OM 517 - Leading Organizational Change

3 cr.

This course is designed to provide the student with a broad understanding of the change elements in management, how change comes about, how to understand the change, how it will affect the organization, how to deal with change and how to create positive outcomes from change events (North Shore Recovery High School, Boston area VA Medical consolidation, Landmark School Outreach Programs, Logan Elementary School, re-engineering, downsizing, RIF, etc.) Managers at every level face change; organic industry change, management and personnel change, market change, product change, consumer habit change, etc. This course will help the student recognize organization change either quantitatively or qualitatively, or both; provide the student with some tools and techniques for dealing with organization change; and have the student lead and participate in some group discussions on organization change in case study situations.