Every student is expected to write a reflective paper exploring the concept of ’employee activism’ and putting forward concrete suggestions on how employees, and in particular middle-managers within an organization, can instigate, impact and/or accelerate change. Students are required to critically reflect on their attitude towards change, and towards managing change, reflecting on how the concepts covered during this module has informed/impacted/shaped/changed their thinking. It is expected that the paper will go beyond a mere description of Kotters 8-steps or any other theoretical model covered, to incorporate a critical reflection on a top-down change management approach.  (This means you should consider how you can rather create a bottom-up approach instead of the ‘normal’ top-down approach).

You can either discuss this in an organizational context, or within the context of a community or political change initiative.