• Level 7
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online only
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $890 NZ Domestic
    $2,104 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
  • Availability
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This is a general management course, based on contemporary change management principles and strategies. It aims to assist students to understand the nature of organisational change and how to manage change.

This course has an emphasis is on fostering skills and understanding to help you be able to identify and develop appropriate solutions in given situations.

For more information watch the course introduction video below.

What you will learn

When you complete this course you will be able to critically analyse organisations from a change management perspective, including:

  • identifying what makes organisations change
  • major theoretical perspectives that inform the management of change
  • contextual factors that influence change interventions.

You will also be able to:

  • appraise appropriate change strategies and processes, including evaluating the role of strategy and identifying and assessing a range of models and options for change.
  • critically evaluate the implementation of change management processes, including factors that may affect the implementation of change and the role of human resource management.

Assessment

Assessment for this course is:

  • 50% internally assessed
  • 50% exam.

For more information, including and a full list of exam times see our exam information:

Exam dates and venue information

Assessment for this course includes an examination

Open Polytechnic will, subject to you meeting the entry requirements for this course/programme, enrol you in this course.

Your enrolment in the course means that you should expect to complete an in-person examination.

Find out more

 

From T1 2023 this course will be 100% internally assessed.

 

Textbooks

No textbooks are needed for this course.

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.