Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : SM6322 : Organization Change and Development { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Binita Tiwari
Syllabus
Organizational Change: Forces of Organizational Change, Need for Change and Innovation, Resistance to Change, Organizational Change Process, Organizational Diagnosis. Change Agents: Role of Change Agents, Competency Requirements, Training of Change Agents, Effective Change Leader, Executing Organizational Change.
Organization Development (OD): Foundations of OD, OD Process, Six-Box Model, Evaluating OD Effectiveness, Factors Influencing OD. OD Interventions: Individual and Interpersonal Interventions, Group Interventions, Role Focused Interventions, Third Party and Structural Intervention, Role of Organizational Leadership. Contemporary Issues and Applications: OD Practitioners, Success and Failure of OD, Organizational Transformation, OD in Global Context, Future Trends in OD.
Course Objectives
- The objective is to study the influence of change management and how it affects organizations and the individuals within those organizations. It also provide an in-depth knowledge of the strategies that can be developed to introduce planned change, such as team-building efforts, to improve organizational functioning.
Course Outcomes
This course is designed to provide in depth understanding of behavioural interventions and enable the students to apply these interventions for building individual, team, systems and process related competencies.
Essential Reading
- Cummings, T. G., & Worley, C. G. (2014), Theory of Organization Development and Change (9thed.), Cengage Learning
- Jones, G. R. (2012)., Organizational Theory, Design and Change (7thed.)., Pearson Education
Supplementary Reading
- Palmer, I., Dunford, R., & Akin, G. (2005)., Managing Organizational Change., Tata McGraw Hill Education.
- Singh, K. (2009)., Organization Change and Development, Excel Books.