Change Management
Syllabus, Bachelor's level, 1TG314
- Code
- 1TG314
- Education cycle
- First cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Industrial Engineering and Management G1F
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2 March 2022
- Responsible department
- Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
Entry requirements
45 credits in Industrial engineering and management. Projects and Leadership. Participation in the course Project in Quality Management. Alternatively: 45 credits in the Bachelor's Programme in Industrial Engineering and Development. Project Management and Leadership.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, students should be able to:
- identify different organisation types and structures, and describe how these influence change management,
- identify and analyse needs for change in companies and other organisations, based on different stakeholder aspects,
- analyse driving forces and impediments for change,
- describe and apply different methods for planning, control and follow up of change,
- identify current research issues in change management by means of literature review,
- describe and critically review change models.
Content
Theoretical basis and practical application of how change can be carried out in a planned and targeted way, from need to implementation. Organisation types, structures and organisational systems. Identification of important components of organisations for the production of products and services. Change models and critical review of these. Models for planning, control and follow up of change and their relation to quality management. Analysis of driving forces and impediments for change and the role of the leadership in change management. Literature review.
Instruction
Lectures, seminars and supervision of group assignment.
Assessment
Written assignments (3 credits), oral presentations (1 credit) and written examination (1 credit).
If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding targeted pedagogical support from the university's disability coordinator.
Other directives
The course cannot be included in a degree together with 1TG268 Leadership for change.