MGX2621

Organisational change

Ms Nell Kimberley
6 points
* One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial
* First and second semester
* Caulfield and Peninsula
* Prerequisites: Completion of MGX2691

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 change processes in terms of organisation development theory and the learning organisation; recommend desired changes for planned organisational change.

Synopsis Contents of organisational change; models/frameworks of organisational change; organisational development theory and socio-technical change; the learning organisation; leading and managing change from a systems perspective.

Assessment Essay: 20%
* Group work: 30%
* Class participation: 10%
* Examination (2.5 hours): 40%

Prescribed texts

Senge P The fifth discipline: The art of becoming a learning organisation Random House, 1992
Harvey D F and Brown D R An experiential approach to organisation development Prentice-Hall, 1996