Course Summary 

This course examines the concepts and practices of both leadership and followership in order to create successful change.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Rationale

The School of Business seeks to equip the student with the necessary skills to solve complex management and leadership issues using effective management and leadership practices. In recent years, strategy theorists in organization, marketing, and economics have all indicated that the concept of change has been integral to their disciplines. Companies have concluded they have to build their capacity to respond and adapt to changing demands and opportunities. This requires a critical set of managerial skills, particularly the ability to manage change. This course will help the student develop and apply those skills.

Measurable Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Evaluate the theories and perspectives of organizational change.
2. Propose how a manager applies the theories and perspectives of organizational change.
3. Identify the role of the internal and external environment in driving or restraining change.
4. Analyze the strategies to implement successful organizational change.
5. Integrate biblical principles within the field of leadership.

Course Assignment Detail 

Textbook readings and lecture presentations :

Course Requirements Checklist :

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (4) :

Discussion assignments are collaborative learning experiences.

• Therefore, the student will create a thread in response to the provided promptly for each discussion.
• Each thread must be at least 400 words, demonstrate course-related knowledge, and integrate at least 2 peer-reviewed articles.
• In addition to the thread, the student will reply to the threads of at least 2 classmates.
• Each reply must be at least 250 words and contain at least 1 citation from a peer-reviewed journal and 1 from the textbook.

Change Management Image Self-Reflection Assignment :

The Change Management Image Self-Reflection Paper will require the student to understand and apply the concept of change management images and support this concept by incorporating a minimum of 2 scholarly sources (published within the last 5 years) in addition to the course textbook and biblical integration. The paper must include a minimum of 500-words written in the current APA format. However, all sources must be properly referenced in APA format at the end of the paper. The paper will be submitted via Turnitin.

Consulting Proposal Assignment (2) :

The student will write a 1000–1500-word consulting report in the current APA format that focuses on the content as explained in the assignment instructions. In addition to the text, at least 4 scholarly peer-reviewed sources must be included.

Change Initiative Assessment: Outline Assignment :

The change initiative assessment project is designed to facilitate the study of an actual situation in an organization/business of the student’s choice while applying the concepts and themes from the course. The student will select a target organization and may choose from non-profit, private, and government organizations. The student will then submit an outline covering the areas delineated within the course. The outline must include a 150–250-word description of the change process to be explored and at least 5 peer-reviewed sources to be used.

Change Initiative Assessment: Paper Assignment :

The student will prepare 1 document to be submitted through Turnitin. The organizational change report must total no more than 15 pages (not counting title or reference pages; no abstract is required). The paper must follow the current APA format and contain 2 main parts. Part 1 is limited to 1250–1750 words, and Part 2 is limited to 1500–2000 words. At least 10 peer-reviewed sources must be used.