24 Feb You are the HR Manager at Elite Packing, a shipping distribution company

You are the HR Manager at Elite Packing, a shipping distribution company. Recently, it was discovered that several employees in the procurement department were committing fraud by accepting vendor kickbacks and by falsifying receipts to overstate the prices of items purchased for the company. These employees have been terminated from the organization. However, the CEO worries that the unethical attitudes and practices may be more widespread within this department. Therefore, she has ordered that the entire department must undergo ethics training and must switch to a new process for negotiating contracts, selecting vendors, and purchasing the resources needed for the organization. The remaining employees in the department have all been working there for at least 15 years and will likely be resistant to adapting to the new required processes.

The CEO has tasked you, the HR Manager, with determining what needs to change for the new process implementation to be successful. You understand you need a structured approach to managing change effectively. You also know that there is a need to identify what factors would contribute the most to employee resistance and what actions could be taken to reduce such resistance. To start this change plan, you decided to create a Force Field Analysis based on Kurt Lewin’s three-stage theory of change. You are to evaluate Lewins 3-step model through the force field analysis. You also need to plan on how to implement the change, therefore, you will choose between Kotter eight-step change model or AKDAR change model to complete this task.

Instructions

Prepare a force field analysis for your change plan that:

· Identifies the area for change in the procurement department at Elite Packing.

· Details all seven steps of the force field analysis for Elite Packing, identifying the driving forces (factors supporting change) and the restraining forces (factors resisting change) within Elite Packaging.

· Creates a force field visual diagram illustrating factors supporting change and resisting change with appropriate labels.

· Describes and rationalizes the action plan (Kotter’s 8-Step or ADKAR Change Model) selected for implementation.

· Analysis uses professional language supported with evidence (in-text citations and references in APA style) and free of errors. Provides attribution for credible sources used in the force field analysis.

Resources

Library Databases

· A – Z Database List

Guides & FAQs

· Credible Sources FAQ

· APA Guide

· Rasmussen’s Answers/FAQs

2 Questions

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1) After attending the live classroom, which big questions about this competency remain for you?

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How do you think this competency may connect to others in this course?

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Please Avoid plagiarism Very important parts Please

· You should not be copying and pasting anything in scholarly writing unless there are specific situations as mentioned in the APA guide in the library and mentioned above.

· If you do copy and paste information, it MUST be in quotes.

· Citation Must be current no later than 5 yrs {2019-2024}

· Must be accurate sources

· Do not falsified the use of sources

· Need a Turnitin report

· Use DOI link or URL Link for the credible sources, that include book as well