MGMT413-06S1 (U) Semester One 2006 (University Campus)

Organisational Change

10 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2006
End Date: Sunday, 2 July 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 May 2006

Description

Organisational Change

This course will give you a practical framework to help organizations manage small and large changes. It is based on my model of change management that views managing change as involving four generic tasks: (1) Appreciating change, (2) Mobilizing support, (3) Building change capability, & (4) Executing change. In this course, you will learn tools and techniques to help accomplish these four tasks. The course will also help you develop skills in: diagnosing change issues, interviewing people, identifying themes from the interviews and presentation.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of the course, you should be able to:
  • be familiar with  key ideas in appreciating change, mobilizing support, executing change and building change capability;
  • diagnose issues relating to change in organizations; and
  • apply Appreciative Inquiry as a change management strategy.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator

Venkataraman Nilakant

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Appreciative Inquiry Assignment 50%
Case Analysis 50%

Textbooks / Resources

The course packet, which needs to be purchased, will contain the readings.

Course links

Library portal

Notes

Prerequisites:
Admission to the Honours Programme. MGMT (BSAD) 201 and 301 (315) desirable.

Relationship to Other Courses:
This course is part of the Organizational Leadership & Development core of the Honours programme. It complements MGMT473 Consulting Skills and MGMT475 Human Interaction Laboratory.

Grading:
You will receive a single letter grade at the end of the course. To give you an idea of how grading is done, the following format will be used:

A+ A A-
These grades are awarded for outstanding work. Some criteria that may be taken into account are: originality, quality of organisation, appropriateness of references, clarity of argument, indication of the range of perspectives, and high level of analysis, ability to connect different ideas.
B+ B
These grades represent a good quality work. Some criteria are: a clear organisation, an indication of knowledge of the literature, reasonable level of understanding of key ideas, and adequate presentation of data.
B- C+ C
These grades indicate a minimum standard such as: a limited view of different perspectives, lack of organisation, and ability to present material coherently, and lack of depth.

The following is only a guideline. Actual cut-off points may differ and will depend on the distribution of marks in a particular class. Usually, marks will not be scaled:
A+ = 80 and above B+ = 68 - 73 C+ = 56 - 59
A = 77 - 79 B = 64 - 67 C = 50 - 55
A- = 74 - 76 B- = 60 - 63 D = Less than 50 (Fail)

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $329.00

* 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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