Applying Organisational Development and Change in practice: case studies

This week’s topics

Applying Organisational Development and Change in practice: case studies

1. Case analysis
2. Linking theory to practice
3. Evaluating evidence
4. Week 5-Lecture 21 : Can Organization Culture be Managed?: A Case Analysis
5. Lecture 30 : Evaluating Change
6. HR People Pod – Ep 28: Hilary Scarlett special – Neuroscience for organisational change

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Assess the significance of the organisational change cycle fiving examples from an actual organisation.
• 1.2 Evaluate the models or approaches used in planning and implementing organisational change in an organisation.
• 2.1 Evaluate the reasons why there maybe resistance to change in an organisation.
• 3.1 Analyse the structural and behavioural techniques of interventions within organisational development at an organisation
• 3.2 Discuss and evaluate individual and group interventions in organisational development at an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

• HR People Pod – Ep 28: Hilary Scarlett special – Neuroscience for organisational change · YouTube · CIPD · 32 min · for registered students
• Mapping, Monitoring, and Evaluating, System Level Change · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 57 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students
• 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