UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA

National University of Malaysia

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (UKM GSB)

1. Course Title Managing Change and Organization Development

2. Course Code ZCMB6142

3.Course Status Core

4. Credit Hour 2

5. Prerequisite None

6. Evaluation

Group Project : 20%

Individual Assignment:20%

Participation : 10%

Test: 50%

7. Lecturer Dr. Mohmad Adnan b Alias

Room : No 1 (GSB) Telefon: 0126146948

New Building e-mail: adnanalias59@gmail.com

nan10@ukm.my

8. Semester offered

9. Course Objective
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. Introduce students to organizational change and

development theories and fundamental knowledge of
change as an area of management
2. Explore various models and analytical tools used by
organizational change practitioners
3. Identify and critically evaluate a variety of organizational
change interventions
4. Develop an understanding of the challenges that both
managers and employees face when experiencing
change and develop critical thinking and skills in applying
organizational change theory to various workplace
situations
10. Course Synopsis This course examines concepts and techniques of
organization development (OD) and the management of
organizational change. Based on behavioral science
knowledge and methods, OD interventions facilitate
planned organizational change and renewal. Emphasis
will be on understanding and application of OD skills and
methods in organizations.Students are required to read,
prepare and to participate in class discussion.

11. teaching method Lecture

Case/journal analysis/video clip analysis
Class discussion
presentation
12 Course content
.Course
outline
Organization Development and Reinventing the Organization 1

Meeting1 Organization Renewal: The Challenge of Change 2

Changing the Culture 3

Role and Style of the OD Practitioner 4

Meeting 2 The Diagnostic Process 5

Overcoming Resistance to Change 6

OD Intervention Strategies and Process Intervention Skills 7

Meeting 3.
High-Performing Systems and the Learning Organization

Creating metrics and garnering support for

Change

7
The Challenge and the Future for Organizations
Meeting 4
Organization Transformation and Strategic Change

8
Test
14. Reference Reference

John P Kotter (2012). Leading Change,

John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen (2012). The Heart of Change: Real-
Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations.

Rodger Dean Duncan and Stephen M. R. Covey (2012). Change-

Friendly Leadership: How to Transform Good Intentions into Great
Performance.

Marcella Bremer and Marcel Lamers (2012). Organizational Culture

Change: Unleashing your Organizations Potential in Circles of 10

Robert E. Quinn and Kim S. Cameron (2011). Diagnosing and

Changing Organizational Culture.
 Journal:

Management, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of

Management Review, International Journal of Cross Culture
Management, Work, employment and Society journal, Human
Performance, Journal of Management, Journal of Occupational
and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Organizational
Behavior, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision
Processes, Personnel Psychology, Research in Organizational
Behavior.

Note
A student will not be allowed to take the final exam if he/she does not
fulfill at least 70% of class attendance.