Prescribed Text

• Palmer, I., Dunford, R. and Buchanan, D. (2016). Managing Organizational Change: A Multiple Perspectives Approach. 3rd Edition, New York and London: McGraw Hill.

The 3rd Edition of this textbook is an excellent resource, providing a guide to key concepts, tools and case studies. It is, however, to be used as a resource. The structure of the course and the 5M model that it uses follows the Essential Reading below. What the text provides, however, is essential and required background information and knowledge about what has become an unwieldy and often confusing literature on change management.

For information on textbook prices and online ordering, please refer to the Co-Op Bookshop webpage at http://www.coop.com.au

Some people have found that there is an International Edition that is cheaper and useable.

Essential Text

• Badham, Richard (2013). Short Change. An Introduction to Managing Change. Suny Press, ISBN: 9789662965094
• Badham, Richard (2013). 7 Leaflets on Inspiring Change & the 5M Model.

The brief Short Change book has been designed to be short, cheap and is purchasable for $20 as a Kindle ebook (http://www.amazon.com/Short-Change-Introduction-Managing-ebook/dp/B00OPXVJ0S/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1418684457&sr=1-1&keywords=badham).   

The Short Change book and associated 7 Leaflets will be also be provided free on the iLearn websited under ‘Essential Reading’

The text and associated leaflets are necessary for both your Learning Diary explanation of the 5M Framework and as a guide for the mapping and intervention in your Action Project.

Access to Technology

Access to a personal computer and internet connection is required to access learning material/resources online on Macquarie University's online learning management system called iLearn.

MGSM iLearn

The class iLearn page for this unit is located at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/​. You must be enrolled in this class to see the class iLearn page.

Lecture Slides

Lecture slides will be provided to students only in soft-copy format via the class iLearn page.

Readings

Readings are provided to students only in soft-copy format via the class iLearn page.

For class dates, please refer to MGSM Timetable (You will need your Macquarie One ID to access).

PRE-WORK & INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION

This course is about enhancing your abilities to lead change, and to do so the pre-work, course structure and assignments are designed to enhance your self-reflection and provide real-world practical experience for you to experiment with and reflect on.

1. Prior to the first weekend block, you are expected to watch and analyse 3 video case studies: (Ahead of the Class (a fictional movie starring Julie Walters, based on a book by Lady Stubbs about her transformation of St George’s School); Jamie Oliver’s School Dinners (the first  ‘reality TV’ documentary about Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution’ ; and Morgan Motor Cars (a ‘reality TV’ documentary from  Troubleshooter series, as Sir John Harvey Jones acts as a consultant to Morgan Motor Cars to advise them on their future).  In brief, what you are required to do is: (i) to open up the Introduction to Video Case Studies on iLearn, review the instructions, download the videos*; (ii) download and read Rosabeth Moss-Kanter’s article on Seven Skills of the Change Agent, and fill out her ‘Seven Skills’ questionnaire for each of the three ‘change agents’.  On Day 1, you will work together in a group of 3, to present your conclusions.  You will be advised on Day 1 about the nature and form of the presentation.

* Please note that there are 4 Jamie Oliver videos which take 10-20 minutes to download, and you are only required as pre-work to watch the first video.  If you can access the videos through another form, this will save you time.  If you have problems uploading, and cannot access in any other way, then one copy of the videos will be held by Paul Marevich, and you should contact him about access.

2. On the day before the first block class, you will be sent an email with website details for the ExperienceChange simulation being undertaken on the Saturday of the first weekend.  Please bring this password to class.  The password will enable you to enter the website, and view the preparatory materials (Global Tech ExperienceChange: Change Theory & Player’s Guide).  These are not required reading prior to the first weekend.

3. Between the two weekend blocks, you will be required to analyse and get feedback from colleagues, friends and family on your leading change abilities, as viewed through the perspective of The Relating Compass.  This is essential for the final day 'Relating Compass' activities facilitated by During the first weekend, in your 3-person groups, you will have the opportunity to read the Relating Compass materials, and discuss how to carry out the required conversations. This will help prepare you for the second weekend, when on the Sunday there will be a facilitated all-day session on Leadership & the Relating Compass by Creative Wisdom in collaboration with Professor Badham.

FORMAL ASSESSMENT

In terms of formal unit assessment requirements, participants are required to:

Complete 2 Assignments

•      Learning Diary & Action Project
•      Group Report

Note:

Group assignment / work - to be submitted as groups documents electronically in iLearn. Learning Diary and Action Project - to be submitted electronically in iLearn. All assigned work has to be completed on time (unless a formal extension has been given prior to the due date) and in line with the guidelines Students are required to contribute fully to class and group-based discussions Marking criteria will be made available in class/iLearn.

CLASSES

Unit content will be introduced via a combination of lectures, class discussions, case studies, and videos.