Leading and Managing Organisational Change

Course aim

To enable students to understand the integral link between organisational change and organisational sustainability and equip students with a working knowledge of the organisational change literature and understanding of organisational politics and the processes involved in leading and managing change.

Course content

Multiple perspectives, managerial images, and approaches in leading and managing organisational change; reasons for and diagnosis for what needs to change in the organisation; skills in leading and managing organisational change; planning for change; stakeholder analysis and response and resistance to change; strategies for communicating change; implementing change; consolidating change, contextualised in local and international cases.

Textbook(s)

Palmer, I, Dunford, R & Buchanan, DA 2022, Managing Organizational Change: A Multiple Perspective Approach, 4th edn, McGraw Hill Irwin, New York

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	30 hours x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours equiv x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Critical analysis, Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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