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Unit of Study MGMT6001 - Organisational Change and Development (2021)

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Unit description

This unit aims to develop knowledge and skills in change management and organisational development suited to HR practitioners, middle or senior management and those involved in internal or external organisational consulting. There is an emphasis on practical skills and ethical practice supported by research.

Unit content

  1. Mapping the terrain of organisational change and development
  2. The nature of change
  3. Models of organisational change
  4. Recognising and diagnosing the need for change
  5. Managing personal transitions
  6. Politics, power and leadership
  7. Communicating change and motivating others
  8. The learning connection
  9. Strategies for change
  10. Interventions
  11. Evaluating and sustaining change

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Not currently available in 2021

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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

synthesise theories and models of organisational behaviour, organisational change and development and their critiques

critique the range of change interventions in relation to their appropriateness to a range of research and evaluate critically the impact organisational change interventions at all levels of an organisation

analyse organisational scenarios and critically discuss their effects on individuals, work groups and organisations.