MGT540 Management of Change (8)

CSU Discipline Area: Management (MANAG)

Duration: One session

Abstract:

This subject develops an understanding of organisational change, its antecedents, and its management and evaluation. Grounded in key concepts of strategic alignment, the student will examine organisational change from multiple frames or perspectives, at the organisational level. Opportunities for applying knowledge to analyse organisational problems will be a central feature of learning in this subject.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations

Term 2
Internal	Economic and Finance Institute
Session 2
Internal	CSU Study Centre Sydney
Distance	Bathurst
Session 3
Distance	Bathurst

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: MGT540

Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Enrolment restrictions:

Postgraduate students only

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to summarise the environmental pressures that are heightening organisations' attention to managing organisational change in achieving ongoing strategic alignment;
be able to conceptualise and analyse organisational change using structural, human resource, political and symbolic frameworks;
be able to develop change strategies that align organisational strategy with the external business environment;
be able to identify and manage resistance to organisational change; and
be able to analyse the ethicality of change programs and the effectiveness of change programs.

Syllabus:

The subject will cover the following topics:

The change context - external and internal factors underpinning organisational change
The contestable nature of change
Frameworks for analysing change
Change interventions using a multi-frame approach
Resistance and its management
Ethical issues in managing change
Evaluating change

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