culture and ethics
Slide (1) – Title; Students names; THEME and choice of planned change model (Kotter’s).
The theme supported in this presentation is culture and ethics. According to Weiner (2020), culture and ethics culminate in those norms, values, and practices that lead to business integrity. There are different ways in which a company can meet the whole idea of ethics and culture. Most of the organizations have worked hard enough to incorporate business-related practices that are culturally and ethically fit. The primary aim of culture and ethics is to ensure the business is free from those practices which deter the whole idea of justice, autonomy, and beneficence.
This presentation aims to provide recommendations on how the management team in ABC Home Care will implement a successful change that is culturally and ethically fit. According to the case study, ABC Home Care organization has been faced with multiple challenges. It is up to the management to induce a new change that will gear the comparative advantage element. For the change implementation to be effective, the management team in the organization will have to consider the role of Kotter’s theory of change. Weiner (2020) cites that Kotter’s change approach includes eight different steps that help organizations implement a significant transition. Therefore, the presentation will reflect on how the identified theory will help the ABC Home Care organization develop successful change.
Slide 2 Topic 7 Introduction of the topic – and linked to the theory of managing change and Kotter’s
Organizational culture, ethics, and change plays a crucial role in an organization.
According to the class notes, organizational culture includes those values and norms that lead to comparative advantage. The corporate culture consists of those assumptions, beliefs, and values that govern how workers behave in an organization. ABC Home Care has its own culture that is different from other companies in the market. The type of culture within an organization determines whether the business is ethical or unethical. Unethical practices are characterizing ABC Home Care. The lack of transparency in the organization shows how the company is not adhering to moral principles.
According to the class notes, strong culture leads to an ethical climate. The whole idea is that the ABD Home Care management team has to develop a change that will eliminate discrepancies identified in culture and ethics. The subject of change includes conforming to the new aspect coming from the business environment.
For the company to implement a successful change, it must adhere to Kotter’s theory of change. The theory should be applied systematically to include strategies that are ethical and culturally fit. The first aspect is to create urgency. The management has to identify and highlight those potential threats induced by the identified change in the future. There is a need for the company to identify those opportunities tapped through effective interventions. Allowing initial discussion and dialogue with the staff will make it easy to create awareness and prepare the entire workforce for a new change. The team should also look for support from different stakeholders and the customers to ensure the adaptation works well (Weiner 2020).
Similarly, Kanter’s theory demands the management communicate those organizational goals that contribute to the whole idea of change. The management team has to share information with all stakeholders to be aware of the organizational goals. The sharing of ideas makes it easy to make the organization work on innovative ideas that lead to comparative advantage.
Slide 3 Topic 7 linked to topic 1- perspectives and your recommendations supported by Kotter’s;
According to topic one, change can be ignored, resisted, created, and capitalized upon. The ABC management team should comprehend how to ensure that culture and ethics prevail in the organization. The organizational change is one of the critical aspects that work in reducing competition in business. Different aspects support growth in an organization. The management team’s role is to develop appropriate strategies for making change viable in an organization. The whole idea is that change is influenced, controlled, and managed. For these critical aspects to work, the management has to consider the second step of the theory.
Kotter’s theory emphasizes on forming powerful guiding coalitions to support the change. ABC Home Care management team has to make sure a useful change board is selected to manage the transition. The chosen team must be focused on coming with strategies that will help improve the organization’s culture and ethical practices. Besides, the management must identify those areas of weaknesses within the selected change board. The point is that the company has to make sure the change supports ethical practices that will help in terminating the staff-customer violence that has been an enormous challenge in the organization. Fostering an environment of an alliance, according to Arshad et al. (2018), is the other action to get things done at this level.
Slide 4 Topic 7 linked to topic 2 -types of planned change, recommendations supported by Kotter’s;
Culture, ethics, and change must be appreciated as part of an organization. Topic 2 outlines how an organization is a context for change. The change is situated and context-dependent. The management has to consider the role of mission change, strategic change, technological changes, and operational changes. As outlined in lesson 2, change is a learning process, and there is a need for the organization to adapt to changes incurred in the business, social, economic, and technological environment. The organization must adhere to the human relations approach, the cognitive approach, and the classical approach.
According to Fredrick Taylor, management needs to appreciate the whole idea of work standards and human resource management. Besides, for an organization to be competitive, there is a need to work on job design and organizational learning. The whole idea of organizational learning is to acquire, share, create, and change those crucial aspects catalyzing comparative advantage (Genc 2017).
