Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Business School
Learning Methods
Workshop
Module Offerings
6705ORYXHR-APR-PAR
6705ORYXHR-JAN-PAR
6705ORYXHR-SEP-PAR
Aims
To acquire knowledge about issues and dimensions of organisational development
To recognise the importance of people change factors in a determining appropriate organisational development intervention to improve an organisation
To appreciate the key issues to be achieved when implementing an organisational development strategy
To be able to apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations involving an organisation's responses to organisational development
Learning Outcomes
1.
Explain the nature, purpose and context of OD
2.
Analyse the theories from which OD are based
3.
Identify a range of OD interventions to respond to organisational needs
4.
Reflect the challenges in evaluating organisational development and propose an approach to overcome difficulties and maximise opportunities.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
What is OD - history and values that have informed OD.
the theory of OD practice
analysing current situation; politics of OD, OD phases and cycle, diagnostic and analysis, OD interventions, organisational design, evaluation of OD interventions.
What is OD - history and values that have informed OD.
the theory of OD practice
analysing current situation; politics of OD, OD phases and cycle, diagnostic and analysis, OD interventions, organisational design, evaluation of OD interventions.
Module Overview:
A general and broad reach module introducing students to managing resources in an international environment. The course focus is on the range of activities that constitute HR, how they 'fit' in the organisational structure, with a critique of concepts and methods to integrate HR theory with organisational structures.
A general and broad reach module introducing students to managing resources in an international environment. The course focus is on the range of activities that constitute HR, how they 'fit' in the organisational structure, with a critique of concepts and methods to integrate HR theory with organisational structures.