Managing Organisational Change

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

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• Have knowledge and comprehension of different approaches to organisational change and their underlying assumptions and implications;
• Be able to analyse and evaluate the underlying assumptions and implications for practice of the different approaches;
• Be capable of applying different theories to real and hypothetical situations.

• 2-hour examination (50%)
• Assignments not exceeding 4000 words (50%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

• Problem solving skills and critical thinking skills will be fostered in the subject through the discussion and written exercises, and the selection of reading material;
• Verbal and written communication skills will be developed through discussion and written exercises;
• Research skills will be developed through the preparation of the written exercises.