Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2011-2012 (archived)

Module BUSI42715: PLANNING THE CHANGE PROGRAMME

Department: Business School (Business)

BUSI42715: PLANNING THE CHANGE PROGRAMME

Type	Tied	Level	4	Credits	15	Availability

Tied to	N1KH07

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combination of Modules

None

Aims

The aim of the module is to enable participants to identify and plan outcomes and related measures of success for a change programme and define the means by which they will be achieved.

Content

Introduction to Benefits Management
A benefits perspective on the project lifecycle
Developing the Benefits Plan
Stakeholder analysis
Business roles in IS/change projects

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Have a critical appreciation of a benefit driven framework for the management of a change programme.
Have a critical appreciation of major success/failure factors for Information Systems initiatives.

Subject-specific Skills:

Be able to use a range of specialized practices for ensuring strategic alignment of a benefit driven change programme.
Be able to use a range of specialized practices for planning a benefit driven change programme.

Key Skills:

Consistently apply an advanced level of knowledge and wider intellectual skills in this complex and specialized area of study.
Be adaptable, and show originality, insight, and critical and reflective abilities which can all be brought to bear on unpredictable and problematic situations.
Be self directed and able to act autonomously in planning and implementing projects at professional levels, taking a high level of responsibility for themselves and others as appropriate.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

The learning outcomes will be addressed through a combination of lectures, case studies and seminars. The summative assessment by Assignment, is an application of the concepts of benefits planning to a specific IS change programme. It is designed to test both students' conceptual knowledge and understanding, and their ability to apply what they have learned.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	6		3 hours	18
Tutorials					■
Seminars	3		2 hours	6	■
Practicals
Group, case study work					■
Preparation & Reading				126
Other: (Mentor visits)
Total				150

Summative Assessment

Component: Assignment		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
assignment	3000 words maximum	100%

Formative Assessment:

Feedback on a draft benefit plan for an IS change programme in the participants organization.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University