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  • 1.  organizational change exercise

    Posted 03-10-2009 16:32

    Does anyone have a favorite exercise for introducing a teaching module on organizational change?

     

    Best Regards,

     

     

    Vicki Fairbanks Taylor, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    Department of Management & Marketing

    John L. Grove College of Business

    Shippensburg University

    Shippensburg, PA 17257

    Office: 717-477-1217

     



  • 2.  organizational change exercise

    Posted 03-10-2009 17:18
    Hello Vicki,
     
    I usually adapt a "traditional" build a lego house for the premier (in your case, governor) team exercise by laying off team members, changing instructions part way through the exercise (in writing, in person with an opportunity to voice opinions, etc.). It leads to a great discussion about resistance to change, how to introduce change, and survivor emotions.
     
    Best regards,
    Celeste
     
     
    Céleste Brotheridge, Professeure
    Département d'organisation et ressources humaines
    ESG UQÀM
    C.P. 8888 Succ. Centre-ville Montréal H3C 3P8
    Local R-3325, 315, rue Ste-Catherine est Montréal H2X 3X2
    Téléphone 514-987-3000 x 6540     Fax 514-987-0407
    þ Avant d'imprimer, pensez à l'environnement

    --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU> wrote:
    From: Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU>
    Subject: organizational change exercise
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Received: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 4:31 PM

    Does anyone have a favorite exercise for introducing a teaching module on organizational change?

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Vicki Fairbanks Taylor, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    Department of Management & Marketing

    John L. Grove College of Business

    Shippensburg University

    Shippensburg, PA 17257

    Office: 717-477-1217

     


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  • 3.  organizational change exercise

    Posted 03-10-2009 17:39
    Celeste-

    Would it be possible to get a reference for the build a lego house exercise, and any example of research that has use it?

    Many thanks,

    Linda Skitka

    On Mar 10, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Céleste Brotheridge wrote:

    Hello Vicki,
     
    I usually adapt a "traditional" build a lego house for the premier (in your case, governor) team exercise by laying off team members, changing instructions part way through the exercise (in writing, in person with an opportunity to voice opinions, etc.). It leads to a great discussion about resistance to change, how to introduce change, and survivor emotions.
     
    Best regards,
    Celeste
     
     
    Céleste Brotheridge, Professeure
    Département d'organisation et ressources humaines
    ESG UQÀM
    C.P. 8888 Succ. Centre-ville Montréal H3C 3P8
    Local R-3325, 315, rue Ste-Catherine est Montréal H2X 3X2
    Téléphone 514-987-3000 x 6540     Fax 514-987-0407
    þ Avant d'imprimer, pensez à l'environnement

    --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU> wrote:
    From: Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU>
    Subject: organizational change exercise
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Received: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 4:31 PM

    Does anyone have a favorite exercise for introducing a teaching module on organizational change?

     

    Best Regards,

     
     

    Vicki Fairbanks Taylor, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    Department of Management & Marketing

    John L. Grove College of Business

    Shippensburg University

    Shippensburg, PA 17257

    Office: 717-477-1217

     


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    ________________________________________
    Linda J. Skitka, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
    Social and Personality Division Chair
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Department of Psychology (m/c 285)
    1007 W. Harrison St.
    Chicago, IL   60607-7137

    Phone: (312) 996-4464
    Fax: (312) 413-4122
    ISJR Homepage:  Http://www.isjr.org






  • 4.  organizational change exercise

    Posted 03-10-2009 18:16
    Another easy, quick way to introduce change is the rearrange the seating for the class period. You can also use some class members as confederates and ask them to come a little early to assume the seats of other class members. It's powerful how such a relatively small change can alter the moods of people and make us uncomfortable. It really drives the point home that we do NOT like change. Anke:)

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Linda J. Skitka <lskitka@UIC.EDU>
    Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:10 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    Subject: Re: organizational change exercise

    Celeste-

    Would it be possible to get a reference for the build a lego house
    exercise, and any example of research that has use it?

