A second purpose is to guide the project team's initial discussions of change, helping it to develop a common framework to think about comprehensive change more broadly and to cranky assumptions about comprehensive change. Change comes in many forms, and may be incremental or radical, of limited impact or far-reaching. For some, they are code words for down-sizing, budget reductions, and layoffs. Please think about them individually and then discuss them as a team. Universities and colleges have extensive traditions, histories and opportunities for change, but change on an institution-wide level is slow and difficult.
Leadership plays an important role in large-scale change efforts.
With change comes loss and conflict.