Change Management

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Taught at a host institution. Organisations have little choice, either they change or they will not survive. Change in organisations is continuous. Responsible organisational leaders may decide the directions for the organisation, but the changes must often be implemented by others who have not been a part of the decision making process. Why do people respond so differently? Who is likely to be enthusiastic, angry, unengaged or resistant? This unit will examine change in organisations from both a theoretical and practical standpoint. Change models will be considered in detail as will the levers of change and ways in which resistance to change can be anticipated and managed. The Unit will consider the role of leadership of the organisation in terms of their responsibility to be both an initiator and manager of change and provide tools and that will allow change to be measured and evaluated.