    Many thanks,

    Linda Skitka

    On Mar 10, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Céleste Brotheridge wrote:

    > Hello Vicki,
    >
    > I usually adapt a "traditional" build a lego house for the premier
    > (in your case, governor) team exercise by laying off team members,
    > changing instructions part way through the exercise (in writing, in
    > person with an opportunity to voice opinions, etc.). It leads to a
    > great discussion about resistance to change, how to introduce
    > change, and survivor emotions.
    >
    > Best regards,
    > Celeste
    >
    >
    > Céleste Brotheridge, Professeure
    > Département d'organisation et ressources humaines
    > ESG UQÀM
    > C.P. 8888 Succ. Centre-ville Montréal H3C 3P8
    > Local R-3325, 315, rue Ste-Catherine est Montréal H2X 3X2
    > Téléphone 514-987-3000 x 6540 Fax 514-987-0407
    > þ Avant d’imprimer, pensez à l’environnement
    >
    > --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU> wrote:
    > From: Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU>
    > Subject: organizational change exercise
    > To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    > Received: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 4:31 PM
    >
    > Does anyone have a favorite exercise for introducing a teaching
    > module on organizational change?
    >
    >
    > Best Regards,
    >
    >
    >
    > Vicki Fairbanks Taylor, Ph.D.
    >
    > Associate Professor
    >
    > Department of Management & Marketing
    >
    > John L. Grove College of Business
    >
    > Shippensburg University
    >
    > Shippensburg, PA 17257
    >
    > Office: 717-477-1217
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Yahoo! Canada Toolbar : Search from anywhere on the web and bookmark
    > your favourite sites. Download it now!
    >




    ________________________________________
    Linda J. Skitka, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
    Social and Personality Division Chair
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Department of Psychology (m/c 285)
    1007 W. Harrison St.
    Chicago, IL 60607-7137

    Phone: (312) 996-4464
    Fax: (312) 413-4122
    Skitka Homepage: http://tigger.cc.uic.edu/~lskitka/Skitka.html
    ISJR Homepage: Http://www.isjr.org


  • 5.  organizational change exercise

    Posted 03-10-2009 18:36
    Well, we don't like change when it is arbitrary and imposed on us. We like change if we perceive it as beneficial and are in control of it.

    Richard J. Long, Ph.D, CHRP
    Professor and Head,
    Department of Human Resources
    and Organizational Behaviour

    Edwards School of Business
    University of Saskatchewan
    PotashCorp Centre
    25 Campus Drive
    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5A7
    CANADA
    T (306) 966-8398
    F (306) 966-2514
    E long@edwards.usask.ca
    www.edwards.usask.ca

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Anke U. Arnaud
    Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:16 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: organizational change exercise

    Another easy, quick way to introduce change is the rearrange the seating for the class period. You can also use some class members as confederates and ask them to come a little early to assume the seats of other class members. It's powerful how such a relatively small change can alter the moods of people and make us uncomfortable. It really drives the point home that we do NOT like change. Anke:)

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Linda J. Skitka <lskitka@UIC.EDU>
    Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:10 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    Subject: Re: organizational change exercise

    Celeste-

    Would it be possible to get a reference for the build a lego house
    exercise, and any example of research that has use it?

    Many thanks,

    Linda Skitka

    On Mar 10, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Céleste Brotheridge wrote:

    > Hello Vicki,
    >
    > I usually adapt a "traditional" build a lego house for the premier
    > (in your case, governor) team exercise by laying off team members,
    > changing instructions part way through the exercise (in writing, in
    > person with an opportunity to voice opinions, etc.). It leads to a
    > great discussion about resistance to change, how to introduce
    > change, and survivor emotions.
    >
    > Best regards,
    > Celeste
    >
    >
    > Céleste Brotheridge, Professeure
    > Département d'organisation et ressources humaines
    > ESG UQÀM
    > C.P. 8888 Succ. Centre-ville Montréal H3C 3P8
    > Local R-3325, 315, rue Ste-Catherine est Montréal H2X 3X2
    > Téléphone 514-987-3000 x 6540 Fax 514-987-0407
    > þ Avant d'imprimer, pensez à l'environnement
    >
    > --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU> wrote:
    > From: Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU>
    > Subject: organizational change exercise
    > To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    > Received: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 4:31 PM
    >
    > Does anyone have a favorite exercise for introducing a teaching
    > module on organizational change?
    >
    >
    > Best Regards,
    >
    >
    >
    > Vicki Fairbanks Taylor, Ph.D.
    >
    > Associate Professor
    >
    > Department of Management & Marketing
    >
    > John L. Grove College of Business
    >
    > Shippensburg University
    >
    > Shippensburg, PA 17257
    >
    > Office: 717-477-1217
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Yahoo! Canada Toolbar : Search from anywhere on the web and bookmark
    > your favourite sites. Download it now!
    >




