Organisational Change Strategies

MGDI70882 Organisational Change Strategies 15 Semester 2 Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Richard Duncombe Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 This course unit aims to help participants understand the emergence of new types of organisation, and analyse strategies and techniques that are applied to support organisational change. The unit begins with an analysis of new organisations within different development contexts. Based on a number of frameworks for understanding organisational change, it then analyses a series of organisational change strategies – business process re-engineering, outsourcing, customer orientation, knowledge management and empowerment.  For each strategy, there is analysis of case studies drawn from public, private and third sectors, which highlight the positive and negative impacts of change, and critically evaluates the implementation methods used. This course unit aims to help participants understand the emergence of new types of organisation, and analyse strategies and techniques that are applied to support organisational change. <ol> <li> Understand the implications of new organisational forms within different development contexts, and the changes that it implies.</li> <li> Understand assessment frameworks for the implementation of organisational change and the impacts of change.</li> <li> Critically appraise and contribute to the strategies and processes of change that are part of current conceptions of the new organisation, such as knowledge management and business process re-engineering.</li></ol>  -Understanding the complexity and interdependence of change using diagnostic models, e.g., Weisbord Model, Congruence model and 7S model.-Organisational and group level change - change strategies: BPR/TQM; Outsourcing; Customer orientation; Knowledge management; Empowerment  -Applying and adapting change assessment models to specific organisational change case studies-Case study analysis -Applying techniques to decide why organisations need to change (SWOT, environment analysis)-Determining who and what can change (force field analysis, drivers and constraints, readiness and capability for change)  -Team/group work skills Other -Experience gained with practical change strategies that are relevant to contemporary organisations: BPR/TQM; Outsourcing; Customer orientation; Knowledge management; Empowerment. Week 1: The New OrganisationWeek 2: Understanding Organisational ChangeWeek 3: Managing Organisational ChangeWeek 4: Managing Organisational Change Case StudyWeek 5: Business Process ReengineeringWeek 6: OutsourcingWeek 7: Customer OrientationWeek 8: Knowledge ManagementWeek 9: EmpowermentWeek 10: Summation/Debate  -Lectures -Tutorials -Group work -Case study analysis   3 Report 100% <ul><li>Evaluation Report (3,000 words)</li></ul> Groupwork feedback from students (weeks 5-9)Feedback to students on case study analysis (weeks (weeks 2-4)   MSc Mgmt & Inf Sys: Chge & Dev MSc Mgmt & Inf Sys: Chge & Dev PGDT Taught Component Optional MSc Mgmt & Inf Sys: Chge & Dev MSc Mgmt & Inf Sys: Chge & Dev PGDT Taught Component Optional MSc Organisatnl Change & Devel MSc Organisatnl Change & Devel PGDT Taught Component Mandatory MSc Organisatnl Change & Devel MSc Organisatnl Change & Devel PGDT Taught Component Mandatory MSc HRD (Int'l Development) MSc HRD (Int'l Development) PGDT Taught Component Optional MSc HRD (Int'l Development) MSc HRD (Int'l Development) PGDT Taught Component Optional MSc HRM (Int'l Development) MSc HRM (Int'l Development) PGDT Taught Component Optional MSc HRM (Int'l Development) MSc HRM (Int'l Development) PGDT Taught Component Optional N <ul> <li> B. Senior & Swailes, S. (2016) Organisational Change (5th Ed). Financial Times/Prentice-Hall, Harlow, Essex.</li> <li> Cameron, E. & Green, M. (2015) Making sense of change management: a complete guide to the models, tools and techniques of organisational change. 4th ed. London: Kogan Page.</li> <li> Carnall, C. & Todnem By, R. (2014) Managing Change in Organisations (6th Edition), Pearson, Harlow.</li> <li> Burnes, B. (2014) Managing Change (6th Ed), Pearson, Harlow, Essex.</li> <li> Myers, P., Hulks, S. & Wiggins, L. (2012) Organisational Change: Perspectives on Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press.</li> <li> Rosenbaum, D., More, E. & Steane, P. (2018) Planned organisational change management: Forward to the past? An exploratory literature review, Journal of Change Management, Vol 31 (2): 286-303</li> <li> Burnes, B. & Jackson, P. (2011) Introduction: Why does change fail, and what can we do about it?, Journal of Change Management, 11(4): 445-450</li> <li> Todnemby, R. (2005) Organisational Change Management: A Critical Review, Journal of Change Management, 5 (4): 369-380.</li> </ul>   Lectures 20 Tutorials 10 0 120