TEACHING WORKPLAN

FACULTY: MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

SESESSION: 2021/22

SEMESTER : FIRST

COURSE CODE: BUS 432

TITLE: CHANGE MANAGEMENT

COURSE UNITS: 3

Lecturers:

TEACHING SCHEDULES: And 12-2pm and 2-4pm

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course will introduce students to the concept of organizational
Change, the needs for change management and the imperative for the development of requisite
skills in managing organizational change by managers. The meaning, nature and importance of
effective management of organizational change will be explored. Factors and forces compelling
organizations to implement changes, the dimensions, types of change will be discussed as well as
the contemporary methods of managing such changes. Theories and models of organizational
change leadership and communication will be disserted. The concept of resistance to change and
methods for managing such will be heighted.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: The primary objective is to expose students to information which

will enable them develop requisite change management skills required of modern managers.

By the end of this course students should:

1. Understand and define the meaning of organizational change management, the nature,
dimensions and importance of change management skills for today’s managers.
2. Identify and discuss the external and internal factors propelling organizational business as well
as the typologies of organizational change

3. To understand and describe the various approaches in implementing organizational change.

4. Explain the different leadership/ models approaches used in managing organizational change.

5 Understand the concept of resistance to change, causative factors as well as strategies for
managing resistance to change.

6. To identify and describe strategies for motivating change.

COURSE RESOURCES (AVAILABLE IN IN THE MAIN LIBRARY ?)

1. Beer, M. and Nohria, N.(2005). Breaking the code of change. Boston: Harvard University
Press.
2. Nadler, D. A., Shaw, ` R.B., Walton, A.E and Associates (2000). Discontinuous change:
Leading organizational transformation. San Francisco: Jossy-Bass Pub.
3. Any Good book on Change management.
4. JOURNALS:
Journal of Change Management
Harvard Business Review
Academy of Management Journal
Unilag Journal of Business
Nigeria Journal of Management Studies

COURSE CONTENTS

WEEK TOPIC
1 Introduction: definitions, meaning, perspectives and importance of change
management Dr Okonji 22/12/21
2 Dimensions and triggers/forces for organizational change: external and internal
forces Dr Okonji 22/12/21
3 Types of organizational change: E.g. Large scale/Discontinuous, Small
 scale/Incremental, Planned/unplanned, Theory E and O. Dr Okonji 04/01/22
4 Change Management process: Prosci’s elements of successful change management
process and McKinsey four building blocks of change. Dr Ekpudu 11/01/22
5 Contemporary methods of initiating organizational change: OD, .BPR. TQM, Dr
Akintude 18/01/22.
6 Contemporary methods of initiating organizational change: Balanced Score card,
Six Sigma etc Dr Okonji 25/01/22
7 Change management models: Lewin , Kotter, DR Bakare 01/02/22
8 Change management models: ADKAR, Learn and Engage Dr Oshinowo
08/02/22
9 Change communications model: Armenakis, Elving models Mr Edegwa 15/02/22
10 Resistance to manage: definition, causes and management Mr Oyenuga 22/02/22
11 Reasons for the failure of change initiatives Dr Oshinowo 01/03/22
12 Lessons on living with organizational change Dr Okonji 8/03/22
13 Presentations.
14 Continuous Assessment
15 Revision
16 Examination
17 Examination

COURSE AND UNVERSITY POLICIES:

Attendance: Students who enrolled in the course are expected to make a minimum of 65%
attendance to be eligible for examination.

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMET=30%

EXAMINATION= 70%

NAME SIGNATURE DATE

1 Dr Okonji, P.S.