Offered
Caulfield First semester 2008 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2008 (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
Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%
Contact hours
3 hours per week
Prerequisites
Completion of 12 units including MGF1010
Prohibitions
MGC3130, MGW3130