For the culture and ethics to be appreciated as a crucial aspect of comparative advantage, the management team will develop the change’s vision and strategy. At this time, the ABC Home Care management team will have to find the culture and ethics’ fundamental values and vision. According to Kotter’s theory of change, the management team should describe the transition’s vision to the staff. On the other hand, the approach also supports communication of the idea to the subordinates. Communicating the vision of the organization’s culture and ethics will help change the organization’s current situation. According to Kanter’s theory, the management team must empower staff to meet the change’s set goals and objectives (Derrington 2018).
Slide 5 Topic 7 linked to topic 3-Strategy – Prescriptive and analytical and your recommendations supported by Kotters
Perspectives and drivers of change affect the implementation of the change. Different people have different views on an organization. Currently, the business has grown due to globalization, and the management has to consider global related elements as drivers of change. The management team must analyze the essential aspects of characterizing strategy -prescriptive and analytical analyses (Hussain et al. 2018). The organization has to come up with robust measures that will support both corporate and competitive strategies. Similarly, the competitive strategy should conform to the drivers of change. Also, the perspectives employed by the organization should comply with planning and strategic development.
For all these concepts to work promptly, the ABC Home Care must consider the 5th step of the Kotter’s change model. Removing those obstacles deterring the implementation of change plays a crucial role in an organization. Culture and ethics cannot work if the workforce in the company is opposing the moral aspect. The theory shows that the organization will have to inspect its organizational structures to make sure they conform to the change’s vision. Besides, implementing proactive measures to fight the change’s resistance will make it easy for the company to induce new measures suitable for the identified change. Al-Ali et al. (2017) cite that management can reward individuals considering the impact of the organization’s change.
Slide 6
Organizational development objectives, assumptions, and strategies
The topic is based on developing related organizational challenges. According to the case study, the ABC Home Care is under challenges such as inadequacies in their management system and lack of transparency. Besides, the organization is under the threat of client-initiated violence or aggression, accounting for 5% of all staff injuries. The whole idea is that the business is under pressure, and it needs a proactive strategy to support culture and ethical change. For all these elements handled effectively, the management team should consider the apt measures to change the way of doing things.
Scholl et al. (2018) emphasize on the whole idea is that organizational culture, ethics, and change to handle related organizational challenges. Similarly, at this level, Kotter’s theory of change supports the idea of creating short-term wins. According to the model, the management ought to include the short terms measures to fight the current situations that might deter the implementation of the change (Aarons et al. 2017). Short-term achievable goals will make it easy for the organization to instill cultural and ethical measures, thus handling the challenges.
Slide 7
Cont.
As outlined earlier, organization culture, ethics, and change is a continuous process. The organization has to remain focused to make sure all the challenges preventing the change are handled. The management should not give up on the change identified. There is an element of resistance that is always waiting to re-assert itself in the organization.
Shahzad et al. (2017) show that even if the organization has succeeded in other steps, there is a need to look forward. The concept is that the organization must consider keeping the change in move by ensuring the strong culture and ethical measures are employed.
Kotter’s theory argues that to prevent resistance from re-asserting itself in the change, there is a need to consider consolidating gains. The whole idea is that the organization has to consider improvement as the primary goal. This will be done by sharing stories and experiences with all stakeholders and shareholders in the organization. Overall, the ABC Home Care management team has to work hard to remove those barriers that might re-assert to prevent culture and ethics.
Coming up with proactive action to eliminate obstacles will help in the implementation of the change.
Slide 8
Future recommendations.
Overall, there is the whole concept of incorporating changes into the culture and ethics induced. The organization ought to fix practices that are firmly planted in the culture. The organization must keep the entire change in place. All these will be done by a creative, supportive, and sufficiently strong organizational culture in the ABC Home Care organization. It is the best time for the management to put in place the organization’s measures when working with a new workforce. The administration should look at those actions that will help reward those members positively contributing to the change (Batras et al. 2016).
Also, the management team must work on consolidating gains, as indicated by the theory. Achieving continuous improvement is the key to make the change produced in the organization.
Lastly, the team should anchor the change in the corporate system. According to Kotter’s theory of change, there is a need for the organization to discuss successful stories that are related to the change (Wang et al. 2016). The management must ensure that change becomes the main thing in the organization’s culture and ethics. It will be easy to enhance organizational culture, ethics, and change if the management in the ABC home care appreciates the concepts mentioned above and theories.
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