Change Management (E)

first cycle

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: · Study how environmental events affect organizations and drive the need for continuous change · Analyze change at the individual, group, and systemic levels · Contrast planned and unplanned change · Evaluate and apply integrative models for assessing, diagnosing, and implementing the need for change · Identify the role of leaders and managers, change agents, and change recipients in various stages of organizational change · Comprehend the complexity of change within organizational cultures and systems

basic knowledge in strategic management

· The nature of change · Eight steps to successful change · Change management and organizational structure · Change strategies · Change resistance · Effective communication · Effective leadership

- Kotter (1996): Leading Change, Harvard Business School Press - Linstead et al. (2009): Management and Organization: A Critical Text, Palgrave - Palmer et al. (2009): Managing Organizational Change: A Multiple Perspectives Approach, McGraw-Hill - Bridges (2009): Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, Da Capo Press

presentations, final exam

English

3

0

2.0

presentations, open class discussions, team work, individual team coachings, readings

1

Prof.(FH) Dr. Christian Vohradsky

1

IP_BUS109

integrated lecture

Compulsory

not applicable