Discuss about how important it is for you, as a leader, to step up and manage change—whether it’s change that happens to your organization or changes you implement to make your organization better.

Discuss about how important it is for you, as a leader, to step up and manage change—whether it’s change that happens to your organization or changes you implement to make your organization better. Be sure to review the different models for managing and initiating change, including Kotter’s 8-step change model.

For this assignment, revisit the case study from Assignment 1 about the challenges and changes at Café Cupcake. Select a change that Café Cupcake is trying to implement in order to grow their business and use Kotter’s 8-step model to describe how you would do it. How will you create urgency around your change? How will you form a coalition? It is OK to be creative!

1. Download the Implement Positive Change at Café Cupcake Template and save it to your computer.
2. Make sure you have read the case study Recipe for Success: Growth and Evolution at Café Cupcake (in your eBook) before you begin the assignment. This is the same case study you used for your first assignment.
3. Select one of the changes you identified in the first assignment from the case study.
4. Describe the change and what sparked the team at Café Cupcake to implement it.
5. Apply Kotter’s 8-step model to implement the change at Café Cupcake.
a. Explain what you would do in each of the steps to implement the selected change.
b. Learn more about each of the steps by reading Kotter: The 8-Step Model.
6. Assess the use of Kotter’s 8-step model for this case.
7. Explain your thoughts on this process of implementing change.
a. Do you think it was effective in this case?
b. Justify your response.
8. Save your document as FirstInitial_LastName_JGR300_ A2.
9. Submit your assignment using the Week 6 assignment link in Blackboard.
Course Connections
While completing this activity, be sure to connect your responses to the course content you have learned so far. You should use specific phrases, ideas, and quotes from the Strayer Story videos, Coach’s Huddle, weekly readings, and/or discussion questions to explain and support your thoughts.

Assignment Requirements

Formatting
The length of the paper should be 3–5 pages.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Resources
Use a minimum of two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your activity. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.

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