BUSI49H30: Change in Organisations

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• To develop students knowledge and understanding of key issues relating to organisational change
• To develop students as independent researchers
• An important feature of this module is that sessions will consider both the content of existing studies and the way these were designed and implemented.

• Introduction; the nature of organisational change
• Theoretical frameworks
• Fields and perspectives (Content and Process aspects)
• The Institutional approach
• Designing research: Population, observation plan, access data
• Change and Inertia
• Change and Identity
• Change and Health
• Change and Organisational Performance
• Change and Leadership

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Have an advanced knowledge and understanding of the nature of Organisational Change in contemporary societies
• Advanced knowledge of contemporary theoretical frameworks and the corresponding research methodologies, data needs, and data availability
• Knowledge and awareness of cultural differences and their impact on organisational change

Subject-specific Skills:

• Be able to critically analyse a number of different issues relating to the study of structural and cultural change processes
• Be able to critically evaluate different research designs and methods
• Be aware of published material and survey data on reorganisations and organisational change process
• Be aware of and be able to critically evaluate different theories of organisational change and change management
• To understand Access, Interest and Power issues surrounding organisational change projects

Key Skills:

• To understand the problems and issues in researching organisational change
• To begin initial formulation and articulation of a potential scheme of research in the subject area of organisational change
• Effective written communication

• The module will be delivered in a three-day block composed of six lectures, three seminars and three workshops. The lectures offer introductions to current, contemporary theories while the seminars address questions such as: what does it take to apply these theories to well known, well documented change processes; what kind of insight do they yield; and what do they predict about the success of these processes?
• The workshops discuss the research design considerations triggered by some theoretical gaps, open, unanswered questions. They also look at the problems associated with some novel yet unexplained phenomena.

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