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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”
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Research Paper_ Course Final

Research Paper_ Course Final

Q Organize your paper with the following sections and be sure to answer all questions in each section: 1) Background What is the organization? What does this organization do? What is the reform or proposed change (please be specific)? What were the drivers of the change? Were they internal or external? What level (individual, group, or organizational) is the change occurring? 2) Leadership: Who is the current leader of this organization? Did the events driving the change occur when he/she was in charge? Based on your research, do they appear to be transformational or transactional? Why or why not? 3) Barriers to Change What are the environmental barriers to change? Are resources available to support the change? Is there consensus on what the goal of the change should be? How are the organization’s employees likely to respond to the proposed changes? Why might employees resist change? 4) Strategies for Successful Change Based on the readings for this class, what advice would you give to this organization to successfully implement the proposed changes or reforms? Specifically, how might a leader overcome the barriers to change that you have identified? ?

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In this research paper, there will be a detailed discussion on Washington D.C. Public Schools and the organizational changes. Organizational change can be considered about the basic procedure of changing the processes, strategies, culture, and technology of organization in order to perform in a better manner (Cameron & Green, 2015). This research paper examines the changes that happen in Washington D.C. Public Schools under the leadership of Michelle Rhee, the great educator, and reformer. Michelle Rhee is nothing but a great leader as this particular individual has completely changed the concept of the school and the structure of the school through her educational reform in a proper manner. Michelle Rhee has understood the crisis of the public school and she called for the urgent changes.