Organisational Design and Change Management (MGTS3601)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2024
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
School
Business School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Lecture 2 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 1 Hour/ Week
Incompatible
MGTS7707
Companion
MGTS2604
Restricted
Quota: Minimum of 35 enrolments
Course enquiries
Doctor Caroline Knight ()
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
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Course description
Globalisation, technology change, economic uncertainty and changing expectations of employers, employees and consumers have placed enormous pressures on organizations, but have also presented opportunities. Organizations have responded to this context in many ways including changing business models, disrupting other¿s business models, outsourcing, automation, changing traditional employee-employer relationships, restructuring and, in some cases, ceasing operations. This course focuses on building an understanding of the complexity of navigating these changes in organisations for healthy and productive workplaces and sustainable outcomes for the organisation, their stakeholders and society as a whole. Topics covered will include classic and contemporary approaches to managing change and designing organisations, critical evaluation of alternatives, ethical and wellbeing perspectives, and the application of practical tools in facilitating effective processes. We will develop skills in working with leaders, employees and other stakeholders to diagnose change issues and opportunities, design effective intervention strategies and then implement, evaluate, adjust and support these strategies in practice to sustain the change over time.