SBUS41880 OrgCulture & Mjr SystInterven

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module will evaluate specific case studies of major systems change in order to develop insight into the characteristics of effective change programmes. There is hardly an organization in today’s global context that is not confronted with the need for change. Leaders of large and small companies are facing radically new technologies, global markets, new competition, and social shifts. Organizational leaders formulate strategies that are aimed at surviving and prospering under new competitive conditions, but fundamental changes deep inside the organization are needed in order to execute such strategies. Organizational leaders are often aware of the need for change and spend staggering sums of money on change consulting and change efforts, yet many of these efforts do not succeed.
In this module, we will dig into the underlying elements of successful organizational changes. The module draws from a range of fields, including strategy, organizational behavior, sociology and psychology. We will examine the fundamental nature of change and the challenges that leaders face as they plan and execute their efforts. The module emphasizes individual, organizational and societal elements required for successful and lasting change.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Objectives:
• Develop a framework for extraordinary change leadership -- what are the underpinnings?
 Develop the connections between strategy, structure, people, process, and rewards in organizational change efforts.
• Understand how extraordinary leaders develop winning strategies for their domains and increase their chances of success when faced with unexpected crises.
• Flexing change leadership to suit the changing context
 Investigate the role of "soft skills" training in organizational change initiatives.
 Examine leadership strategies for creating effective, sustained organizational change in which employee empowerment is a central aim of and vehicle for change.
 How to manage the tension between strategic planning and execution in a real-time environment.
 Explore the intersection between intended, emergent and realized strategy in successful change efforts.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

16
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Total

116
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module has a detailed study guide. Students are required to complete the module pre-reading or pre-work prior to attending the seminar sessions. The sessions themselves will be a combination of lectures, group discussion, in-class presentations, case study discussions and classroom exercises. A heavy emphasis in the seminars is on teasing out the implications of theory for practical application in a workplace context.’

 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Pre module assignment Unspecified n/a Graded No

30
Assignment: Post module written assignment Unspecified n/a Graded No

70

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Written feedback to be provided within 20 days of assignment deadline.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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