BUSI4X715: Change Management

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• To provide students with
• an in-depth understanding, at an advanced level, of the complexities of the theory and practice of change
• how shaping implementation strategies and managing change can be improved by engaging stakeholders with change.

• Content
• Core concepts: the nature of change; theoretical perspectives of change; types of change; critical perspectives of organisational change.
• Recognising and diagnosing the need for change: recognising the need for change; diagnostic and dialogic models.
• Managing the people issues: power, politics and stakeholder management and engagement; the role of leadership in change management; communicating change.
• Designing interventions: types of interventions
• Shaping implementation strategies and managing the change: effective change strategies; maintaining control.
• Evaluation of change interventions: measurement and monitoring; identifying benefits; managing risks.
• Sustaining change: organisational, team and individual influences for ensuring benefits are realised; embedding the change in the organisation..
• Impact of change on wellbeing.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• By the end of this module, students should be able to:
• critically evaluate the concepts of change and how they apply in different contexts.
• Apply tools and techniques for effectively implementing change Identify how to manage change so that it has a positive impact on organizational effectiveness and wellbeing.

Subject-specific Skills:

• By the end of this module, students should:
• be able to recognise and diagnose the need for change using appropriate models;
• be able to shape implementation strategies using appropriate specialist techniques;
• have a critical awareness of techniques for sustaining change interventions and for managing people during change interventions.

Key Skills:

• Effective written communication.
• Planning, organising and time management.
• Problem solving and analysis.
• Using initiative.
• Computer literacy.

• Learning outcomes will be met through workshop-based delivery, providing a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading. The written assignment will test students' understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned in the context of a specific change intervention.

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