Online Courses Handbook 2003

5757 (v.6) Organisation Change and Development 573

Area:	Graduate School of Business
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	5698 (v.5) Organisational Behaviour 550 or any previous version
This unit focuses on how to successfully implement major organisational change, organisational restructuring and strategic plans. The current models for organisational change and development are covered along with a number of case studies on change. Interventions such as team building, conflict resolution methods, and survey feedback methods are discussed. Students act as consultants to Perth business and government organisations on real problems and projects. They develop a consulting contract, work on a real organisational problem and provide a report and presentation to the company at the end of the assignment.