Organisation Change Management

Course details

This modular course aims to enhance students' knowledge and understanding of organisational design, organisational change processes and organisational development and change. It also intends to advance students' skills and competencies in the diagnostic processes for assessing the need for change and the development, implementation, and evaluation of change strategies at all organisational levels. The themes covered will include:

• An introduction to organisational development and change
• Different types and philosophies of change
• managing change in the contexts of organisational culture, politics, gender and leadership
• Managing incremental change and the development of intervention change strategies at all organisational levels
• The organisational change agent and diagnostic process
• Managing discontinuous change; learning environments, and change in organisations.

Program Benefits

This modular course aims to enhance students' knowledge and understanding of organisational design, organisational change processes and organisational development and change. It also intends to advance students' skills and competencies in the diagnostic processes for assessing the need for change and the development, implementation, and evaluation of change strategies at all organisational levels.

The themes covered will include:

• An introduction to organisational development and change
• Different types and philosophies of change
• managing change in the contexts of organisational culture, politics, gender and leadership
• Managing incremental change and the development of intervention change strategies at all organisational levels
• The organisational change agent and diagnostic process
• Managing discontinuous change; learning environments, and change in organisations.

Program Outline

This modular course includes the following topics:

• An introduction to organisation change management
• The Environment of Change
• Leadership and the role of the change agent
• Managing resistance and organisational culture
• The process of organisational change
• OD interventions: People and process, Strategy and structure
• Organisational transformation and change
• Managing change
• Managing incremental change through organisation development
• Managing discontinuous change
• Learning environments in organisations

Course Modules

Students will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to:

• Explain the components and processes of organisation change and evaluate their implications for managers in a global and culturally perse working environment
• Investigate, interpret and assess change and development philosophies and associated models
• Evaluate suitable change strategies for the relevant levels; inpidual, group, inter-group and organisation
• Explain the managerial and leadership implications of managing change in any given organisations
• Demonstrate personal and group-based skills necessary to manage change processes

Entry Requirements

• Students who are interested to know more about Organisation Change Management.
• Students must be Singaporean / SPR to avail WDA funding

Certificates Issued

Upon successful completion of this module students will be issued with following SOAs:

• IT-CHG-301E-1 Contribute to Change
• LPM-CHG-401C-0 Manage Change

Education Pathway

Graduates who wish to pursue Masters of Business (ERP Systems) will get an exemption for 1 module.

Graduation Requirements

Students must successfully pass or deemed Competent (C) in assessments. Student upon failing will need to take the module again. An additional charge applies in such cases.