Getting ready to jump in!

I have been thinking about what it will look like to visit the organization we, Monica and I, will be observing. We have made the first step by having my husband contact one of the managers (he does computer work for this company - but is not a full fledge employee) to see if it would be okay to visit, observe, and interview. The manager said that would be fine but wanted more information. Monica and composed an email to the manager and sent it today. Our plan is to do an initial visit Tuesday morning. We plan to have questions all ready to go by the end of the class tomorrow.

As I read this weeks articles on Organizational Intervention I am thinking about the questions that we may want to ask the staff. As most of the articles listed in the syllabus were not accessible, I did a Google Search and am reading articles that pop up.

One such article is Human Resource Tips - How to Initiate Organizational Intervention by Benjamin Nash editor-in-chief of DailyHRTips.comfound that I found at EZine@rticles. His tips are:

1. Are You Ready to Rumble? In order to create change there needs to be a readiness and openness to change. There needs to be a general dissatisfaction within the organization for employees to have the desire and willingness to want change.

2. Do you have the tools needed? If change is desired but the leadership does not have the skill to lead the change, or understand the change, then it can be a disastrous move. They need to make sure that there is someone who is knowledgeable and willing to see the change to the end.

3. What is the Back-up Plan?
Be aware that plans may need amending or even scrapped. Have a back-up plan. This reminds me of the book we are reading "Whatever it Takes" where the authors recognize that a plan for change may have challenges and that it is important to be flexible and work through the challenges, even if it is about starting over. This is how you lead a learning organization.

4. Culture Matters.
He says to make sure that any change initiated accounts for cultural values of the organization and the people who work there. Without accounting for culture change will to happen. This reminds me of what we have discussed in this class - to pay attention to the culture of the organization that we observe!

I am getting both anxious and excited to begin this journey!