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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Foundations of OD and Structural Interventions

BOP703 · Organisational Development and Change — Week 7 of 16

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This week’s topics

Foundations of OD and Structural Interventions

  1. Philosophy and values of organisational development
  2. Restructuring and decentralisation
  3. Job redesign and work system enrichment
  4. Business process re-engineering
  5. Week 4-Lecture 16 : Managing OD and Change through Restructuring Organizations
  6. Week 4-Lecture 13 : Organization Level OD Interventions

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Analyse the structural and behavioural techniques of interventions within organisational development at an organisation

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the structural and behavioural techniques of interventions within organisational development at an organisation

Study materials

Videos

  • Systems Change: Why Fixing People Problems Rarely Fixes Organizations · YouTube · eCornell · 46 min · for registered students
  • Organization Development (OD) - Organizational Psychology Lecture 9.8 · YouTube · Professor Q · 7 min · for registered students
  • Organizational Restructuring · YouTube · The HR Hub with Andrea Adams · 10 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. 10.1: Organisational structures and design · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 272–277 · 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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