MGMT232-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Organisational Change and Transformation

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

Change, whether strategic or responsive, remains a perpetual force in both organisational life and personal spheres. Leaders and managers play a pivotal role in identifying, executing, and guiding changes in mission, vision, values, culture, strategy, resource management, and performance. Such responsibility extends to considering external forces when orchestrating internal change and transformation. This course covers the competencies required for change management and organisational transformation. We look at various change types and their triggers, indigenous, Maori and Pasifika perspectives on change, implementation strategies, obstacles to change, cultural responsiveness in approaching change, and sustaining change over time.

Within the context of the competitive business environment, this course aims to provide students a rigorous understanding of the strategic role of human resource management (HRM) in addressing key business decisions. In so doing, we will examine the theories, processes and systems involved in HRM which, when aligned with organisational strategies, will maximise organisational performance.

Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes | Hua Ako
1. Understand key concepts and theories in change management and transformation processes, including an understanding of indigenous, Māori and Pasifika perspectives of change.
2. Evaluate the different types of change/transformation by analysing their characteristics.
3. Analyse reasons for success or failure of proposed changes and how internal and external factors influence organisational change.
4. Analyse the role of the change agent in the change and transformation process.
5. Apply appropriate theories or concepts to a given change management scenario/challenge.

Prerequisites

MGMT100 and a further 45 points at 100-level

Restrictions

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00 C2 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Hataya Sibunruang

Assessment

Assessment In Te Reo Māori
In recognising that Te Reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand, the University provides for students who may wish to use Te Reo Māori in their assessment. If you intend to submit your work in Te Reo Māori you are required to do the following:

Read the Assessment in Te Reo Māori Policy and ensure that you meet the conditions set out in the policy. This includes, but is not limited to, informing the Course Coordinator
1) no later than 10 working days after the commencement of the course that you wish to use Te Reo Māori and
2) at least 15 working days before each assessment due date that you wish to use Te Reo Māori.

Textbooks / Resources

It is important to note that no particular text could encompass all the theories, concepts and principles surrounding change management and organisational transformation. Our course content will, therefore, be covered using a variety of sources, e.g. academic journal articles, book chapters, media sources, etc. (note: a list of additional readings for each week can be found on our course website on LEARN). Students are also encouraged to do additional research as part of their learning of this course.

The University of Canterbury Library subscribes (electronically) to a wide range of academic journals. The following is a list of journal sources that may be helpful for your learning of this course:

• Academy of Management Journal
• Academy of Management Perspectives
• Academy of Management Review
• Administrative Science Quarterly
• Asia Pacific Journal of Management
• Human Relations
• Human Resource Management
• Journal of Business Ethics
• Journal of Change Management
• Journal of Management
• Journal of Management Studies
• Journal of Management and Organization
• Organization Studies
• Organization Science
• Strategic Management Journal

Course links

LEARN

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $946.00

International fee $4,363.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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All MGMT232 Occurrences

  • MGMT232-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025