Change Agent Report: Organizational Change and Skill Application

This report, titled "Change Agent," delves into the crucial qualities necessary for effective change management within an organization. It highlights the importance of a clear vision, patience, persistence, and the ability to ask insightful questions. The author emphasizes the significance of acquiring comprehensive knowledge and leading by example. The report also underscores the value of building strong, trust-based relationships. It presents a self-assessment, reflecting on the author's strengths in these areas and their potential to become a successful change agent. The report references key academic sources that support these principles, providing a theoretical framework for understanding the role and responsibilities of a change agent in driving organizational transformation. It covers the required skills and knowledge to be a successful change agent.

Running head: CHANGE AGENT
Change Agent
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The necessary qualities that a good change agent need are: a. clear vision, b. patience
as well as persistence, c. asking tough questions, d. knowledge and leadership through
example and e. building strong relationship based on trust (Priestley, Biesta and Robinson,
2013). Among these qualities I have a combination of the first four. Whenever I take on
project, I make a clear understanding of the aims and objective of the project which is true for
organizational change. Once the vision of the desired outcome is fixed I work hard to reach it
where patience and persistence is necessary. While working a project I collect all the
necessary data and gather as much knowledge as possible. I understand that without proper
knowledge on the subject, the work will appear vague and rudimentary. Learning and
thinking critically on the subject enhances my knowledge and makes any job that I take much
more insightful and critical. While learning, it is necessary that we ask tough questions so
that the matter becomes clear. During a change in an organization, aspects that will be
changing, what possible effects will the employees face and many such questions arise in
everybody’s mind (Heuvel et al. 2013). I prefer to ask them directly as that is the best course
of action. A change agent is able to look at the change both personally and objectively
depending on their position. The people involved need guidance and through my experience I
have seen that I am able both to lead people in a project and work with teams to reach the
desired outcome. Thus, I believe that I will be able to become a successful change agent.

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References
Priestley, M., Biesta, G. and Robinson, S., 2013. Teachers as agents of change: Teacher
agency and emerging models of curriculum. Reinventing the curriculum: New trends in
curriculum policy and practice, pp.187-206.
van den Heuvel, M., Demerouti, E., Bakker, A.B. and Schaufeli, W.B., 2013. Adapting to
change: The value of change information and meaning-making. Journal of Vocational
Behavior, 83(1), pp.11-21.