Week 6: Communicating the change – Discussion
Tyco Case Study (graded)
Review the Case Study on the Tyco company which appears in your textbook at the end of Chapter 11, pp. 345-346. After reading the case, let’s start the discussions with these questions.
1. How did the turnaround team use Gerard and Teurf’s transformation skills (discussed earlier in Chapter 11) to overcome the frustrations of employees?
2. What were some of the examples given in the case which led you to think those transformational skills were used?
3. Of the three types of cultural transformation (behavioral, experiential, and attitudinal), which of these types occurred in the Tyco case, and why do you think so?
Our focus this week is on TCO G, which has to do with developing a vision for change, and then communicating that vision to various stakeholders. In this thread, we will be exploring the Tyco case study to help us better understand transformational leadership skills. Would someone please define what we mean by transformational leadership, and also behavioral, experiential, and attitudinal transformation? Then we can explore the three opening questions:
1. How did the turnaround team use Gerard and Teurf’s transformation skills (discussed earlier in Chapter 11) to overcome the frustrations of employees?
2. What were some of the examples given in the case which led you to think those transformational skills were used?
3. Of the three types of cultural transformation (behavioral, experiential, and attitudinal), which of these types occurred in the Tyco case, and why do you think so?
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