Reflection On Organizational Change Game

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What I plan to discuss for this learning journal is the Organizational Change Game and impression that it left on me after playing it. I really loved playing this game because it gave us the chance to put things together and do a simulation of the things we have been learning about in class. We were given the opportunity to take on the role of an organizational development consultant and go into an organization to try and implement a new change. We learned in class that change takes time, and that in order for change to take place, people have to be on board. Our goal was to get as many people to adopt our new innovation. We as a team would had to make decisions on what we were going to do to interact with the employees of the company, and with each decision we made, there was a unique reaction we got from the people within the company. We needed to figure out how to get people from awareness through interest and trial to the adoption phase.
It was really a game of trial an error. Starting out our team had no idea how to play the game, what to do first and what each thing would do within the company. It was a learning process. As we proceeded through the …show more content…

Often in classes, you learn the material but you never have the chance to implement what you learn. The Change Game really helped me to see the progress I have made in my understanding of organizational development. In class we have mentioned numerous times that change takes time and organizations don’t change-people change and this game just really helped to drive those points home. The game gave us a chance to think on our feet and make quick decisions based on what we learned along the way. I think this game really emphasizes the idea that in order to be an effective change agent, you have to be flexible, adaptable and personable and we got to see first hand how the effects of these

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