HPS721 - Organisational Development and Change Management
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Joshua Wood |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H752 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 2 x 3 hour seminar per fortnight |
Content
This unit will provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding of organisational development and change. Skills to critically assess, design, implement and evaluate organisational development and change initiatives will be the focus of this unit. Students will apply their evidence-based knowledge, skills and abilities to real-world cases.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Describe and critically evaluate a range of Organisational Development and Change models, theories and frameworks and apply to organisational issues. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Recommend and apply models, theories and frameworks to organisational change problems. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Critically analyse, evaluate and effectively communicate organisational development literature and theory. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Demonstrate knowledge and skills in diagnosing, planning, implementing, and critically evaluating organisational change interventions, learning from and working with interdisciplinary organisational teams (e.g., in HR, OH&S, risk, legal), and managing stakeholders. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Describe, analyse and interpret the psychological issues that hinder and facilitate the process of effective organisational changes, in a culturally responsive way, including with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Apply principles, frameworks and tools associated with research and evaluation of Organisational Development and Change initiatives. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Individual written report | 2500 words | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 2: Oral presentation - group assignment | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 3: Organisational Change Case-Study report - group assignment | 2000 words total | Pass/Fail |
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This unit is an ungraded pass/ungraded fail only. All assessments must be passed in order for the unit to be passed.
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HPS721 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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