Module BUSI4X715: Leading and Managing Change

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI4X715: Leading and Managing Change

Tied To

• N2P109: Management
• N2PA09: Human Resource Management
• N2PC09: Management and Finance
• N2PE09: Management (Management Consulting)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To provide students with: -
• An in-depth understanding, at an advanced level, of the complexities of the theory and practice of leading and managing change.
• How shaping implementation strategies and managing change can be improved by engaging stakeholders with change.

Content

• Core concepts: the nature of change; theoretical perspectives of change; types of change; critical perspectives of organisational change.
• Recognising and diagnosing the need for change: recognising the need for change; diagnostic and dialogic models.
• Managing the people issues: power, politics and stakeholder management and engagement; the role of leadership in change management; communicating change.
• Designing interventions: types of interventions
• Shaping implementation strategies and managing the change: effective change strategies; maintaining control.
• Evaluation of change interventions: measurement and monitoring; identifying benefits; managing risks.
• Sustaining change: organisational, team and individual influences for ensuring benefits are realised; embedding the change in the organisation.
• Impact of change on wellbeing.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of this module, students should be able to:-
• Critically evaluate the concepts of change and how they apply in different contexts.
• Apply tools and techniques for effectively implementing change
• Identify how to manage change so that it has a positive impact on organizational effectiveness and wellbeing.

• By the end of this module, students should: -
• Be able to recognise and diagnose the need for change using appropriate models;
• Be able to shape implementation strategies using appropriate specialist techniques;
• Have a critical awareness of techniques for sustaining change interventions and for managing people during change interventions.

• Effective written communication.
• Planning, organising and time management.
• Problem solving and analysis.
• Using initiative.
• Computer literacy.

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

• Learning outcomes will be met through lecture / workshop delivery, providing a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading.
• The written assignment will test students' understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned in the context of a specific change intervention.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Group Presentation