Organisational change
Ms Nell Eastaughffe
6 points * One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial * First,second semester * Caulfield,Peninsula * Prerequisites: Completion of MGM2691
Objectives On completion of this subject students should be able to: build on previous knowledge of organisational change processes; demonstrate an understanding of change processes which exist in large organisations, small groups and intrapersonal situations; describe organisational processes in terms of open systems; apply a systems perspective to organisational change; design organisational systems that produce desired outcomes; recommend desired changes for planned organisational change.
Synopsis Contexts of organisational change; open systems theory; systems frameworks including hard and soft systems, social technical systems and systems archetypes; organisational diagnosis; the learning organisation; alternative approaches for planned organisational change; managing change from a systems perspective.
Assessment Essay: 20% * Group work: 30% * Class participation: 10% * Examination (2 hours): 40%