MGF3621 - Organisational change

Leader: Dr Ross Donohue

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2007 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Evening)

Synopsis

Theory of organisation change and development, OD and metaphor, the client-consultant relationship, diagnosis, interventions, organizational learning, resistance to change, managing resistance to change, evaluation and institutionalization of change, transformation and cultural change, future directions, revision.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• identify strategies and actions for planned organisational change;
• critically evaluate different frameworks and philosophies for change management in organisations;
• integrate and synthesise previous knowledge of organisational change processes;
• analyse change processes that exist at an individual level, group level and across the organisation as a whole;
• examine management practices which directly influence the success or otherwise of implementing a planned change process.

Assessment

Individual assignments (3000 words): 30%
Group presentation and assignment (2000 words): 30%
Examination (2 hours): 40%

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Completion of 12 units including MGF1010

Prohibitions

MGC3130, MGW3130