Organisational change
Ms Nell Kimberley
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 organisation 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%
Prescribed texts
Senge P The fifth discipline: The art of becoming a learning organisation Random House, 1992
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