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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
Course Name (English) CHANGE AND ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Course Code HRM645
MQF Credit 4
Course Description Organization development (OD) involves the process of improving organizational effectiveness and developing personal and organizational change through the use of interventions driven by behavioral and social science knowledge. It is concerned with the planning, formulation, implementation and evaluation of interventions that help organizations and individuals change successfully.
Transferable Skills Reflective learner (Demostrate ability to identify and articulate self, skills, knowledge and understanding confidently and in variety of context)
Solution Provider (Demonstrate ability to analyse issues/ problems from multiple angles and make suggestions)
Teaching Methodologies Lectures, Blended Learning, Field Trip, Case Study, Problem Based Learning (PBL), Discussion, Presentation, Collaborative Learning
CLO
CLO1 Justify the theories and concepts in organizational development and change management.
CLO2 Demonstrate managerial skills through case studies related to different approaches in managing change and organizational development.
CLO3 Demonstrate positive values, attitudes, and professionalism in managing change and organizational development.
Pre-Requisite Courses No course recommendations
Topics
1. Introduction
1.1) a. Definition of OD
1.2) b. Importance of OD
1.3) c. History of OD
2. Nature of Change
2.1) a. Theories of planned change
2.2) b. Models of planned change
2.3) c. Types of planned change
3. Foundation of OD
3.1) a. Organization development practitioners
3.2) b. Leadership role of OD practitioners
3.3) c. OD practitioners competencies
3.4) d. OD practitioners and professionalism
3.5) e. Values and Ethics of Organization Development
4. Recognizing the need for change
4.1) a. The drivers for change
4.2) b. Diagnosing the need and readiness for change
4.3) c. Understanding resistance to change
5. The process of organizational change
5.1) a. Diagnosing organizations
5.2) b. Collecting and analyzing diagnostic information
5.3) c. Designing interventions
5.4) d. Implementing change
5.5) e. Evaluating organization development interventions
6. OD Intervention
6.1) a. Introduction to interventions
6.2) b. People and process
6.3) c. Strategy and structure
7. Organizational transformation
7.1) a. Characteristics of transformational change
7.2) b. Integrated strategic change
7.3) c. Organization design
7.4) d. Culture change
8. Sustaining change
8.1) a. Ensuring sustainable change through monitoring and measurement
9. Global issues and future of OD
9.1) a. OD’s issues in global environment
9.2) b. Complexity of change
9.3) c. Global OD Practioners
 
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment60.00%
Final Assessment40.00%
Details of Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Assessment Description % of Total Mark CLO
Assignment Individual Assignment 1 (Discussion via Video Presentation) 20% CLO3
Group Project Video Presentation Assignment 30% CLO2
Written Report Individual Assignment 2 (Reflection Paper) 10% CLO3
Reading List
Recommended Text
  • Donald L. Anderson 2016, Organization Development, 9 Ed., Sage Publications, Incorporated [ISBN: 9781506316574]
Reference Book Resources
  • Thomas G. Cummings,Christopher G. Worley 2014, Organization Development and Change, 10th Ed., Cengage Learning [ISBN: 9781133190455]
  • Dianne Waddell,Thomas G. Cummings,Christopher G. Worley 2011, Organisational Change, 2 Ed., Cengage Learning [ISBN: 9780170185950]
Article/Paper ListThis Course does not have any article/paper resources
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