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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

The Organisational Change Cycle

BOP703 · Organisational Development and Change — Week 1 of 16

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This week’s topics

The Organisational Change Cycle

  1. Drivers and triggers of change
  2. Phases of the change lifecycle
  3. Diagnostic auditing of readiness
  4. Real-world organisational case evaluations
  5. Organisational Change
  6. Lecture 11 : Diagnosing Organisational Change
  7. HR People Pod – Episode 42: Career moments | Organisational change readiness | ‘Peanut butter’ pay

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Assess the significance of the organisational change cycle fiving examples from an actual organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the significance of the organisational change cycle fiving examples from an actual organisation.

Study materials

Videos

  • Organisational Change · YouTube · Galton College · 29 min · for registered students
  • HR People Pod – Episode 42: Career moments | Organisational change readiness | ‘Peanut butter’ pay · YouTube · CIPD · 33 min · for registered students
  • Change Management Foundation Module 13 · YouTube · Agilehub · 8 min · for registered students
  • Change Management Foundation Module 14 · YouTube · Agilehub · 11 min · for registered students
  • HR People Pod – Ep 49: Business impact | Employee empowerment | Change readiness in an AI world · YouTube · CIPD · 37 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 14: Organizational Structure and Change · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 593–639 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 10.2–10.3: Organisational change and managing change · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 278–298 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: The Organisational Change Cycle
  • Week 2: Models of Planned and Emergent Change
  • Week 3: Planning and Execution Approaches
  • Week 4: Psychology and Sources of Resistance
  • Week 5: Mitigating Resistance and Engaging Stakeholders
  • Week 6: Contextual Considerations in Change Implementation
  • Week 7: Foundations of OD and Structural Interventions
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Behavioural Techniques in Organisational Development
  • Week 10: Individual-Level OD Interventions
  • Week 11: Group and System-Wide OD Interventions
  • Week 12: Applying Organisational Development and Change in practice:…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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