    ________________________________________
    Linda J. Skitka, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
    Social and Personality Division Chair
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Department of Psychology (m/c 285)
    1007 W. Harrison St.
    Chicago, IL 60607-7137

    Phone: (312) 996-4464
    Fax: (312) 413-4122
    Skitka Homepage: http://tigger.cc.uic.edu/~lskitka/Skitka.html
    ISJR Homepage: Http://www.isjr.org


  • 6.  organizational change exercise

    Posted 03-11-2009 01:07
    Hello Preeti,
     

    I usually create 5 or 6 groups and give each group a baggie full of assorted pieces of lego (assembled from my son's lego collection). I then tell them that they have 15 to 20 minutes to build a creative house for the premier whose features they will later have to present to the class. Sometimes, I don't assignment leadership roles - I just let it emere. Sometimes, I get individuals to play leadership roles - country club, authoritarian, laissez-faire, team leadership etc. and I allow the groups to decide (at the midway point) whether or not they want to fire their managers.

     

    Unfortunately, my exercise instructions are in French. I haven't used it for research.

    But, there are plenty of lego building out there – just google or yahoo: lego leadership exercise. Here are a few that I found.

     

    http://www.squarewheels.com/content/legotrdev.html

     

    http://www.geocities.com/ajl397/leadership.html

     

    http://saskschoolboards.ca/research/sz/SSLH/advisor4.htm

     

    http://www.nickheap.co.uk/articles.asp?ART_ID=182

     

    http://home.clara.net/damanning/index.html?exercises/communication.htm

     

    http://72.30.186.56/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=lego+leadership+exercise&fr=yfp-t-501&u=condor.depaul.edu/%7Ercoye/dsiwholefile1.pdf&w=lego+leadership+leader+exercise+exercises&d=UQUriZ2uSX31&icp=1&.intl=ca

     

     

    Good luck!

     

    Celeste

    --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Linda J. Skitka <lskitka@UIC.EDU> wrote:

    From: Linda J. Skitka <lskitka@UIC.EDU>
    Subject: Re: organizational change exercise
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Received: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 5:38 PM

    Celeste-

    Would it be possible to get a reference for the build a lego house exercise, and any example of research that has use it?

    Many thanks,

    Linda Skitka

    On Mar 10, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Céleste Brotheridge wrote:

    Hello Vicki,
     
    I usually adapt a "traditional" build a lego house for the premier (in your case, governor) team exercise by laying off team members, changing instructions part way through the exercise (in writing, in person with an opportunity to voice opinions, etc.). It leads to a great discussion about resistance to change, how to introduce change, and survivor emotions.
     
    Best regards,
    Celeste
     
     
    Céleste Brotheridge, Professeure
    Département d'organisation et ressources humaines
    ESG UQÀM
    C.P. 8888 Succ. Centre-ville Montréal H3C 3P8
    Local R-3325, 315, rue Ste-Catherine est Montréal H2X 3X2
    Téléphone 514-987-3000 x 6540     Fax 514-987-0407
    þ Avant d'imprimer, pensez à l'environnement

    --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU> wrote:
    From: Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU>
    Subject: organizational change exercise
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Received: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 4:31 PM

    Does anyone have a favorite exercise for introducing a teaching module on organizational change?

     

    Best Regards,

     
     

    Vicki Fairbanks Taylor, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    Department of Management & Marketing

    John L. Grove College of Business

    Shippensburg University

    Shippensburg, PA 17257

    Office: 717-477-1217

     


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    ________________________________________
    Linda J. Skitka, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
    Social and Personality Division Chair
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Department of Psychology (m/c 285)
    1007 W. Harrison St.
    Chicago, IL   60607-7137

    Phone: (312) 996-4464
    Fax: (312) 413-4122
    ISJR Homepage:  Http://www.isjr.org





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  • 7.  organizational change exercise

    Posted 03-11-2009 23:39
    If you want a quick change exercise, then change your class structure in to a circle, instead of the traditional row design.  Now, if you want to really get the students some exposure to change and its dynamics, make them study GM! It is a company that even when facing dramatic and deifini9ng situation still think that "they have a good model."  Get students to find recent articles (Fortune Magazine, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, etc., which is material that describe real time situations). Forget about legos! Those are not very realistic exercises. They are more like games!
     
