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

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

3. 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?

4. 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.

5. 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?

6. 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?