| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Introduction to Organisational Change |
| Unit ID: | BSMAN2001 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 080307 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of organisational change, increased competitive challenges and the need to be responsive to an ever changing environment. It will examine strategic change requirements; change opportunities; and change management strategies. Students will evaluate external and internal trends and environments that create and influence organisational change. They will understand the barriers to change and the essential components of a change management strategy. Students will develop mitigation strategies that address the barriers to change and produce organisational change management plans that include resource requirements, intervention activities and promotional strategies for organisational change. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | |  | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Recognise the internal and external trends and environments that create and influence organisational change |
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| K2. | Identify the essential components of a change management strategy and plan. |
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| K3. | Assess barriers to change and appropriate mitigation strategies |
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| K4. | Recognise the needed resources, intervention activities, and promotional strategies necessary for managing organisational change. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Identify internal and external trends and environments that create and influence organisational change. |
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| S2. | Demonstrate the application of essential components of a change management strategy |
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| S3. | Identify and develop resources, intervention activities and promotional strategies for organisational change |
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| S4. | Research and analyse barriers to change and mitigation strategies |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Use initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making when managing organisational change within the workplace. |
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| A2. | Adapt organisational change knowledge and skills in diverse contexts demonstrating and applying that knowledge and skills to show autonomy, well-developed judgement and responsibility |
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| A3. | Communicate research results, analysis and recommendations relating to the management of organisational change within the workplace. |
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| A4. | Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for their own learning and professional practice when managing the organisational change process. This includes ethical behaviour, social responsibility and sustainability practices. |
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| Unit Content: |
This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of organisational change, increased competitive challenges and the need to be responsive to an ever changing environment. It will examine strategic change requirements; change opportunities; and change management strategies. Students will develop the skills and knowledge to assist in organisational change readiness and understand the essential components of a change management strategy and plan. They will develop an understanding about the internal and external trends and environments that create organisational change, the resources required to manage organisational change, the barriers to change and the mitigation strategies needed to address this. Students will learn how to measure and monitor organisational change and develop cost benefit and risk analysis for developing strategic change management objectives and plans. Finally students will engage in the consultation and communication process needed to promote organisational change to all stakeholders. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K3, K4, S1, S3, A1, A2, A3, A4 | Examine how strategy, structure and culture relate to change and demonstrate a working knowledge of change interventions in these areas. | Essay/ Report/ Short answer test/ Presentation | 20-40% | | 2. | K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4 | Research, establish, monitor and evaluate an organisational change strategy. | Assignment/ Report/ Group presentation | 20-40% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, K4, S1, S2, S3, A2, A3 | Demonstrate theoretical understanding of organisational change principles and fundamentals. | Examination | 30-50% |
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