Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior - Soltanieh ...

SUSTAIN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH CONTINUOUS LEARNING 555
EXERCISES
Assess the alignment of your MBA program and
diagnose reasons for misalignment
1. Instructor leads a discussion of what students expect to obtain from the MBA
education.
2. A consensus - strategic statement which represents three or less primary goals of students
is crafted (30 minutes).
3. The goals will serve as the strategy statement for the remainder of the exercise.
4. The class is divides into trios.
5. Each trio is assigned the following task:
a. Students interview each other about shortfalls they see in achieving student
aspirations for the MBA program and the barriers they see to their achievement
(30 minutes).
b. Groups diagnose the root causes for the success or failure of the MBA program
in achieving strategic goals (45 minutes).
6. Groups report their fi ndings.
Develop a change plan that will align the MBA program with
strategic goals articulated in the first exercise
1. Class is divided into trios.
2. Groups discuss success or failure of change efforts each person experienced in their
previous job. Each student presents a success or failure and ties it to the principles
discussed in this chapter (30 minutes).
3. Each group decides on what must change in the MBA program in order to achieve
strategic goals developed in the fi rst exercise (30 minutes).
4. Each group arrives at barriers to change they anticipate (20 minutes).
5. Each group develops recommendations for a change strategy the dean should
employ (30 minutes).
6. Group reports: what are the barriers to change and their implications for leading
change in the MBA program (30 minutes)?
7. Instructor leads a discussion of reports.