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 Academic Year: | 2017/8 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Description:
| Aims: The aim of this course is to provide an appreciation of a number of approaches, concepts and models relating to the leadership and management of change in organizations. Such an appreciation includes an understanding of the academic literature, as befits a BA degree, but ever mindful of the practical relevance of the subject it also focuses on the knowledge and skills required to bring about organizational change. Thus we will be concerned with both the thinking and doing of organizational change. In order to achieve this course objective, which is essentially linking theory to practice, a number of different learning vehicles and styles will be used including group work and lecturing. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, the student should have/be able to: * an in-depth understanding of organisational change, the contexts in which it operates, and how change can be effectively managed and led * the facility to apply critically subject-specific knowledge into a range of change situations * a conceptual understanding of theoretical frameworks that enable the student to link meaningfully the theory with the practice of organisational change. Skills: Critical thinking - facilitated and assessed Research skills - facilitated and assessed Knowledge (of leading and managing change) - facilitated and assessed. Content: The course links theory to practice by considering a number of approaches, concepts, models and frameworks linked to leading and managing change. For example, it will consider, among others, sensemaking, narrative, micro-political, cultural and social dynamics perspectives on change. |
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MN30602 is Optional on the following programmes:School of Management
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