Lecturetimes and places
Per IV: Tuesday 14 - 16, FB118

Implementations

	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4	Period 5	Summer
Lecture	-	-	-	2 h/week	-	-
Exam

(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
To familiarize the student with the concepts of strategic change and change management, different perceptions of change process as well as the holistic implications of change within organization.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Phenomena and levels of change - Organization in a changing world - Individual in changing organizations - System view	Organization theory System theory Organization in society
2.	Conceptual platform - Context, process and content of strategic change - Change process - Change management process & guidelines	Development of strategic thinking
3.	Linking to management perspectives - Organizational learning - Knowledge management - Complexity theory	Individual and social learning Complexity theory
4.	Challenges and limitations of change management - Interpreting and communicating change - Change resistance - Evaluating change success	Organizational psychology Measurements and evaluation methods
5.	Implications of change - Organization's functioning - Reconnecting to strategy theory	Resource and competence-based strategy Dynamic capabilities

Requirements for completing the course
Participation in 4 of 6 lecture days, 6 homework tasks and a learning journal based on lectures. No exam.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Prerequisites
Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

Remarks

Scaling

Methods of instruction	Hours
Lectures	12
Assignments	30
Learning diary, portfolio and other written work	11
Total sum	53

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Last modified	16.02.2007
Modified by	Sannaleena Hildén