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BMGT3011S

Academic Year 2024/2025

Leadership & Change Mgnt (BMGT3011S)

Subject:
Business Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Dr Mary Parkinson
Trimester:
Autumn and Summer (separate)
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The topics to be covered include: leadership and the management of change: introduction and impetus; techniques for diagnosing change; change interventions and evaluation; the reality of change management within organisations; surviving change: the special cases of restructuring and turnaround; leadership in organisations; leadership and the management of change: an integration. A range of practical workplace practice examples of the management of change will be introduced throughout the course through the use of case studies.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module you should be able to:
Demonstrate an ability to critically discuss contents of the module and your workplace experience.
Understand the need for change within modern organisations and will be expected to relate the antecedents of change to your own organisational context as well as to scenarios of change in the business world.
Diagnose the need for change within organisations and be able to apply diagnostic techniques.
Gain an evaluative frame of reference for differentiating between approaches to change and will learn how to formulate a cogent response in relation to change issues.
Appreciate the role of culture, power politics and conflict within change interventions and be able to identify appropriate frameworks for overcoming resistance to change

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

85
Autonomous Student Learning

102
Lectures

20
Total

207

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students will attend classes for this module and have the opportunity to engage in active learning during these sessions. There will be in-class discussion and group work to analyse module concepts. Where appropriate, the module will incorporate case based learning

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Assignment Week 12 Graded No
40
 No
Exam (In-person): Exam Week 12 Graded No
60
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat Within Two Trimesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

General feedback is provided to students on all their submitted assessment components.

Name Role
Professor Julia Backmann Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Brona Russell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Brona Russell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Paramesvaran Alahakone Tutor
Dr Christina Burke Tutor
Ms Michele Connolly Doran Tutor
Mrs Edna Eugenia Da Silva Tutor
Shirley Ho Tutor
Ms Ilona Hunek Tutor
Adrian Koh Tutor
Dipan Mehta Tutor
Ajit Prasad Tutor
Rachel Sim Tutor
Chee Shong Tan Tutor
Charlene Tan Puay Koon Tutor
Siti Zarifah Tutor
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