CHANGE MANAGEMENT (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:Explain the concept of organization theory and behaviour; Describe the concept of strategy development and change management; Apply the model of change management and challenge of change; Analyze the case of managing change

Topics:

1. From trial and error to the science of management:
2. the rise of organisation theory;
3. Developments in organisation theory: from certainty to contingency;
4. In search of new paradigms;
5. Critical perspectives on organisation theory: postmodernism, realism and complexity;
6. Culture, power, politics and choice;
7. Approaches to strategy: managerial choice and constraints;
8. Applying strategy: models, levels and tools;
9. Approaches to change management;
10. Developments in change management: the emergent approach and beyond;
11. A framework for change: approaches and choices;
12. Organisational change and managerial choice;
13. Management – roles and responsibilities.