Module: Project & Operational Change Management

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Project & Operational Change Management
Module Code	MNA1116 (ITS: MT5228)
Faculty	DCU Business School	School	DCU Business School
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	15

Description

The overall aim of this module is to provide the learner with an understanding of the special challenges involved in managing and renewing an enterprise in today’s increasingly complex and dynamic global environment. Specific aims of the module are: • To develop a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges involved in the management of the business unit and of the total enterprise. • To provide learners with appropriate skills and perspectives to successfully implement change. The module is divided into three sub-modules Managing Change, Project Management and Risk Assessment, and Electives each with its own learning outcomes and syllabus

Learning Outcomes

1. Project Management • Review the nature, implementation and practice of Project Management and the role of the project manager • Examine people issues associated with project management including leadership, conflict, negotiation, project teams, motivation and reward • Manage financial, procurement and risk aspects of project • Evaluate IS/IT project management methodologies and techniques, such as PRINCE, PERT and CPM
2. Managing Change • Examine issues involved in human resources management, group dynamics and communication in organisations • Analyse the nature of learning organisations and managing technological change • Explain how organisations manage resistance to change • Evaluate the planned change and emergent change models for managing change in organisations
3. Electives (a) Supply Chain Management • Recognise how each link in the Supply Chain from raw material sourcing to final consumer is interdependent and must be strategically aligned.• Determine how information can replace inventory. (b) Logistics and Transport • Determine how to manage distribution channels sustainably, transparently, efficiently and effectively.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Directed learning	40	Study course notes and texts
Independent Study	170	Source and read the additional material referenced in course notes
Online activity	25	Use the online discussion forum to discuss the questions relating to the assignment and the course materials
Assignment Completion	130	Prepare an assignment according to the given criteria
Tutorial	10	Online tutorials using Loop
Total Workload: 375

Section Breakdown
CRN	20749	Part of Term	Semester 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Colum Foley	Module Teacher	James Byrne, Raymond Treacy

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Participation	Discussion forum	7%	n/a
Participation	Online discussion forum	7%	n/a
Project	Managing Change assignment	26%	n/a
Participation	Online discussion forum	7%	n/a
Assignment	Project Management assignment	27%	n/a
Assignment	Elective Assignment	26%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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

Organisational Change Sub module
• Understanding and Defining Change • Models of Change • Leading Change • Organisational Culture and Change • Managing Resistance and building readiness for change • Consolidating and sustaining change

Project Management and Risk Assessment sub module
• Project Management and Risk Management • Project Generation • Project Feasibility Selection and Initiation • Project Planning • Project Scheduling Techniques • Project Scheduling – Pert Charts • Project Leadership, Motivation and Negotiation • Managing Project Teams • Project Financing and Budgets • Project Procurement strategies

Electives
Elective: (a) Supply Chain Management • Strategy and strategic procurement • Strategic Procurement management – strategic analysis • Strategic Procurement management – strategic choice • Strategic Procurement management – strategy implementation • Strategic supply chain management • Recruitment and selection of staff • The leadership and management of teams • Supply chain policy issues Elective :(b) Transport and Logistics: Managing distribution channels, Sustainable transport, Information systems for distribution.

Indicative Reading List

Books:

Ian Palmer: 2016, Managing Organizational Change: A Multiple Perspectives Approach, 3, McGraw Hill, 978-007353053
Barbara Senior,Stephen Swailes: 0, Organizational Change, 5th, 1292063831
Erik W. Larson,Clifford F. Gray: 2021, Project Management: The Managerial Process, 8th, McGraw Hill, 1260238865
ARJAN. VAN WEELE: 0, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, 7th, 1473749441

Articles:
None

Other Resources

None