This course encompasses engineering and organisational change management. It enables students to learn how to manage change processes. This is achieved by introducing theories and models to diagnose, plan, implement, evaluate and sustain changes in and among organisations and by developing action strategies in relation to specific cases.
Læringsmål:
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
identify influences on change
anticipate knock-on effects of changes
demonstrate mental agility in understanding and adequately using theories and models to diagnose, plan, implement, evaluate, and sustain change processes
address human factors and manage people issues
describe and take a design attitude to change
systematically analyse an actual case
develop and present theoretically sound and empirically backed-up guidance for possible solutions
search for literature and write an article
Kursusindhold:
The course covers theories and models for the whole cycle(s) of change processes, from identifying the need for change, to diagnosing, planning, implementing, reviewing and sustaining change processes and emphasises design thinking for change. Specific examples are presented through guest lectures from a number of institutions, documented cases, and company cases which participants find themselves.
Changes riddle an organisation. We observe them and we are part of them. Every change, big or small, has an impact. To ensure continuous “fitness for purpose†and enable foresight, we need to adapt – and so do organisations. Organisations evolve in accordance with their own vision, mission, strategies and operations. To abandon this orientation in the face of every change would be costly and could result in imbalances. Too sluggish a response, however, would also be costly. As the rate of change is increasing, we are confronted with an ever-greater need to manage both incremental and transformational change. While searching to find the right balance between following well-known ways and walking undiscovered paths, we might need to reprioritise, which, in turn, might tell us to reorganise and recreate.
Litteratur:
Hayes, John (2010): The Theory and Practice of Change Management (3rd edn). London: Palgrave Macmillan. Sosa, M. et al (2007): Are your Engineers talking to one another when they should? Harvard Business Review, November 2007: 134-142. Brown, T. (2008): Design Thinking. Harvard Business Review, June 2008: 1-10.
Lecture slides and additional material will be provided during the course.
Bemærkninger:
This course may lead up to writing a master thesis.
Mulighed for GRØN DYST deltagelse:
Kontakt underviseren for information om hvorvidt dette kursus giver den studerende mulighed for at lave eller forberede et projekt som kan deltage i DTUs studenterkonference om bæredygtighed, klimateknologi og miljø (GRØN DYST). Se mere på http://www.groendyst.dtu.dk/kursustilmelding.aspx
