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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title Organisational Culture & Change
Module Code SG502 (ITS) / EDU1128 (Banner)
Faculty DCU Institute of Education School STEM Ed, Innov, Global Studies
Module Co-ordinatorMargaret Farren
Module Teachers-
NFQ level 9 Credit Rating 10
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
Coursework Only
Description

Students will explore the nature and complexity of organisations and how organisations adapt and react to planned and unplanned change. You will consider specific features of organisations, including culture, politics and change processes. You will engage with change management used by organisations to introduce and manage change processes. Approaches to innovation and eLearning will be discussed. The module approach will center on questioning, discussion, enquiry, group work and presentations.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understanding organisation and the challenge of metaphor
2. The machine and the rise of bureaucracy
3. Organisations as living organisms
4. Organisations as brains -
5. Organisations as political systems



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Total Workload: 0

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Written ExamThe assessment is a written piece.100%n/a
Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories:
Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module.
Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List

  • Seely Brown, Duguid, P: 2017, The Social Life of Information, Harvard Business Review Press,
  • Schein, E.: 2018, Humble Leadership, Berrett-Koehler Publishers;,
  • Schein, E.: 2016, Organisational Culture and Leadership, Wiley,
  • Cameron, E., Green, M.: 2019, Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizational Change, Kogan Page,
  • Feldmann, D.: 2016, Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change, Wiley,
  • Laszlo, C.: 2016, Flourishing enterprise : the new spirit of business, Stanford Business Book,
  • Metallo, C.: 2021, Digital transformation and human behavior : innovation for people and organisations, Springer,
Other Resources

None

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