EDU5MOC Managing Organisational Change

Aim:

Implementation plan that describes and justifies the approach that you would take to implement a change initiative

Method:

The third assessment task is an essay that provides an implementation plan which describes and justifies the approach that you would take to implement a change initiative. The essay uses relevant literature and should be approximately 2500 words in length excluding references. A guide is below.

Requirements
The word limits are a guide to assist you plan and should not be used to divide the plan into sections.

1. Identify an area of concern/concerns that require change in your organisation in the next 12 months. Identify reasons for the change. This should be an ‘actual’ example – do not select a change that has already been implemented or which you do not realistically intend to implement. Ensure that you provide enough detail about the setting, issues, the people involved and the intended change initiative for the reader to fully understand the change and change process being described (about 800 words);
2. Design your implementation plan. This could take the form of a table, and/or diagram – use the format that you consider most clearly presents your proposed implementation (maximum of 400 words or 2 pages of plan tables/diagrams);
3. Using the literature recommended in this subject and any other recent and relevant readings that you have located; explain the theory or theories that underpin(s) your approach to change management as a whole for the reader to fully understand the change and change process being described; and explain and justify your choice of specific implementation actions and strategies (1300 words).

You should demonstrate the ability to:

• Scope the contents of the essay in the Introduction
• Describe and discuss the concepts of change management and change in education
• Select an education change management area and provide an overview of its background and current content
• Review literature concerned with this area and critically analyse the the implementation that has occurred
• Discuss the possible future direction of educational change and development.

Comprehensive use of recent and relevant literature is expected throughout your work. The word limit excludes references.