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MM320 Organisational Development and Change

Updated: 10 August 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Non-Mandatory Intensive school has been cancelled.
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 72cp
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Muayyad Jabri (mjabri@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit focuses on the processes associated with changing and developing an organisation. Topics covered include: change agency; models of the organisational development process; planned change and organisational renewal; the role of corporate culture; overcoming resistance to change; process consultation; intervention strategies; employee empowerment; and evaluating the effects of change. The unit proceeds from the point of view of a person who is consulting with an organisation to produce change.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

An Experiential Approach to Organisation Development
ISBN: 9780131248304
Harvey, D. and Brown, D., Prentice-Hall 7th ed. 2005
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 20% 1500
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
Project 30% 2500
Assessment Notes
Major project
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8
Final Examination 2 hrs 50%

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate the necessary conceptual tools and background for planning and executing organisational development and change programs;
  2. integrate learning across a range of human resource management and organisational behaviour domains in support of organisational development and change activities; and
  3. demonstrate contextualised experience in applying your learning in concrete organisational circumstances, either through detailed analyses of Australian organisational case studies or through actual experiences within your own organisation.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
 True True True
2 Communication Skills
Written communication skills are taught and assessed in the assignment work and online communications. 		True True
3 Global Perspectives
The unit content provides students with an understanding of organisational change within a global context. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Taught and assessed through assignment preparation, use of internet, Blackboard, etc. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Academic skills required for life-long learning are taught and assessed within the unit. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
 True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Increased awareness of socially responsible practices is emphasised in the unit. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Applied to change interventions 		True True
   

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