Managing Change

Course aim

The course enables students to understand the integral link between organisational change and organisational sustainability. It equips students with a working knowledge of the organisational change literature, an understanding of organisational politics and the processes involved in managing change. It develops the skills to construct a change plan for future action, and the ability to modify the plan if and when necessary. The course covers several local and international models of organisational change and their application through the case study method.

Course content

Images of managing change, diagnosis for change, models of change, skills in managing organisational change, local and international case studies, planning for change, resistance to change, strategies for communicating change, implementing change, consolidating change.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

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

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

Assessment

Change analysis, Critical essay, Group Change project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.