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Organisational Change (BUSA90279)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | October |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Organisational change is one of the greatest challenge facing managers in today's uncertain, volatile, ambiguous and competitive environment. Effective management requires an unprecedented degree of agility, and the current competitive environment puts unprecedented stress on organisation's and people's ability to change. This course will connect strategy, organisation and leadership concepts with managerial practices to provide students with strategies for setting and maintaining the course of change in an organisation.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Prioritise the strategic reasons for change.
- Assess the change potential and capabilities of a given organisation.
- Devise a change strategy.
- Create and manage alliances for change.
- Facilitate people's engagement with change.
- Design an effective communication approach.
- Develop their leadership skills in change situations.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
100 credit points from
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90480 | Leadership |
June (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
October (Online)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
BUSA90481 | Managerial Ethics & Business Environment |
October (Online)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
June (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
BUSA90060 | Data Analysis |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90243 | Marketing |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90224 | Managing People |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90001 | Financial Accounting |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90093 | Finance |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90193 | Managerial Economics |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90482 | General Management 1 | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
62.5 |
BUSA90483 | General Management 2 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
43.75 |
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90026 | Business Strategy |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90227 | Operations |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Note: BUSA90026 and BUSA90227 are concurrent pre-requisite and may be done concurrently with the subject.
Please note that the prerequisite subjects listed above may be substituted for their equivalent subject codes below:
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90002 | Financial Accounting | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90226 | Managing People | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90061 | Data Analysis | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90245 | Marketing | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90094 | Finance | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90194 | Managerial Economics | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90027 | Business Strategy | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AND
Note: the following subject/s can also be taken concurrently (at the same time)
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90072 | Global Business Economics | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90228 | Operations | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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4 Syndicate assignments
| End of the teaching period | 50% |
Take home end-of-semester examination
| During the examination period | 50% |
Additional details
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- October
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 30 September 2023 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during the pre-teaching period Teaching period 7 October 2023 to 21 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 16 July 2023 Census date 13 October 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 October 2023 Assessment period ends 28 October 2023
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Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Additional delivery details
This subject is only available to students admitted to MC-BA, MC-BAPT, or students with permission of the MBA course coordinator
This subject is a quota subject and places are limited. Students may provisionally enrol via the Student Portal, but places are not guaranteed until selection is completed. You will be notified in writing by the Student Centre if you are selected.
The students will be selected on the first come, first served basis. If any student is approaching the course completion date, s/he will get priority in enrolment.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
This subject is only available to students admitted to MC-BA, MC-BAPT, or students with permission of the MBA course coordinator
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024