Leading Change
Duration
- One semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2024 teaching periods
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
75 credit points
Corequisites
Nil
Aims and objectives
This unit introduces students to an overview of the concepts, theories, frameworks and research findings in the field of change management and business transformation. It aims to demonstrate how change management can be applied to `real world’ situations in relation to individuals, groups and organisations. The student will be able to apply the knowledge and context of theory in conjunction with case studies and guest speaker workshops, to produce their own small group project and learn through problem solving as a vehicle of achieving a desired solution based learning outcome.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Critically reflect on, explore and aim to understand self-management, performance and continuous development processes in regard to the dynamics of change.
2. Demonstrate critical understanding of the fundamentals of organisational change management theories, alternatives and frameworks, and how these can be applied in `real world’ situations.
3. Critically evaluate and learn how to apply advanced change management leadership concepts and theories across a range of different industries.
4. Critically analyse the dynamics of organisational responses to disruptive change and emerging technologies.
5. Work collaboratively in groups as a leader or member of a project team.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Block Mode:
This unit will be delivered in block or intensive mode. Block mode may consist of blended, intensive and immersive teaching, which can include full day teaching and weekend teaching requirements – as specified in the Unit Outline.
This unit will be delivered in block or intensive mode. Block mode may consist of blended, intensive and immersive teaching, which can include full day teaching and weekend teaching requirements – as specified in the Unit Outline.
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
1. Report and Presentation (Group) 40 - 60%
2. Reflection Essay (Individual) 40 - 60%
2. Reflection Essay (Individual) 40 - 60%
Content
• Self-examination, exploring discourse, habitus and variations of the `psychic prison’
• Resistance to change and understanding `loss’
• Change theories, models and frameworks
• Organisational cycles and business transformation
• Organisational development (OD) and change
• Change strategies, process, tools, techniques, implementation and evaluation
• Ethical considerations for sustainable change management
• Vision, mission, values and culture, and their links to organisational change
• Transformational and ambidextrous leadership, and their roles in change
• Recognising the need for change
• Innovation, globalisation, disruptive technology and change
• Why many change strategies fail
Study resources
- Reading materials and references.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.
References
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks, case studies/articles and further reading.