    Thanks,
     
    Ivan
     
     

    Dr. R. Ivan Blanco                                                
    Department of Management
    McCoy College of Business Administration 
    Texas State Univeristy - San Marcos
    San Marcos, TX 78666
    Voice (512) 245-1842  -  Fax (512) 245-2850 
    E-mail  rb39@txstate.edu
     
    "Las naciones marchan hacia el término de su grandeza, con el mismo paso que camina su educación."
    "Nations march toward their greatness at the same pace as their educational systems evolve." -- Simon Bolivar

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Céleste Brotheridge [celeste_brotheridge@YAHOO.CA]
    Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:06 AM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: organizational change exercise

    Hello Preeti,
     

    I usually create 5 or 6 groups and give each group a baggie full of assorted pieces of lego (assembled from my son's lego collection). I then tell them that they have 15 to 20 minutes to build a creative house for the premier whose features they will later have to present to the class. Sometimes, I don't assignment leadership roles - I just let it emere. Sometimes, I get individuals to play leadership roles - country club, authoritarian, laissez-faire, team leadership etc. and I allow the groups to decide (at the midway point) whether or not they want to fire their managers.

     

    Unfortunately, my exercise instructions are in French. I haven't used it for research.

    But, there are plenty of lego building out there – just google or yahoo: lego leadership exercise. Here are a few that I found.

     

    http://www.squarewheels.com/content/legotrdev.html

     

    http://www.geocities.com/ajl397/leadership.html

     

    http://saskschoolboards.ca/research/sz/SSLH/advisor4.htm

     

    http://www.nickheap.co.uk/articles.asp?ART_ID=182

     

    http://home.clara.net/damanning/index.html?exercises/communication.htm

     

    http://72.30.186.56/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=lego+leadership+exercise&fr=yfp-t-501&u=condor.depaul.edu/%7Ercoye/dsiwholefile1.pdf&w=lego+leadership+leader+exercise+exercises&d=UQUriZ2uSX31&icp=1&.intl=ca

     

     

    Good luck!

     

    Celeste

    --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Linda J. Skitka <lskitka@UIC.EDU> wrote:

    From: Linda J. Skitka <lskitka@UIC.EDU>
    Subject: Re: organizational change exercise
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Received: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 5:38 PM

    Celeste-

    Would it be possible to get a reference for the build a lego house exercise, and any example of research that has use it?

    Many thanks,

    Linda Skitka

    On Mar 10, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Céleste Brotheridge wrote:

    Hello Vicki,
     
    I usually adapt a "traditional" build a lego house for the premier (in your case, governor) team exercise by laying off team members, changing instructions part way through the exercise (in writing, in person with an opportunity to voice opinions, etc.). It leads to a great discussion about resistance to change, how to introduce change, and survivor emotions.
     
    Best regards,
    Celeste
     
     
    Céleste Brotheridge, Professeure
    Département d'organisation et ressources humaines
    ESG UQÀM
    C.P. 8888 Succ. Centre-ville Montréal H3C 3P8
    Local R-3325, 315, rue Ste-Catherine est Montréal H2X 3X2
    Téléphone 514-987-3000 x 6540     Fax 514-987-0407
    þ Avant d'imprimer, pensez à l'environnement

    --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU> wrote:
    From: Taylor, Vicki <VLTaylor@SHIP.EDU>
    Subject: organizational change exercise
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Received: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 4:31 PM

    Does anyone have a favorite exercise for introducing a teaching module on organizational change?


     

    Best Regards,


     

     

    Vicki Fairbanks Taylor, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    Department of Management & Marketing

    John L. Grove College of Business

    Shippensburg University

    Shippensburg, PA 17257

    Office: 717-477-1217


     


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    ________________________________________
    Linda J. Skitka, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
    Social and Personality Division Chair
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Department of Psychology (m/c 285)
    1007 W. Harrison St.
    Chicago, IL   60607-7137

    Phone: (312) 996-4464
    Fax: (312) 413-4122
    ISJR Homepage:  Http://www.isjr.org

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