BU5839 - Understanding Organisational Change

Credit Points: 15

Course Co-ordinator: Prof P Dawson

Pre-requisite(s): Students must be registered for Postgraduate programmes in Management, Enterprise & Innovation or Management, Economics and International Relations and have successfully completed 1st semester courses

The course aims to accomplish a greater understanding of the dynamic and complex processes associated with organizational change. Some of the major challenges facing modern organizations are examined through providing detailed case illustrations on the corporate, divisional and local management of change. The course has a particular focus on the human dimensions to change and the contemporary experience of people at work. Theories of change are evaluated and the main dimensions to change are outlined. Learning is encouraged through interaction, reading, investigation and critical discussion, and students will engage in a group project on a key aspect of change. The course seeks to deal with conceptual and practical issues and to discuss and debate the link between academic learning and business practice.

6 three-hour sessions over a 6 week period

One 2 hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%)