Change Management

Rationale and Purpose of the Module: 
1. To enable students to gain a deeper understanding of organisational reality through the different levels and perspectives of change inside and outside the organisation.
2. To develop a deep appreciation of the inter-relationship between routines and change in terms of structure, culture management intervention and modes of reinforcement.
3. To actively engage students to develop skills in proven approaches to managing change and crises in both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations.
4. To enable students to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and complexity of international change management.
5. To give students a deep appreciation of the organisational and environmental roadmap of change.

Syllabus: Nature of organisational change, resistance to change, understanding attitudes and behaviours towards change, managerial skills of change agents, problems facing change agents, levels of organisational change, formation of implementation paths, mobilising for change, change levers and interventions, strategic change frameworks, monitoring, control and resourcing change, evaluating change, crisis management, management of stakeholders in change and crisis management.