Organizational Change

Module: 1 - H08

Name of module: Organizational Change

Course: Change and Entrepreneurship in Organizations C

Course code(s): 2FE138

Syllabus(es): 2FE138

Homepage: www.usbe.umu.se/kursweb/ht08/2fe138mom1

Maps: www.umu.se/english/about-umu/campus-maps

Lecturer: Kifle Hamde, Chris Nicol

Telephone: 090-7866149, 090-786 61 60

E-mail: kifle.hamde@usbe.umu.se, Chris.Nicol@usbe.umu.se

Other: Erlier course name: Entrepreniural Management and Change C
Syllabus (course description and literature)

Day

Date

Time

Subject

Room

Lecturer

Note

WEEK 36

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-01

Time: 09:00-13:00

Subject: Registration (drop by), Social Sciences building

Room: Tower

Lecturer: Lennart W

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-01

Time: 13:00-15:00

Subject: Course Introduction; forming groups

Room: S312

Lecturer: CN/KH

Other: Mandatory

Day: Tuesday

Date: 2008-09-02

Time: 10:00-12:00

Subject: Lecture 1. Approaches to studying organizational change. Darwin et al. "Introduction"; Van de Ven & Poole, 2005. Groups list ready

Room: S103

Lecturer: KH

Other:

Day: Tuesday

Date: 2008-09-02

Time: 13:00-15:00

Subject: Lecture 2. Conventional approaches to organizational change. Darwin et al. Part I, Kotter. Instructions for Seminar 1 distributed.

Room: S504

Lecturer: KH

Other:

Day: Thursday

Date: 2008-09-04

Time: 10:00-12:00

Subject: Guest Lecture 1: organizational change and effects on middle managers

Room: S103

Lecturer: Niklas Brinkfel

Other: Mandatory

Day: Friday

Date: 2008-09-05

Time: 13:00-15:00

Subject: Tutorials 1 (Check group list); Choosing term paper topics; Selecting/Searching for a Journal Article (for Seminar 3)

Room: Office

Lecturer: CN

Other: Mandatory

WEEK 37

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-08

Time: 09:00-12:00

Subject: Seminar 1: Literature review (Lit on Lectures 1 & 2); Group A. Submit-in individual literature report (in a paper form)

Lecturer: KH

Other: Mandatory

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-08

Time: 09:00-12:00

Subject: Seminar 1: Literature review (Lit on Lectures 1 & 2); Group B. Submit-in individual literature report (in a paper form)

Lecturer: CN

Other: Mandatory

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-08

Time: 13:00-16:00

Subject: Seminar 1: Literature review (Lit on Lectures 1 & 2); Group C. Submit-in individual literature report (in a paper form)

Room: S316

Lecturer: KH

Other: Mandatory

Day: Tuesday

Date: 2008-09-09

Time: 09:00-12:00

Subject: Lecture 3. Alternative approaches to organizational change; Darwin et al. Part II; Weick & Quinn, Tsoukas & Chia

Room: S312

Lecturer: KH

Other:

Day: Wednesday

Date: 2008-09-10

Time: 13:00-15:00

Subject: Lecture 4. Organizational design, change and Culture. Darwin et al Part III, March

Room: S305

Lecturer: KH

Other:

Day: Thursday

Date: 2008-09-11

Time: 08:00-10:00

Subject: Tutorials 2 on progress on Article Searched and Term paper(Check group list)

Room: Office

Lecturer: KH

Other:

Day: Thursday

Date: 2008-09-11

Time: 10:00-12:00

Subject: Tutorials 2 on progress on Article Searched and Term paper(Check group list)

Room: Office

Lecturer: CN

Other:

Day: Friday

Date: 2008-09-12

Time: 11:00-11:00

Subject: Submiting group literature review reports (in a paper form)

Room: Office

Lecturer: KH, CN

Other:

