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PSYB8965 – Organisational Change and Development

2020 – Session 2, Special circumstance

Notice

As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.

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General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Mel Taylor
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Admission to GradCertBusPsy or GradDipBusPsy
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
This unit is designed to enable students to acquire the knowledge necessary to identify the need for organisational change, establish the principles of organisational change from an organisational psychological perspective, and evaluate the outcomes of organisational change, particularly in terms of the psychological demands on workers. Students will be introduced to survey design and development to meet a range of purposes and will learn about the practical aspects of survey administration.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Describe and apply theories and models of change management and organisational development
  • ULO2: Identify and compare evidence-based individual, group, and organisational-wide approaches to organisational change/development interventions
  • ULO3: Apply a basic level of competence in diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating an organisational change/development intervention
  • ULO4: Demonstrate a basic level of interpersonal skills that enable effective oral and written communication with organisational clients throughout a change/development process
  • ULO5: Demonstrate an understanding of the considerations required when designing, administering, and reporting surveys in an organisational setting, including ethical issues.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Culture change case Study 60% No 21/09/20
Using surveys in organisational settings 40% No 26/10/20

Culture change case Study

Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 65 hours
Due: 21/09/20
Weighting: 60%

In this case study analysis of 2500 words, students are required to link culture and culture change theories with organisational development interventions in a real business situation. It highlights the practical and theoretical issues involved in identifying cultural challenges and designing and implementing a culture change intervention.


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Describe and apply theories and models of change management and organisational development
  • Identify and compare evidence-based individual, group, and organisational-wide approaches to organisational change/development interventions
  • Apply a basic level of competence in diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating an organisational change/development intervention
  • Demonstrate a basic level of interpersonal skills that enable effective oral and written communication with organisational clients throughout a change/development process

Using surveys in organisational settings

Assessment Type 1: Simulation/role play
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: 26/10/20
Weighting: 40%

Students are required to respond to a series of 5 short answer questions of 500 words each, in relation to a hypothetical organisational change scenario.


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Apply a basic level of competence in diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating an organisational change/development intervention
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the considerations required when designing, administering, and reporting surveys in an organisational setting, including ethical issues.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

This unit is delivered as three full-day workshops.

iLearn will be used to post all pre-work, resources, lesson recordings and assessment information relating to this Unit. Further information regarding this unit will be available via a Unit Outline posted in iLearn.

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Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct​

Results

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