Structural Change: Doing More with Less in the Air Force Research Paper Expectations Select one of the major theoretical perspectives on change discussed in the course and produces a research paper on the topic. The objective is to take the topic past that goes beyond what has been covered in the course. 1. Locate additional sources that describe varied perspectives on the topic. 2. Address how the varied perspectives related to or complement what has been discussed in class. 3. Discuss how strategic change relates to the varied perspectives and whether they are predictive or explanatory. 4. Describe how a practicing manager might make use of what you have found to better manage change. 5. Write own model of change management based on research using the following change management: • Strategic management and strategic change Using the following outline for paper: 1. Executive Summary a. Briefly describe the topic and how it relates to organizational change management b. Establish an area of concern that the paper will cover c. Provide a brief explanation of our findings and how the practicing manager can use what you found 2. Literature Review: a. Describe how the topic has been addressed in the text and course assignments b. Address how the varied perspectives relate to the topic and managing organizational change c. Discuss how the topic and the varied perspectives relate to strategic change and if they are predictive or explanatory Cover Page - Include who you prepared the paper for, who prepared, and date. Table of Contents - List the main ideas and section of paper and the pages in which they are located. Executive Summary- Use a header on paper. This will indicate that you are introducing paper. The purpose of an introduction, executive summary or opening: Introduce the subject and why the subject is important. Preview the main ideas and the order in which they will be covered. Establish a tone of the document. Body of Report - Use a header titled with the name of project. Example: “The Development of Hotel X - A World Class Resort". Then proceed to break out the main ideas. State the main ideas, state major points in each idea, and provide evidence. Break out each main idea that you will use in the body of paper. Show some type of division like separate sections that are labeled, separate group of paragraphs, or headers. You would include the information you found during research and investigation. Summary and Conclusion - Summarizing is similar to paraphrasing but presents the gist of the material in fewer words than the original. An effective summary identifies the main ideas and major support points from the body of report. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how they affect the tourism industry. One of the 7 sources to use is Managing Organizational Change 2nd Edition by Ian Palmer, Richard Dunford, Gib Akin © 2008 McGraw-Hill   3. Change Management Model a. Based on research and with some detail describe personal change management model. How does it work? Why do certain components exist, etc? b. Compare and contrast personal change model with models you found in the literature. 4. Discussion and Conclusion a. Discuss experience with the topic and managing organization change b. Describe how a practicing manager might make use of what you have found to better manage change 5. References (have at least seven (7) articles from academic or business journals. a. Utilization of documents from the text b. Library and other resources 6. Appendix ==================== Research Topic: Strategic Management and Strategic Change Research Paper Expectations Select one of the major theoretical perspectives on change discussed in the course and produces a research paper on the topic. The objective is to take the topic past that goes beyond what has been covered in the course. 1. Locate additional sources that describe varied perspectives on the topic. 2. Address how the varied perspectives related to or complement what has been discussed in class. 3. Discuss how strategic change relates to the varied perspectives and whether they are predictive or explanatory. 4. Describe how a practicing manager might make use of what you have found to better manage change. 5. Write own model of change management based on research using the following change management: • Strategic management and strategic change Using the following outline for paper: 1. Executive Summary a. Briefly describe the topic and how it relates to organizational change management b. Establish an area of concern that the paper will cover c. Provide a brief explanation of our findings and how the practicing manager can use what you found 2. Literature Review: a. Describe how the topic has been addressed in the text and course assignments b. Address how the varied perspectives relate to the topic and managing organizational change c. Discuss how the topic and the varied perspectives relate to strategic change and if they are predictive or explanatory Cover Page - Include who you prepared the paper for, who prepared, and date. Table of Contents - List the main ideas and section of paper and the pages in which they are located. Executive Summary- Use a header on paper. This will indicate that you are introducing paper. The purpose of an introduction, executive summary or opening: Introduce the subject and why the subject is important. Preview the main ideas and the order in which they will be covered. Establish a tone of the document. Body of Report - Use a header titled with the name of project. Example: “The Development of Hotel X - A World Class Resort". Then proceed to break out the main ideas. State the main ideas, state major points in each idea, and provide evidence. Break out each main idea that you will use in the body of paper. Show some type of division like separate sections that are labeled, separate group of paragraphs, or headers. You would include the information you found during research and investigation. Summary and Conclusion - Summarizing is similar to paraphrasing but presents the gist of the material in fewer words than the original. An effective summary identifies the main ideas and major support points from the body of report. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how they affect the tourism industry. One of the 7 sources to use is Managing Organizational Change 2nd Edition by Ian Palmer, Richard Dunford, Gib Akin © 2008 McGraw-Hill   3. Change Management Model a. Based on research and with some detail describe personal change management model. How does it work? Why do certain components exist, etc? b. Compare and contrast personal change model with models you found in the literature. 4. Discussion and Conclusion a. Discuss experience with the topic and managing organization change b. Describe how a practicing manager might make use of what you have found to better manage change 5. References (have at least seven (7) articles from academic or business journals. a. Utilization of documents from the text b. Library and other resources 6. Appendix