Overview:
- Credits:
- 10.0
- Level:
- 4
- Semester:
- Summer
- Subject:
- Business Management
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Ms Ashley Hughes
BMGT43580 Managing Organisational Change
Academic Year 2023/2024
This module introduces participants to the range of factors to consider when planning and implementing major change programmes in contemporary organisational settings. A model called the Change Kaleidscope (Balogun,Hope Hailey & Gustafsson) is explored to analyse the change path, implementation choices, change context and implementation planning. The module also looks at themes around employee engagement, trust, resistance and organisational culture. An applied practical approach is adopted and students are encouraged to be active learners and pay attention to events reported in business mediaShow/hide contentOpenClose All
Curricular information is subject to change
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module you should be able to:-
1. Understand the diverse ways in which organisational change may be conceptualised and managed.
2. Have a working knowledge of the Change Kaleidoscope and be able to apply it to change contexts.
3. Assess and reflect on your preferred change intervention style and on your level of competencies as an effective change agent.
4. Have developed and practiced skills of diagnosis, intervention selection, implementation, evaluation and institutionalisation.
5. Appreciate the role of culture, power, politics and conflict within change interventions and be able to identify appropriate frameworks for overcoming resistance to change.
6. Demonstrate an awareness of what is happening in real world organisations, identifying new trends etc.
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 36 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 84 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 130 |
| Total | 250 |
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
Assessment Strategy
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous Assessment: Harvard Simulation on Management Change: Power & Influence | Week 8 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
| Assignment: Individual Short Essay on MBTI | Week 4 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
| Group Project: Working in groups of 3 people. Apply the Change Kaleidoscope to a real organisation. | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
| Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
|---|---|
| In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
Feedback Strategy/Strategies
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
How will my Feedback be Delivered?
Individual Assignment - Collective feedback to class on strengths/weaknesses Final Applied Project - students may request feedback on their submission after final grades are released by the College
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