Module description
What is the module about?
This module aims to facilitate understanding of the kinds of change experienced in contemporary organisations and the factors responsible for this change. It fosters awareness of the different forms change can take in organisations and the processes entailed in bringing about and experiencing change. It enables understanding of the different roles individuals play in the change process, including the role of change agents.
Who should do this module?
This module is available to students who want to understand change in contemporary organisations, what drives it, and how it might best be managed. Students are encouraged to view change as a complex, unfolding process, with reference to an extended case study about change at the BBC. By studying the module, students will gain insight into the processes involved in implementing change and how these might be used to bring about change in different organisational contexts. They will learn to assess how and why resistance to change might occur in organisations and how it might best be overcome. They will gain knowledge of the roles that individuals play in the change process, as leaders, as change agents and as participators in the process of change.
Assessment details
65% two-hour examination
25% midterm assessment - 24-hour online essay test
10% Tutorial work
Teaching pattern
1 x 2 hour weekly lecture
1 x 1 hour fortnightly tutorial
Suggested reading list
Senior, B. and Swailes, J. (2016) Organizational Change, FT Prentice Hall (Fifth edition)