BUSI3381: Managing Organisational Change

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• The module aims to provide students with the following:
• Ability to develop their knowledge and understanding of the critical issues related to the theory and practice of organisational change.
• Opportunity to critically examine approaches and techniques for managing change.
• Critically understand research in the field of organisational change.

• Core concepts: the nature of change, types of change, theories of change
• Leadership vs. Management of Change
• Recognising and diagnosing the need for change:
• Managing the people issues: power, politics and stakeholder management.
• Planning, Communicating and Implementing Change.
• Sustaining Change and Transformation.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Define and critically evaluate the main theoretical perspectives relating to organisational change.
• Develop a knowledge and understanding of the nature of change in contemporary organisations.
• Ability to evaluate a strategic approach to managing organisational change.
• Assess the main approaches for managing change.
• Critically evaluate the processes, procedures, and practices of managing change in organisations.
• Understand critical perspectives on organisational change and their impact on the changing world of work.

Subject-specific Skills:

• By the end of the module, students will be able to:
• Critically evaluate the concepts of change and how they apply in different contexts.
• recognise and diagnose the need for change using appropriate models;
• shape implementation strategies using appropriate specialist techniques;
• have a critical awareness of techniques for sustaining change interventions and managing people during change interventions.

Key Skills:

• Select appropriate modes of communication.
• Effective presentation skills through oral, written, and technological media.
• Research appropriate periodicals, websites, books, and references to draw the required information.
• Having located relevant information from various sources to bring it together and present it in a coherent argument.
• Consider issues from various perspectives and draw upon appropriate concepts/values to reach a critical assessment.
• Take an active role in learning and recognise potential responsibility for your lifelong learning.
• Think laterally and inventively to develop original approaches to defining and solving problems.
• Prioritise tasks, manage and achieve results on time and within budgets and/or other constraints.
• Construct grammatically correct and well-written/spelled essays and reports using the most appropriate style.
• Understand verbal messages without prejudice or assumptions.
• Seek, store, retrieve, synthesize, use and present information in ways appropriate to the task, including C& IT.
• Use computer applications to the required level and appropriate to the problem.
• Cooperate with others, and make various contributions to help the group achieve its goal.
• Recognise and accommodate the fact that others have different needs, feelings, and/or behaviour, particularly in group work.

• This module is delivered in a blended action-learning format through weekly workshops with lecture style input and group exercises and activities which will introduce students to key concepts in managing change in organisation.
• The weekly workshops are supported by online asynchronous content and related activities, focusing key themes in the field of change management and as well as application to real-life situations in order to enhance employability.
• The module is assessed by a summative written assignment which will test students' understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned in a specific change intervention context.
• The formative assessment will be a group presentation based on a case analysis.

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