Description


ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Initial Ideas
What is the course all about. What is the broad topic, what are the main aspects to be covered?

This will be an introduction to managing change in organisations. After
defining exactly what change is for an organisation, we could also teach about
the different approaches to change management.
 

  • RenGal

    Interesting. I guess this course could apply to all types of organisations

Target Group


ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Initial Ideas
Briefly describe the characteristics, requirements and preferences of the target group

 
The target group is anyone who wants to
  learn how to manage change in an organization.
 
We should probably focus on managers.
 
 

    Course Objectives


    ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Initial Ideas
    Describe the main objectives you would like to achieve in the course. This can contain very broad competencies students shall achieve.

     
     
    1: The Dimensions of Change
     
     
    2: The Theoretical Evolution of
    Organisational Change I
     
     
    3: The Theoretical Evolution of Organisational Change II
     

      Prerequisites


      ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Initial Ideas
      Describe the prerequisites which you foreseen for the target group

       
       
      The prerequisites for the attending the
      Program are:
       
       
      • Internet access
      • Possession of personal e-mail
      •  Basic computer literacy
       

        Constraints / Standards


        ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Initial Ideas
        Which discipline / industry standards might have to be considered?

         
         
        Application forms can be submitted by:
         
         
        • graduates of domestic and foreign Universities and TEI 
        • secondary school graduates with work experience relevant to the subject
         
         
         
        Due to the limited number of participants,
        the following strict selection criteria shall apply.
         
         
        Criteria for Selection of Candidates
         
         
        • Degree of Diploma or Baccalaureat
         
        • Knowledge of English
        • Additional knowledge and skills (IT skills, participation in seminars, work experience)
         

          Course Objectives


          ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Outline
          Please describe the refined course objectives. This should be in line with module descriptions in the course syllabus.

           
           
          The first module aims to provide the
          students with the basic and most common grounds to understand managing change
          at different levels. In essence, in this session, students will acknowledge the
          need and nature of change at individual, group and organisational level.
          Furthermore, the analysis involves the interaction and the synergies that exist
          among changes at each level. The session ends with the description of the range
          of changes that organisations currently face.
           
           
          The second module will provide the
          theoretical foundations and origins of organisational change. Organisations and
          organisational change do not happen in a vacuum. Instead they form social
          institutions and compromises that are affected by other social, economic and
          political developments. From the other side organisations are composed by
          different people and distinct personalities. Psychological, sociological and
          management theories perceive change from a different angle. However a synthesis
          of the elements of each theoretical contribution helps in the understanding of
          the importance of change for organisational life and sustainability.
           
           
          The
          third module deals with contemporary perspectives in organisational theory that
          have influence the conceptualisation of change in the modern business world. In
          essence these perspectives are related to the General Systems Theory, the Enactment
          Theory and the relativistic postmodernist version that tends to view questions
          of right and wrong, good or bad as a matter for personal reflection and
          practice. At the next section of the unit we describe certain paradigms to
          organisational theory including the Japanese approach, the organisational
          learning thesis and the Culture-Excellence school.
           

            Learning Outcomes


            ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Outline
            Please describe the learning outcomes.

             
             
            Hopefully, after completing this course, our students will know that:
             
            • Managing change is a fundamental part of the management process.
            • It is essential for managers to understand the nature of change and the way to handle it successfully
            • The effects and consequences of change should be fully analysed before engaging in any form of change initiative
            • Change can influence the entire organisation and changes on one level will affect other levels
            • Change can be minor and incremental or major and ground-breaking
            • Depending on the scale, severity or urgency of the change, it may be necessary to have different change strategies
            • In each situation, a different approach or magnitude of change is needed.
            • What  the main theoretical origins of change are
            • How to apply specific theoretical points in the interpretation of the issues covered in the next sessions regarding organisational change
            • How to combine different theoretical tools for effective management of change
            • The similarities and different approach between contemporary approaches of organisation theory
             

              Didactical Concept


              ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Outline
              Please describe the key aspects of the didactical / instructional design

               

                Course Plan


                ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Outline
                Please create a table which shows the main contents, learning activities as well as potential references (book chapters, papers, ..) and OER to be used for the course development.

                 

                  Course Development


                  ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: (Course) Development
                  Finally lets create our resource

                   

                    Experiences and Feedback


                    ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Evaluation
                    All users provide their experiences

                     

                      Follow up


                      ανάρτηση από Alanto στην κατηγορία: Evaluation
                      The group discusses and agrees on changes which should be made based on the feedback.