Change Management (E)
Niveau
Third Year Bachelor
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
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
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
Prerequisites for the course
basic knowledge in strategic management
Course content
· The nature of change
· Eight steps to successful change
· Change management and organizational structure
· Change strategies
· Change resistance
· Effective communication
· Effective leadership
· Eight steps to successful change
· Change management and organizational structure
· Change strategies
· Change resistance
· Effective communication
· Effective leadership
Recommended specialist literature
- 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
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
Assessment methods and criteria
presentations, final exam
Language
English
Number of ECTS credits awarded
3
Share of e-learning in %
0
Semester hours per week
2.0
Planned teaching and learning method
presentations, open class discussions, team work,
individual team coachings, readings
individual team coachings, readings
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
2
Name of lecturer
Prof. (FH) Dr. Christian Vohradsky
Academic year
/
Key figure of the course/module
IP_BUS109
Type of course/module
integrated lecture
Type of course
Compulsory
Internship(s)
Not applicable.