MGT3002 Leading Organisational Change (FOBUS)

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Springfield (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (080307) Band 3A

It is highly recommended that this course be taken after the completion of all other human resource management electives. Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at <http://www.usq.edu.au/ict/students/standards/default.htm>.

Synopsis

Students enrolled in this course are exposed to two complementary skills sets: organisational change and leadership. These two areas of proficiency feature consistently through the various modules of study. Students investigate organisation change with the objective of explaining why it occurs, how it occurs, how it can be managed, and what forms it can take, among other inquiries. The complexities of change present some very real challenges for leadership and part of the course examines some of these challenges. The early focus is on the various types of organisational change. As the literature suggests, there are quite different dynamics in play when change occurs, including scale of change, and the type of change will influence decisions about appropriate management of the change process. The above, and this course overall, highlights the role of the planned approach to organisational change. The learning extends to the processes involved in managing and leading change, including the important task of carrying out diagnosis, and its contribution to the overall objective of achieving meaningful, timely and (often, though not necessarily) lasting change. Various types of organisational change and development interventions are explored and students are exposed to the challenges related to choosing, designing and implementing appropriate interventions. Students are challenged to consider the need for organisations to be transformed in the context of an increasingly turbulent environment, and how this might be achieved, using the tools and knowledge contained within the course materials. As is fitting for students who are about to graduate and seek employment in enterprises around the globe, the course concludes with an examination of the future for leadership of organisational change.