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BMGT43580

Academic Year 2024/2025

Managing Organisational Change (BMGT43580)

Subject:
Business Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Ms Ashley Hughes
Trimester:
Summer
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

A key field of professional management consulting is concerned with the planning and implementation of large scale change initiatives. Hence it is vital that future consultants have a firm foundation of the core principles of change together with the various challenges that may present.

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 media

About this Module

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 the environment that has a significant impact on organisations. Its important to recognise coming trends and their consequences


Indicative Module Content:

Change Kaleidoscope Model
Other key change models - Lewin, ADKAR, Kotter etc.
Factors driving change in contemporary organisations
Change resistance
Managing personal change
Guest speakers to share experiences
Simulation to learn about influencing change

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

36
Specified Learning Activities

84
Autonomous Student Learning

130
Total

250

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lecture inputs
Self-assessment inventories
Discussion groups
In-class exercises
Ted Talks - You Tube
Journal articles
Case studies
Simulation

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
Group Work Assignment: Analyse a prescribed case study and present your analysis in a recorded video which is uploaded to Brightspace. Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
25
 No
Individual Project: Reflections on learning. Each student will write a personal reflection paper on their key take-aways from the guest speakers / simulation. A separate brief will be provided in due course Week 2 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 No
Group Work Assignment: Apply the Change Kaleidoscope Model to a real world change context. Full assignment brief will be provided. Week 4 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
55
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

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

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Individual Assignment - Collective feedback to class on strengths/weaknesses Case videos: I will do brief audio recordings of my observations on submissions. Final Applied Project - students may request feedback on their submission after final grades are released by the College

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Summer Lecture Offering 51 Week(s) - 37 Fri 09:00 - 16:50
Summer Lecture Offering 51 Week(s) - 37 Mon 09:00 - 16:50
Summer Lecture Offering 51 Week(s) - 37 Thurs 09:00 - 12:50
Summer Lecture Offering 51 Week(s) - 37 Thurs 13:30 - 16:50
Summer Lecture Offering 51 Week(s) - 37 Tues 09:00 - 12:50
Summer Lecture Offering 51 Week(s) - 37 Tues 13:30 - 16:50
Summer Lecture Offering 51 Week(s) - 37 Wed 09:00 - 16:50
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