent and, (2) the relative urgency to produce results associated with the change initiative. In each scenario, students choose among different change levers to persuade key members of the organization to adopt the change initiative. The primary learning opportunity here is to expose students to the critical nature of context when attempting to lead change, and the need to make assumptions but adjust when experience does not support those assumptions. You must complete the simulation at least twice—one time being the CEO and the other time being the Director of Production Innovation. You can then select any of the four scenarios for either role. You will provide a narrative response to the questions outlined below. This assignment is to be in APA format, 12-point font, double spaced, and include proper intext and reference page citations. At a minimum, you must have two (2) peer reviewed journal citations.
Writing prompts to be addressed in “Power and Influence” Simulation assignment
Introduction to the simulation
- Major facts of Spectrum Sunglasses
- What are the challenges facing the company? How is the company doing financially?
- What do you think about the change agent’s objectives? How are they related to Kotter’s theory of change?
- Compare and contrast your experiences between the two roles you selected. What were your different
- outcomes?
