Define the concept of a change agent, including the traits and characteristics that best represent a change agent in today’s organization.

Learning Goal: I’m working on a business discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Change Agents in the Change Management Process

One of the most fascinating components of the change management process is the change agent. The change agent, who can be a leader, manager, employee, consultant, or customer, is a person who is often at the center of the change management process and performs several critical functions in the overall process.

Discuss the following regarding change agents:

• Define the concept of a change agent, including the traits and characteristics that best represent a change agent in today’s organization.
• Discuss the role of a change agent in the change management process (e.g., formal or informal role, position of authority or power, etc.).
• Assess how a change agent can influence the generation, direction, success, or failure of a change initiative.
• Finally, assess any challenges a change agent may have in the change process (e.g., not agreeing with the change, management not truthfully sharing the repercussions of the change, etc.) and how these challenges should be addressed.

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with four scholarly peer-reviewed references in supporting your answer. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references.

You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to the weekly discussion question.

INSTRUCTION FOR WRITING:

make sure to use the book as one of the references as well as the other 4 journals reviewed articles that will be referenced as well it should be within the last 5 years maximum not older than that

It’s mandatory to use APA 7TH STYLE in your writing, in your references, and in the citation and formatting. (Double check the italic and capital letters in the reference part and the references paged need to be from A-Z)

. Make sure to use headlines for each paragraph and your paper should include an introduction and conclusion

Make sure to answer each question in depth and detail including many explanations and examples, also make sure to embed the concepts theories, and principles from the book witch highly mandatory for my Dr.

Zero plagiarism and check the grammar and spelling pls.