WEEK 38

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-15

Time: 09:00-12:00

Subject: Seminar 2. Literature Review (Lit on Lectures 3 & 4): Group A

Lecturer: KH

Other: Mandatory

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-15

Time: 09:00-12:00

Subject: Seminar 2. Literature Review (Lit on Lectures 3 & 4): Group B

Lecturer: CN

Other: Mandatory

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-15

Time: 13:00-16:00

Subject: Seminar 2. Literature Review (Lit on Lectures 3 & 4): Group C

Lecturer: KH

Other: Mandatory

Day: Tuesday

Date: 2008-09-16

Time: 09:00-12:00

Subject: Lecture 5. Change as a discourse, Buchannan & Dawson, Ford

Room: S104

Lecturer: CN

Other:

Day: Thursday

Date: 2008-09-18

Time: 10:00-12:00

Subject: Tutorials 3 on Article Search (Check group list)

Room: Office

Lecturer: KH, CH

Other: Mandatory

Day: Friday

Date: 2008-09-19

Time: 10:00-12:00

Subject: Term paper tutorials 4 (Check group list)

Room: Office

Lecturer: KH, CN

Other: Mandatory

Day: Friday

Date: 2008-09-19

Time: 13:00-13:00

Subject: Submit-in Article Review report (group)

Room: Office

Lecturer: KH, CN

Other:

WEEK 39

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-22

Time: 08:00-10:00

Subject: Seminar 3: Article Search and Review; Group C

Lecturer: KH

Other: Mandatory

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-22

Time: 10:00-12:00

Subject: Seminar 3: Article Search and Review; Group B

Room: S504

Lecturer: CN

Other: Mandatory

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-22

Time: 13:00-15:00

Subject: Seminar 3: Article Search and Review; Group A

Lecturer: KH

Other: Mandatory

Day: Tuesday

Date: 2008-09-23

Time: 10:00-12:00

Subject: (Moved to 25/9) Lecture 6. An Integrated view and a Summary. Darwin et al. Part IV

Room: MA 246

Lecturer: KH/CN

Other: Please note change of date to 25/9, 10-12)

Day: Wednesday

Date: 2008-09-24

Time: 10:00-12:00

Subject: Tutorials/Instructions on and distribution of take home exams

Room: N 460

Lecturer: KH. CN

Other:

Day: Thursday

Date: 2008-09-25

Time: 10:00-12:00

Subject: (Moved to 23/9, 10-12) Guest Lecture 2:Organizational change at the Volvo Lorries, Umeå

Room: S103

Lecturer: Jan-Olov Carlso

Other: Mandatory. Please note change of date to 23/9)

Day: Friday

Date: 2008-09-26

Time: 13:00-15:00

Subject: Drop-in tutorials (5)

Room: Office

Lecturer: KH, CN

Other:

WEEK 40

Day: Monday

Date: 2008-09-29

Time: 13:00-13:00

Subject: Submiting in and exchange of term papers (in a paper form)

Room: S504

Lecturer: KH, CN

Other:

Day: Wednesday

Date: 2008-10-01

Time: 09:00-12:00

Subject: Seminar 4. Term paper presentations; Group A

Lecturer: KH

Other: Mandatory

Day: Wednesday

Date: 2008-10-01

Time: 09:00-12:00

Subject: Seminar 4. Term paper presentations; Group B

Lecturer: CN

Other: Mandatory

Day: Wednesday

Date: 2008-10-01

Time: 13:00-16:00

Subject: Seminar 4. Term paper presentations; Group C

Lecturer: KH

Other: Mandatory

Day: Friday

Date: 2008-10-03

Time: 13:00-13:00

Subject: Deadline for submitting-in take home exams (in a paper form) and remaining assingnment

Room: Office

Lecturer: KH, CN

Other:

WEEK 41

Day: Friday

Date: 2008-10-10

Time: 16:00-16:00

Subject: Term paper results published

Room: Home page

Lecturer: KH

Other:

WEEK 42

Day: Friday

Date: 2008-10-17

Time: 16:00-16:00

Subject: Take home exam results published

Room: Home page

Lecturer: KH

Other:

WEEK 44

Day: Thursday

Date: 2008-10-30

Time: 13:00-13:00

Subject: Deadline for submitting take-home Re-exam

Room:

Lecturer: KH

Other: