MGT320 Managing Change (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Management (MANAG)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject presents you with an integrated approach to the theory, research and practice of the management of change, with particular reference to organisational change, including current and future issues in the management of people.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
| Internal | Bathurst |
| Internal | CSU Study Centre Sydney |
| Internal | Holmesglen |
| Internal | Northern Sydney Institute |
| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
| Distance | Bathurst | Session 2 |
| Internal | Holmesglen | Session 3 |
| Internal | CSU Study Centre Melbourne |
| Distance | Bathurst |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: MGT320
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
MGT210 or INR210 or (MGT100 and ITC350 )
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to demonstrate a perspective on the theory and practice of organisational change, through examination of relevant current research.
be able to discuss how political, economic and cultural changes in society affect the management of change in organisations.
be able to describe several techniques and methods for the diagnosis of external and internal pressures for change in organisations.
be able to develop action plans, from the study of individual, group and organisational change models, for management of change in organisations.
be able to assess the role of political, cultural and leadership factors in implementing change, taking into account the type, depth and scale of the change program.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Social and economic forces for the development of change in Australia. Processes of change; diagnosis, intervention, implementation. Issues in the management of change: . leadership and resistance . power, culture and the change agent . information technology and organisational change . social issues and management of change
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.