Organisational Change
MAN321
Overview
Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 3 mean?
Undergraduate Level 3
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Web Dependent
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
12 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$1,090.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$1,315.00 (AUD)
Description
This unit introduces you to various concepts of organisational change and development. It covers topics including: theories of organisational development, organisational change and organisational transformation; the role of the organisational change practitioner; development of change interventions; employee responses to change and challenges of change.
Note: If you are considering studying towards the Monash Bachelor of Business Studies, please be advised that this course is only available to students who registered prior to 1 October, 2010.
If you are studying Monash units towards other OUA degrees, any Monash units you enrol in and successfully complete between now and Study Period 4, 2011 which already credit into other OUA degrees will continue to be credited into those degrees.
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
You are recommended to have completed the following unit(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this unit:
- MAN11 — Introduction to Management
Assessment
- Assignment 1 (30%)
- Assignment 2 (30%)
- Invigilated Exam (40%)
Learning Outcomes
The learning objectives of this unit are to:
- introduce you to organisational change and development theories and develop fundamental knowledge of organisational change as an area of management
- explore various models and analytical tools used by organisational change practitioners
- identify and critically evaluate a variety of organisational change interventions
- develop an understanding of the challenges that both managers and employees face when experiencing change
- develop critical thinking and analytical skills in applying organisational change theory to various workplace situations.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: The nature of planned change |
| 2 | The role of the change agent |
| 3 | Entering and diagnosing the organisation |
| 4 | Designing and evaluating interventions |
| 5 | Interpersonal change interventions |
| 6 | Technostructural change interventions |
| 7 | Change in chaotic environments |
| 8 | Organisational learning and OT strategies |
| 9 | Action, research and appreciative enquiry |
| 10 | Human responses to change |
| 11 | Communicating change |
| 12 | Leading organisational change |
Study Resources
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Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is an approved elective in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Business Studies, Monash University
- Bachelor of Behavioural Studies (Psychology), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Behavioural Studies, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Business, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Technology (Information Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
