MGMT413-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009

Organisational Change

10 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2009

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. The course has two objectives: (a) to help you understand and apply this framework to real-life organizations; (b) to help you understand how to to study large-scale complex change.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of the course, you should be able to:
  • Be familiar with  key ideas in appreciating change, mobilising support, executing change and building change capability;
  • Understand and apply specific change management tools such as Appreciative Inquiry;
  • Understand how to conduct research on organizational change.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Timetable Note

Lectures will be held in Com. 340.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Venkataraman Nilakant

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Case Analysis (Group-based) 20% Case Analysis (Group-based)
Appreciative Inquiry Project (Individual) 60% Appreciative Inquiry Project (Individual)
Research Report (group based) 20% Research Report (group based)

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Nilakant, V. , Ramnarayan, S; Change management : altering mindsets in a global context ; Response Books, 2006 (Available through the University Book Shop).

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 MGMT416 Advancing Women Leaders.

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+ = 85 and above B+ = 70 - 74 C+ = 55 - 59
A = 80 - 84 B = 65 - 69 C = 50 - 54
A- = 75 - 79 B- = 60 - 64 D = Less than 50 (Fail)

Departmental Academic Policies If you want a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 372 of the Enrolment Handbook 2009 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $429.00

* 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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