Organizational change
Course: MGT (Organizational Development and Change)
Semester 2, 2013/2014 Session
Term Paper/Project:
You are assigned a project and the report is to be submitted as a group. Each member has to fully participate in preparing this project.
You are to approach an organization and apply what you have learnt in this course by carrying out the following activities:
1) Identify and obtain permission from an organization in carrying out OD consulting work by identifying area(s) in the organization and coming up with recommendations in bringing about a planned change to increase the organization’s effectiveness and capability to change itself. The planned change can be used to solve problems, to learn from experience, to reframe shared perceptions, to adapt to external environmental changes, to improve performance, and to influence future changes.
2) As regards planned change, the theory describes the different stages through which the planned change may be effected in the organization and explain the temporal process of applying OD methods to help the organization members manage change.
Describe the stages in which you plan to effect change in the organization concerned.
3) Obtain and give details of feedback(s) that you receive from the organization on your proposed planned change i.e. whether they agree with your recommendations and the process of bringing about the planned change. What are their reason(s) for agreeing or disagreeing to your recommendation(s).
4) Give comment(s) from Islamic perspective.
5) Give details on lesson(s) learnt and overall conclusion by carrying out this project.
The report is to be submitted on the day as assigned in font 12, times new roman, 1.5 spacing, typed and in hardcopy, bound in a neat manner. References are to be listed according to accepted format. Attachments made should not exceed half the main contents of the report. The main report should not be less than 7 pages. The report should have a cover page with
Semester 2, 2013/2014 Session
Term Paper/Project:
You are assigned a project and the report is to be submitted as a group. Each member has to fully participate in preparing this project.
You are to approach an organization and apply what you have learnt in this course by carrying out the following activities:
1) Identify and obtain permission from an organization in carrying out OD consulting work by identifying area(s) in the organization and coming up with recommendations in bringing about a planned change to increase the organization’s effectiveness and capability to change itself. The planned change can be used to solve problems, to learn from experience, to reframe shared perceptions, to adapt to external environmental changes, to improve performance, and to influence future changes.
2) As regards planned change, the theory describes the different stages through which the planned change may be effected in the organization and explain the temporal process of applying OD methods to help the organization members manage change.
Describe the stages in which you plan to effect change in the organization concerned.
3) Obtain and give details of feedback(s) that you receive from the organization on your proposed planned change i.e. whether they agree with your recommendations and the process of bringing about the planned change. What are their reason(s) for agreeing or disagreeing to your recommendation(s).
4) Give comment(s) from Islamic perspective.
5) Give details on lesson(s) learnt and overall conclusion by carrying out this project.
The report is to be submitted on the day as assigned in font 12, times new roman, 1.5 spacing, typed and in hardcopy, bound in a neat manner. References are to be listed according to accepted format. Attachments made should not exceed half the main contents of the report. The main report should not be less than 7 pages. The report should have a cover page with
References: are to be listed according to accepted format. Attachments made should not exceed half the main contents of the report. The main report should not be less than 7 pages. The report should have a cover page with the title, course details, names and matriculation numbers of all group members. Marks will be deducted for late submission.