Course Details in 2022/23 Session

Module Title	Leading and Managing Change and Crisis
School	Birmingham Business School
Department	Management
Module Code	07 28298
Module Lead	Brian McGarrie
Level	Masters Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Exclusions
Description	Although change is ever present in organizations today, a crisis can result from most anything an organization is unprepared to deal with. Successful crisis management aims to minimize the impact of disruptive events that can result in loss of life, equipment, earnings, customers, reputation, market share or other future business prospects. In this module we consider the entire system analyzing, for example, factors that can preceded and influence crisis such as policy changes, regulatory oversight, licensing criteria, financial concerns, environmental change, or organizational culture. Blending theory and practice, students will work in teams, applying course material in the analysis of real-world crisis management challenges. The aim is to produce critically thinking, proactive crisis managers who have the tools to respond to the range of organizational issues emerging in workplaces today.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module, students will be able to: Identify and explain ways change management and crisis management can be linked by analysing organizations at the individual, group, and systemic levels. Identify and demonstrate comprehensive understanding of how environmental events affect organizations, drive the need for continuous change, and can lead to a slow drift towards failure and crisis. Critically analyse change and crisis related organizational emotions—conscious and unconscious—that can undermine the success of leadership efforts. Critically appraise the complexity of leading and managing change and crisis within organizational cultures and established systems. Select, apply and evaluate the appropriate concepts and tools in the analysis of a crisis management case study and identify lessons learned that can be applied to other organizational environments.
Assessment	28298-02 : Groupwork Reflective Report : Coursework (20%) 28298-03 : Individual Final Assessment : Coursework (80%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Group assignment – (500 word reflective report) - 20%; Individual assignment (2000 words) - 80%. Reassessment: 2500 word individual assignment - 100%
Other	None
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