MANAGING ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE

EDU5MOC

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Organisations are under pressure to change. The need for flexibility, team work, customisation and problem solving in the work context has created a need for understanding how organisations change and the way that change is managed. In this subject students will focus on educational organisations and how they are responding to social, economic and political change. The focus is on the key stakeholders, management and workers, and the way that organisational change impacts on their life and work in the organisation. Students will be introduced to change management theories, especially those relevant to educational organisations and apply the theoretical knowledge to their experiences and practices. The common focus is on how people might be enabled to deal with such changes. Recent case studies of workers whose institutions are changing are considered, together with practical strategies for the development of practical management skills.

School: Education (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Troy Heffernan

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

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Quota Management Strategy: N/A

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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

The Heart of Change

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Kotter, J. & Cohen, S.

Year: 2002

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Publisher: HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS PP1-14

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Educational change over time? The sustainability and nonsustainability of three decades of secondary school change and continuity

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Hargreaves, A. & Goodson, I.

Year: 2006

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Publisher: EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION QUARTERLY 42(1), 3-41

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Inclusive and exclusive educational change: Emotional responses of teachers and implications for leadership

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Hargreaves, A.

Year: 2004

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Publisher: SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 24(2), 287-309

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Organisational change: Development and transformation

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Waddell, D., Creed, A., Cummings, T., & Worley, C.

Year: 2016

Edition/Volume: 6th ed

Publisher: Cengage Learning Australia

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Achieving organisational change through values alignment

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Branson, C.

Year: 2008

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Publisher: JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION, 46(3), 376-395

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The impact of workplace remodelling on change management and working practices in English primary schools.

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Hammersley-Fletcher, L.

Year: 2008

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Publisher: SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, 28(5), 489-503.

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Distributed leadership and organizational change: Reviewing the evidence.

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Harris, A., Leithwood, K., Day, C.,Sammons, P., & Hopkins, D.

Year: 2007

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Publisher: JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL CHANGE, 8, 337-347.

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Manage the change or it will manage you.

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Voehl, F., & Harrington

Year: 2016

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Publisher: CRC Press, London

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Examine the process of organisational change from broad social and economic perspectives.

02. Demonstrate an understanding of workplace learning and the politics of practice and how these shape organisational change.

03. Critically evaluate organisational learning as a way to manage change.

04. Recognise and analyse common strategies for change seen in managers and staff during organisational change.

05. Demonstrate strategies to lead and manage in a rapidly changing environment.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Week 10-25, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Troy Heffernan

Class requirements

Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 10 - 25
Three 6.00 hours lecture/workshop per study period on weekends during the day from week 10 to week 25 and delivered via face-to-face.

Scheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 25
Three 2.00 hours scheduled online class per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 25 and delivered via online.
Online classes

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 12 - 25
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class every two weeks on weekdays during the day from week 12 to week 25 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Assessment Task 1a Case Study Summary (800 words equiv)Summary of main themes in selected case study	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	15	SILO1, SILO3, SILO5
Assessment Task1b Case Study - Analysis and contribution to debate (1200 words)Individual provocative, analytical contribution to Case Study summary 1a	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	25	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO5
Assessment Task 2 Essay (Major Task) (approx 2500 words)Initiating a plan for change in chosen organisation context	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	50	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
Assessment Task 3 - Online contribution (500 words equivalence)Ongoing fortnightly Padlet contribution	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	10	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5