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QUESTION
Planning for Change
Assignment: Application:
Planning for Change
Reflect on the skills you have practiced in the previous modules for this course. You have identified current issues in education. After determining some of the problems related to these issues, you searched for and critically analyzed literature related to those problems. Informed by scholarly research, you narrowed the focus of a topic to a problem and determined possible problem statements for scholarly inquiry.
In this module, you have revisited those problem statements, identified key stakeholders related to a specific problem, and determined essential questions that you will ask stakeholders in order to inform a positive change. You have considered how you must identify, inform, and involve many stakeholders in any plan to effect a positive change. Although many individuals have the ability to identify problems, leaders in education are those who take action to improve situations or solve problems.
For this Assignment, you will apply these skills to address a problem related to the case study you have been exploring throughout the course. What problems have you and your colleagues identified as you have explored the case study together?
Select one of those problems that you would like to investigate further in order to effect a positive change. Assume the role of the leader planning the positive change related to the problem you identify and consider the steps you might take, and how they might inform an action plan for change. Then, download the “Action Plan Template†located in the Learning Resources section. Use the template as a guide to assist and organize the different items that you need to investigate in order to move the plan for change in a positive direction.By Day 7 (of Module 5)
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you identify the change you would like to implement and explain the plan you would use to bring about the change. Be sure to address all the topics outlined in the template: goals, actions, time frame, stakeholders, and an evaluation strategy. Also include relevant resources that you have located in the library. Note the strategies you, as a leader in education, would take to facilitate change related to the problem you identified. Explain your rationale for the strategy you are proposing.Case Study: Issues in K-12 Education
Problem: Enhancement of Educational options on Teacher Development
Action Plan Template
Use this template to assist you with developing a plan for positive change. As you develop the plan, consider and reflect on the following questions:• For each goal, who are the stakeholders? What information is important for them to know?
• What feedback system will you use to keep stakeholders informed?
• How can you best utilize the individuals who are assisting you? What information can they provide to make the plan successful or more meaningful?
• What type of evaluation is most appropriate for each goal?
• What resources or training is needed? Who will do it?
• Who will perform the evaluation, and how will it be reported?Action Plan Topics
1. Goal (Consider Short & Long Term)
2. Action (Training, Investigation, Pilot Study, Interviews, etc.)
3. Time Frame
4. Stakeholders
5. Evaluation (Formative, Summative, etc.)
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Answer
The Miles and Snow Typology: The Department of State and its Analyzer Strategy
Organizational strategies define the nature and future of the organizations in different environments. According to Rainey (2014), organizational strategies are not competitive weapons but the preferred approaches used by organizations towards growing in their markets: they are guided by factors such as future goals, current resources, customer demands, advancements in technologies, among others. The Miles and Snow Typology identifies four main strategies used by businesses or organizations, and they include: the prospector strategy in which the business innovates consistently and ventures into new markets without fear of the risks; the only adop analyzer strategy where the business innovates moderately while focusing more on customer and market retention; the defender approach where the business maintains its markets and customers as long as its growth is stable; and finally, the reactor strategy where the business does not have a clearly defined strategy and thus, its strategies are influenced by environmental changes (Rainey, 2014). The Department of State is a federal department that works with the government towards advising the executive and president on foreign policy issues. Since its formation in 1789, the department has remained steadfast to its role and thus its working strategy can best be described as the analyzer strategy. This is because, the institution focuses on protecting the US interests abroad and ensuring the US president is effectively advised on foreign policies (The US and the President are its main customers). Although it conducts research and development initiatives towards having a clear understanding of other foreign countries in order to advice the US president, its innovations remain low and highly controlled. The main focus is always on the satisfaction of the US citizens and the presidency. For instance, since its formation approximately 250 years ago, its air wing had to depend on crop-duster planes to fight narcotics, however, this changed in 2011 when the department was provided with gunships to aid in fight against narcotics and in the transportation of its staff.
References
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Rainey, (2014). The Miles and Snow Typology.
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