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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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?

5. Discussion
Next weeks assignments.