DNP 805: Leading Change

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Assignment: Using Kotter’s tables comparing the 20th and 21st century organizations and his tables on lifelong learning, in Leading Change, write a 5-6 pages paper discussing the following. To what extent has your practice setting in your workplace moved into the 21st century model? Give specific examples. Briefly describe yourself in terms of the characteristics of lifelong learning depicted in the table and analyze your competitive capacity. Discuss the extent to which you have the mental habits that support lifelong learning as outlined in the Table on mental habits in lifelong learning. Give specific examples.