Course syllabus for Change management and improvement processes

Course syllabus adopted 2021-02-26 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameFörändringsledning och ständig förbättring
  • CodeTEK431
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerMPQOM
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • Main field of studyIndustrial Engineering and Management
  • DepartmentTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 36118
  • Maximum participants70
  • Minimum participants10
  • Block schedule
  • Open for exchange studentsYes

Credit distribution

0120 Project 7.5 c
Grading: TH		7.5 c

In programmes

Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

The course is open for students from MPPEN and MPQOM. Other students will be accepted if there is room available and admittance will be decided on a case-by-case basis. As a minimum, applicants should have taken courses within the fields of: (i) business administration (at least 7,5 ECTS), (ii) general/operations management (at least 7,5 ECTS

Aim

The course participants will have knowledge of strategy and change theories and quality inspired improvement approaches and ethical conduct, and they develop an in-depth understanding of one more narrow area. They will also have an ability to critically view consultants packaging of change and improvement project offerings.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  • Define, describe and interrelate management and change theories
  • Define, describe and evaluate change and improvement approaches
  • Provide good examples on quality driven improvement and change processes and projects
  • Develop a sustainable and ethical understanding and approach to change
  • In-depth understand and analyze one more narrow areas within the field change management and improvement processes
  • Develop an ability to critically view consultants packaging of change and improvement project offerings.

Content

This course provides insights into strategy, change and improvement theories and practices primarily on the organizational level. The areas covered include theories on learning, leadership, change agents and resistance. Also aspects of ethics, sustainability and digitalization in change processes are covered. All course participants study a common body of literature and in addition each student specializes in a more narrow area (term paper). The theoretical content of the course is discussed in the perspective of experiences from change projects in industry. A major part of the course is a group assignment where participants themselves choose an area to specialize in. The aim is to combine theories with practice by conducting a literature analysis accompanied by own data gathering from organizations and document the analysis in a term paper.

Organisation

The course consists of lectures, literature seminars, seminars with experienced change managers from industry, as well as authoring and presenting of a term paper. Please, see the course website for latest information.

Literature

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Examination including compulsory elements

The examination is based on a term paper written in groups. Active participation in seminars, guest lectures and comments (orally and in writing) on another group's term paper can affect the final grading. The final grades are fail, 3, 4 or 5. Please, see the course website for the latest information

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.