Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27
The concepts of change and innovation have never been more topical, especially given the commercial context of fierce business competition, shorter product life cycles and more demanding customers. Increasingly, long-term commercial success is based on an ability to manage change, to act creatively and to promote innovation. These processes interconnect and overlap and often present major challenges to modern organizations. We address these issues through providing detailed case illustrations ranging from the workplace to the wider business market. Learning is encouraged through interaction, reading, investigation, video and case analysis, and critical discussion.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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Modern organisations must function in a changing environment. The ability to innovate and change in order to adjust to environmental changes is required for long-term sustainability. This course will enable students to understand the context of innovation and change by examining a number of key topics, including the development of new products (goods and services), developing the business case for innovation and delivering change.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st attempt: An individual written assignment around a question set by the course coordinator (2000 words) (40%) An individual written assignment (1500 words) that requires students to reflect on the relationship between theories of change and the practices of change in organizations. Work would commence in the preparation week when they would be expected to draft down some initial thoughts and views, they will then be required to read an historical piece on theoretical developments in the field of change management, from which they will further reflect on their views and how the piece may have changed or reinforced their original position, et cetera throughout the course. (30%) A group project presentation on a change theories, model or framework that will require the group to provide a two page summary and a 20 minute presentation (copies of slides to be kept for external examiner approval). (30%)
Resit: There is no resit opportunity for the group element. For the individual elements students who score below D3 will be required to submit the respective elements within six weeks of the mark and feedback being returned.
There are no assessments for this course.
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