Leading Change & Managing Continuity - MAN00097M
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Online Teaching Period 4 2022-23 |
Module aims
Change is often approached as though it is discontinuous, and leadership or change agency are inevitably disruptive. However, organizational reality suggests that long-term success lies in how the relationship of change to continuity is both managed and led. This module aims to provides a critical introduction to theories of change and explores through a variety of cases how they can shape effective practice. In organisations time, space, contexts and individuals vary to the extent that continuity is just as much an accomplishment as change. We will look at examples that have both long and short-term features, and rather than assuming that change usually improves an organisation, will present a more critical perspective that recognises that change can lead to no improvement and indeed can cause damage – and explore ways of avoiding this.
Module learning outcomes
Academic and graduate skills
Successful completion of the module will demonstrate that students are able to:
- Critically evaluate different approaches to organisational change and appraise potential future directions.
- Appreciate the advantages and limitations of particular theories and organisational practices
- Develop a more sophisticated understanding organisational change and its relation to continuity, based on the challenges of contemporary theory and organisation cases
- Demonstrate sensitivity to the complexity of social, political, ethical, economic and philosophical issues that shape and drive organizational change and resistance.
- Reflexively develop a personal leadership and management approach
Module content
Subject content
- Types of change
- The context of change
- Theories of change and transformation; and their critique.
- Leading change
- Strategy, culture and continuity
- Implementing change
- Power and Resistance
- Damage, repair and recovery
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
Students will receive regular feedback on formative weekly activities and on the formative assessment. They will also receive a feedback sheet with detailed comments on the summative assessment explaining how they performed in relation to the assessment criteria. Turnaround time for summative assessment is 4 weeks. At the end of term, the module leader will develop a report about the module and the students’ performance which, once approved by the Board of Exams, will be uploaded onto VLE and made accessible to students.
Indicative reading
Hughes, M. (2010). Managing Change: A Critical Perspective. London: CIPD
Baxter, L. F.and MacLeod, A. (2008) Managing Performance Improvement, New York, Routledge.