A Practical Approach to Change Management MGT5464

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: Adam Smith Business School
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Taught Wholly by Distance Learning: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

A Practical Approach to Change Management introduces a range of frameworks, theories and literature related to designing and implementing a suitable change management plan to support organisational changes.

Timetable

This course is made up of asynchronous online sessions. The student is anticipated to engage in approximately 100 notional learning hours. Each session consists of a combination of recorded lectures or interviews, online activities, as well as case studies and recommended reading discussions.

Requirements of Entry

Please refer to the current postgraduate prospectus at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

The summative assessment is a critical reflective essay of 2,500 words in report form. The assessment is based on a case study where the student is required to analyse the change management implemented and reflect on the value assumptions and orientation, critically analyse the situation, and recommend the most appropriate change implementation strategy.

Course Aims

The overarching aim is to provide participants with knowledge and understanding of change management philosophies and methodologies. The knowledge will enable students to analyse, synthesise, evaluate and make sense of dynamic change situations within and outwith their organisations and recommend a course of action consistent with the organisation's strategic direction.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Apply a range of change management methodologies and relevant theories that can inform and support their application to practical situations.

2. Evaluate the influence of internal processes, relationships, and external environmental conditions in driving organisational change.

3. Develop practical solutions by synthesising the concepts and techniques learnt in a change management plan.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.