HRC7711 Organizational Change Theory Week 1 Dr. Jenne Meyer HRC7711 Organizational Change Theory

HRC7711 Discuss syllabus Groundrules Introductions Who are you? Where do you work? Experience with HR, Organizational Behavior? Expectations of this course? Your first concert or fun fact.

Organizational Change Theory Chapter 2 – Images of Managing Change Chapter 3 – Why Organizations Change Chapter 4 – What Changes in Organizations Chapter 5 – Diagnosis for Change Chapter 6 – Resistance to Change Chapter 7 & 8 – Implementing Change Chapter 9 – Linking Vision and Change Chapter 10 & 11 – Strategies and Skills for Communicating Change Chapter 12 – Sustaining Change

Class Discussion Think back to a change that you have experienced, in either your personal or professional life. What made it a story? What lessons (table 1.1, p9) are present in your story? What three key conclusions do you draw from these stories about managing change? What key conclusions did you draw from the vignettes in Chapter 1?

Discussion Next weeks assignments.