Content and teaching | Assessment | Availability

Module content and teaching

Principal aims

The module's aims are: to examine how organisations are changing in practice and what tools and techniques are used by managers to shape the change process and organisations; to introduce you to the main theories which explain the adoption of management innovations and the changing context of organisations in the contemporary world e.g. theories of post-bureaucracy, postmodernism and the knowledge society and institutional and psychodynamic approaches to management innovation; to subject these theories of transition and innovation to critical scrutiny; to provide frameworks for making sense of new management ideas and their adoption.

Principal learning outcomes

By the end of the module you should be able to: display an understanding of the major theoretical perspectives on the changing contexts of organizations; analyse critically the core concepts of these theories and apply them to an understanding of the problems facing organisations; analyse critically how managers seek to change organisations and what tools and techniques are available to them; display an understanding of the role of knowledge and learning in organisational change; analyse how and why organisations are changing; present critical analyses of specific organisational change processes; locate organisational change processes in broader social changes; identify the problems with models of transition; understand the tools and techniques used by management in change processes and evaluate the effects of these on the organisation as a whole; locate the significance of learning and knowledge management to changing organisations; work on and manage projects; demonstrate interpersonal skills that will be useful in workplaces, such as influencing, resolving conflict and team work.

Timetabled teaching activities

2 x 1 hour lecture per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week

Departmental link

http://www.wbs.ac.uk/students/undergraduate/

Module assessment

Assessment group	Assessment name	Percentage
12 CATS (Module code: IB239-12)
D (Assessed/examined work)	Group Presentation	20%
	1.5 hour examinations (Summer)	80%
D3 (Assessed/examined work)	Group Presentation ( non finalist) (12 CAT NF)	20%
	Changing Organisations Exam (12 CAT NF)	80%
D4 (Assessed/examined work)	Group Presentation ( finalists) (12 CAT F)	20%
	Changing Organisations Exam (12 CAT F)	80%
VA (Visiting students only)	100% assessed (visiting/exchange students)	100%
15 CATS (Module code: IB239-15)
D (Assessed/examined work)	Group Presentation	20%
	2 hour examination (Summer)	80%
D3 (Assessed/examined work)	Group Presentation NF	20%
	2 hour examination (Summer) NF	80%
D4 (Assessed/examined work)	Group Presentation (F)	20%
	2 hour examination (Summer) (Finalist)	80%
VA (Visiting students only)	100% assessed (visiting/exchange students)	100%

Module availability

This module is available on the following courses:

Core

N/A

Optional Core

N/A

Optional

• Undergraduate Chemistry with Management (F1N1) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Chemistry with Management (with Intercalated Year) (F1N2) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Physics and Business Studies (F3N1) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Physics and Business Studies (with Intercalated Year) (F3ND) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Chemistry and Business Studies (FN11) - Year 3
• Chemistry and Business Studies(with Intercalated Year) (FN12) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Mathematics and Business Studies (with Intercalated Year) (G1N2) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Mathematics and Business Studies (G1NC) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Computer and Management Sciences (G5N1) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Computer and Management Sciences (with Intercalated Year) (G5NA) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Computer and Business Studies (GN51) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Computer and Business Studies (with Intercalated Year) (GN5A) - Year 4
• BSc Engineering and Business Studies (HN11) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies (MN31) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies (MN31) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies (MN32) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies (MN32) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies (MN32) - Year 4
• Law and Business Four Year (Qualifying Degree) (MN34) - Year 2
• Law and Business Four Year (Qualifying Degree) (MN34) - Year 3
• Law and Business Four Year (Qualifying Degree) (MN34) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (3+1) (MN35) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (3+1) (MN35) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (3+1) (MN35) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (4+1) (MN36) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (4+1) (MN36) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (4+1) (MN36) - Year 5
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies (Qualifying Degree) with Intercalated Year (MN37) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies (Qualifying Degree) with Intercalated Year (MN37) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Law and Business Studies (Qualifying Degree) with Intercalated Year (MN37) - Year 5
• Undergraduate International Business (N140) - Year 2
• Undergraduate International Business (N140) - Year 4
• Undergraduate International Business with French (N1R1) - Year 2
• Undergraduate International Business with French (N1R1) - Year 4
• Undergraduate International Business with German (N1R2) - Year 2
• Undergraduate International Business with German (N1R2) - Year 4
• Undergraduate International Business with Italian (N1R3) - Year 2
• Undergraduate International Business with Italian (N1R3) - Year 4
• Undergraduate International Business with Spanish (N1R4) - Year 2
• Undergraduate International Business with Spanish (N1R4) - Year 4
• BSc in Management (N201) - Year 2
• BSc in Management (N201) - Year 3
• BSc in Management (with Intercalated Year/UPP) (N202) - Year 2
• BSc in Management (with Intercalated Year/UPP) (N202) - Year 4
• BSc in International Management (N203) - Year 2
• BSc in International Management (N203) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Management (with Foundation Year) (N20A) - Year 3
• BSc in Management (with Intercalated Year/UPP) (N210) - Year 2
• BSc in Management (with Intercalated Year/UPP) (N210) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Information Systems Management and Innovation (N211) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Information Systems Management and Innovation (N211) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Information Systems Management and Innovation (with Intercalated Year) (N214) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Information Systems Management and Innovation (with Intercalated Year) (N214) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Information Systems Management and Innovation (with Intercalated Year) (N214) - Year 4
• BSc in Management (N230) - Year 2
• BSc in Management (N230) - Year 3
• BSc in Management (with Intercalated Year/UPP) (N231) - Year 2
• BSc in Management (with Intercalated Year/UPP) (N231) - Year 4
• BSc in Management (N250) - Year 2
• BSc in Management (N250) - Year 3
• BSc in Management (with Intercalated Year/UPP) (N251) - Year 2
• BSc in Management (with Intercalated Year/UPP) (N251) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year) (N4N4) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (NN35) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (NN35) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (with Intercalated Year/Undergraduate Partnership Programme) (NN36) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (with Intercalated Year/Undergraduate Partnership Programme) (NN36) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (with Intercalated Year/Undergraduate Partnership Programme) (NN37) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (with Intercalated Year/Undergraduate Partnership Programme) (NN37) - Year 4
• in English Language and Linguistics (with Intercalated year) (Q311) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7ML) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7ML) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with Intercalated year) (V7MM) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7MP) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7MP) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with Intercalated year) (V7MQ) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7MR) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7MR) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (V7MR) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with Intercalated year) (V7MS) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Language, Culture and Communication (X3Q5) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Language, Culture and Communication (with Year Abroad) (X3Q6) - Year 2