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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Review and coursework completion

SMP802 · Managing Strategic Change — Week 15 of 16

CourseSMP802
Week15 of 16
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This week’s topics

Review and coursework completion

  1. Reviewing the learning outcomes
  2. Completing and checking coursework against the criteria
  3. Self-assessment

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Critically evaluate change theories and analyse the relationship between leadership and change agents.
  • 1.2 Critically evaluate how organisational structure and leadership influences the characteristics and attributes of change agents.
  • 1.3 Critically evaluate the challenge of change and the effectiveness of change agents.
  • 2.1 Assess and select relevant theories and tools and techniques to implement and manage change.
  • 2.2 Develop a plan to implement a change in an organisation.
  • 2.3 Develop measures to monitor and evaluate progress of the change plan.
  • 3.1 Assess possible risks associated with an organisation's change process.
  • 3.2 Apply a stakeholder analysis to understand possible resistance to change.
  • 3.3 Critically appraise relevant strategies to manage resistance to change in organisations.
  • 4.1 Critically review the different organisational cultures and how that influences communications and power relations.
  • 4.2 Evaluate cultures influence on Strategy and change management.
  • 4.3 Critically appraise relevant strategies to manage resistance to change.
  • 5.1 Evaluate the role of the individual in the change management process.
  • 5.2 Apply change management in an organisational setting.
  • 5.3 Evaluate how to monitor the effect of the change management processes.

Activity

Guided review of every criterion; coursework completion clinic and peer review.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of strategic change and change agency
  • Week 2: Structural determinants and change agent attributes
  • Week 3: Diagnosing change and selecting intervention frameworks
  • Week 4: Formulating strategic change implementation plans
  • Week 5: Risk governance and stakeholder dynamics
  • Week 6: Strategic mitigation of resistance
  • Week 7: Cultural dynamics, power relations, and communication
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Micro-foundations and individual agency in transition
  • Week 10: Applied change management in complex settings
  • Week 11: Monitoring, evaluation, and institutionalisation of change
  • Week 12: Applying Managing Strategic Change in practice: case studies
  • 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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