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Course Online Syllabus

Fall 2011

Department HCADCourse Number4355 Section Number25676
Name of Course Organizational Change
Name of Instructor Rauniar,Rupak

This information may not constitute all course policies; students are responsible for all course requirements established by their instructors during the semester and all institutional policies as established in the UHV student handbook.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this course, students will

  1. be able to understand the concepts of organizational change.
  2. be able to understand theories of effective change implementation.
  3. be able to understand organizational change diagnosis.
  4. be able to understand human resource development.
  5. be able to understand how to support new organizational behaviors.
  6. be able to understand the role of culture in change.
  7. be able to understand the role of leadership in change

Major Assignments/Exams

Tests (20% x 3) 60%
Class Participation 20%
Group Project 15%

Required Reading

Bert Spector, Bert Spector, Implementing Organizational Change: Theory Into Practice, 2/E,, 2/E ed. Prentice Hall, ISBN 0136074286,2 ed., ISBN 0136074286.

Case studies and additional reading materials required for this course can be purchased from: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/9754317 Please note that if you are a first time user to this site, you will be required to setup a login account first. Articles that does not require purchase for the UHV student, and required for this course can be accessed from the course homepage : http://www2.uhv.edu/rauniarr/

Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.

List of Discussion/Lecture Topics

  • Introduction to Course
  • chap 1
  • Chapter 2:Theories of Effective Change Implementation
  • Labor Day Holiday
  • Chapter 3: Mutual Engagement
  • TEST 1 (Chapter 1, 2, 3)
  • Chapter 4: Organizational Redesign
  • Chapter 5: Developing Human Resources
  • Chapter 6: Reinforicing New Behaviors
  • TEST 2 (Chapters 4,5, 6)
  • Case Discussion
  • Case 2: Organizational Transformation: Agency for Volunteer Service
  • Case 3: Northwest Airlines Confront Change
  • Chapter 7: Organizational Culture and Change
  • Chapter 8: Leading Change
  • Case 4: Peter Browning and Continental White Cap
  • TEST 3 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8)