Course Plan – MBA

Academic Year 2015-16 Trimester VI

Course Title Organizational Change and Development

Course Code 14MH61

Course Facilitator Mutharasi P Credits 3

E-Mail mutharasi@tsm.ac.in Total no. of sessions 25

COURSE OVERVIEW

The course is aimed at creating a practical understanding about the Organizational change and Development process. This course will focus on issues on how HR function can create insight and competencies for initiating and facilitating change in organizations.

Learning Objectives:

1. To make students conversant with the concepts of Organizational change and Development (MA, MB)

2. Understand how interventions are developed and applied in organizations in order to drive business performance. (MA, MB)

3. Develop insight and competencies for initiating and facilitating change in organizations (MC)

COURSE CONTENT:

Module I

The meaning and nature of organizational change - Planned change – Barriers to change - Organizational culture and change

Module II

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Managing resistance to change – Individual and group resistance – overcoming resistance – Change agent – key roles – strategic management of change – process of change – Organizational diagnosis

Module III

Organization Development – Definitions and historical overview – Values, assumptions and beliefs – The OD process

Module IV

OD Interventions – Team Interventions, Intergroup and Third-party peacemaking Interventions, Comprehensive and Structural Interventions, HRM Interventions

Module V Issues in client-consultant relationships – Power, Politics and Organization Development, The future and Organization Development

Text Book:

Cummings, G. Thomas and Worley, G. Christopher, ‘Organization Development and Change’, Thompson Publications, 2005

References:

1. Wendell L French Cecil H Bell, Veena Vohra, ‘ Organization Development – behavioral science Interventions for organizational Improvement’, Pearson , Sixth Edition

2. Harsh Pathak, ‘Organizational change’, Pearson, 2011

EVALUATION COMPONENT

Evaluation parameter

Descriptions Marks LO

Case Discussion

Students will be assigned cases, and will be evaluated based on their preparation, presentation and integration and the ability to answer questions

25 1-3

Quiz Students will be given surprise and planned quizzes 10 1-3

Mid term A Midterm exam (standard format) will be conducted. 25 1-3

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End term (Exam for 100 marks)

A written exam will be conducted at the end of the trimester (Standard format) for 100 marks. This will carry 40% of the evaluation marks.

40 1-3

Total marks 100

SESSION PLAN

Session No.

Dates Topic

Session Objectives (LO if applica

ble)

Reading Material

1 02.02.16 Introduction to Organizational Change and Development

1 Chapter 1

2 03.02.16 The meaning and nature of organizational change.

1 -3 Chapter 2

3 04.02.16 Planned change - theories of planned change

2 and 3 Chapter 2

4

05.02.16 Article 1:

Change faster. How to build adaptive change in your organization by John P. Kotter.

2 and 3 Material will be provided

5 06.02.16 Leading change 2 and 3 Chapter 10

6

09.02.16 Organizational culture and change

Quiz - 1

2 and 3 Material will be provided

7 23.02.16 Managing resistance to change 2 and 3 Material will be

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– Individual and group resistance, Overcoming resistance

provided

824.02.16

Change agent – key roles2 and 3 Material will be

provided

9 29.02.16 Process of change – Organizational diagnosis

2 and 3 Chapter 5 & 6

10

01.03.16 Article 2:

The Real Reason

People Won’t Change

by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey

Quiz - 2

2 and 3

Material will be provided

11 02.03.16 Organization Development – Definitions and history

2 and 3 Chapter 1

12 02.03.16 The OD practitioner 2 and 3 Chapter 3

1304.03.16 Values, assumptions and beliefs 2 and 3 Chapter 4

14 11.03.16 The process OF OD 2 and 3

15 14.03.16 Designing interventions 2 and 3 Chapter 9

16 15.03.16 Article 3:

Cracking the Code of

Change

by Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria

2 and 3 Material will be provided

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Quiz - 3

17 16.03.16 OD Interventions – Team Interventions

2 and 3 Chapter 12

18 17.03.16 Intergroup and Third-party peacemaking Interventions

2 and 3 Chapter 12

19

22.03.16 Article 4:

Change Through

Persuasion

by David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto

2 and 3

Material will be provided

2023.03.16 Comprehensive and Structural

Interventions2 and 3

Chapter 14, 15 & 16

21 24.03.16 HRM Interventions Chapter 17 & 18

22

29.03.16 Article 5:

Tipping Point

Leadership

by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne

Quiz - 4

2 and 3 Chapter 9

2330.03.16 Client-consultant relationships -

Issues2 and 3 Material will be

provided

2431.03.16 Power, Politics and

Organization Development

2 and 3 Material will be provided

25 01.04.16 Revision

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ASSESSMENT RUBRICS

Case Discussion

Criteria Meets the Standard

Partly Meets Standard

Does Not meet standard

Weights

Listening, questioning and discussing

Student listens, questions, discusses points and helps direct group

Student remains quiet, inattentive. Does not contribute to class discussions

Student actively disrupts classes by talking/distracting neighbors

10

Preparation Student has come prepared with the required reading materials, written documents etc.

Student is rarely/ somewhat prepared with class reading materials, written documents

Student is never prepared with the required class materials

10

Team work Student takes active role in group work, encourages and works positively with others

Student does not take an active role in group work.

Student is disruptive of groups often causes conflicts.

05

Total 25

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Quiz

Criteria Meets the Standard Partly Meets Standard

Does Not meet standard

Weights

Conceptual clarity

Student has understood the concept

Has some difficulty in following the concept

Poor understanding of the concept

5

Analytical ability

Students can answer all questions posed and apply

Students are able to answer only some of the questions posed

Students are unable to handle any question

3

Preparation Student has come prepared with the required reading materials, written documents etc.

Student is rarely/ somewhat prepared with class reading materials, written documents

Student is never prepared with the required class materials

2

Total 10

Mutharasi P Dr. M. Selvalakshmi

Signature of Faculty-in-charge Signature of Principal

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