CP4S13 - Understanding and Managing Change 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 3
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | CP4S13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Understanding and Managing Change | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Business and Creative Industries | ||
| Faculty Group: | Business Management | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Business Management | ||
| Module Leader: | Davina Evans | ||
| Module Team: | Naveen Madhavan, Adam Poole | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2015 | Final Year of Intake: | |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 7 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100813 - change management | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 3 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2022 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2028 |
Module Aims
To enable students to understand and critically analyse the management of change within a particular context and to develop recommendations for the effective implementation of change in the future.
Students will typically:
- Prepare, implement and evaluate strategic change within a familiar organisation.
- Establish a business need and obtain agreement for the development of a high-level business case.
- Develop and evaluate a range of high-level business case options for change, and provide a justification for the choice of preferred option with reference to clear criteria, in liaison with relevant stakeholders.
- Establish a business need and obtain agreement for the development of a high level business case.
- Develop a range of high-level business case options for change in liaison with relevant stakeholders.
- Develop an agreed strategy for change using a clear methodological approach.
- Communicate, implement, manage and evaluate at least part of the agreed strategic change strategy, or plan how this is to be done.
- Adopt an analytical and critical approach to a range of academic models, concepts and theories and demonstrate an explicit linkage between the change management strategy and academic literature.
- Make Assertions and develop arguments in a rigorous, balanced and objective ways.
Content Summary
The module includes the following:
- Identifying the internal and external drivers for change, including Force Field Analysis and tools and techniques to monitor the internal, sector and macro environments.
- A critical analysis of seminal Change Management theory.
- An examination of behavioural, psychodynamic and cognitive approaches to understanding Individuals and Change
- An exploration of the Individual, Group and Organisational reasons why Change fails and Overcoming Resistance
- The application of tools and techniques for appraising different options for change and measuring impact, including SAFe criteria.
The module is mapped into ILM Accreditation.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 6 |
| Seminar | 10 |
| Project supervision | 14 |
| Independent Study | 80 |
| Directed Study | 85 |
| Formative Assessment - Scheduled | 5 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Plan, effectively implement and rigorously evaluate change processes and outcomes and formulate realistic proposals for future use. |
| LO2 | Critically evaluate the principles and processes involved in the management of change. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Report 1 | Business Case on the Management of Change | 0 | 6000 | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Report 1 | ✔ | ✘ | |