Organisational Change

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2014:

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Organisational change is one of the greatest challenge facing managers in today's uncertain, volatile, ambiguous and competitive environment. Effective management requires an unprecedented degree of agility, and the current competitive environment puts unprecedented stress on organisation's and people's ability to change. This course will connect strategy, organisation and leadership concepts with managerial practices to provide students with strategies for setting and maintaining the course of change in an organisation.

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Prioritise the strategic reasons for change.
• Assess the change potential and capabilities of a given organisation.
• Devise a change strategy.
• Create and manage alliances for change.
• Facilitate people's engagement with change.
• Design an effective communication approach.
• Develop their leadership skills in change situations.

• 4 Syndicate assignemnts (50%)
  • Equivalent to individual 3,000 word assessment
  • End of subject
• Final examination (50%)
  • Hurdle requirement
  • Take home
  • 2,000 words
  • End of subject

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.