Lecture 1 Stories of Change Change Management Lecture 1 Stories of Change

Overview Introduction to course Group formation Case allocation Assessment Group formation Case allocation Quick case/roleplay – Yincom Group exercise

Yincom and Yangnet You are the Yincom CEO, and you have scheduled a meeting of the top 30 managers of Yincom and Yangnet shortly after the merger. You have decided to use the first ten minutes of the meeting to introduce yourself and your thinking. Be prepared to give that speech. What questions and concerns would you anticipate? What results would you realistically hope for? What would be your first steps after the meeting?

Managing Change Change can be interpreted in different ways Using the stories of change we can see how change means different things to different people The textbook has stories of change from HP, IBM, McDonalds and Kodak.

Interpretations of Change Have you ever experienced organizational change? What was your view of the change? What did others think of the change? Who were the change champions?

Group Exercise Share your stories with members of your group What are the common issues? What are the differences? Are there “lessons” embedded in these stories? What three conclusions do you draw from these stories about managing change?