Syllabus Summer 2015 OLS 386 Mod 2
OLS 38600: Leadership for Organizational Change and Innovation
Organizational Leadership and Supervision Program
Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation
College of Technology Purdue University
Y01- OLS 38600 Module 2 Summer, 2015
Instructor Information:
Mr. Satish Bawa
Purdue University
E-mail: bawa@purdue.edu
Section: Distance, June 15 – July 10, 2015 Course Description: An interactive experience designed to look at the many aspects of change. We will discuss how change affects both our personal and organizational lives. We will examine the techniques for positively initiating organizational change, and how to make that change challenging for both the leader and the employee. We will learn what skills are necessary to become a successful change leader and we will discuss the organizational and societal issues that impact change leaders. Purdue Blackboard Learn Website: https://mycourses.purdue.edu
Writing Lab (OWL) Site: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ Course Goals: To introduce the student to the change process and the steps individuals go through when they face change in their personal or organizational lives.
To introduce the student to the concept of change and how it affects the leader as well as the employee. Emphasis will be placed on the human side of the change process.
To introduce the students to some contemporary change issues, especially the challenge companies face with continuous change in today’s fast-paced, competitive business environment.
To instill in students the importance of researching ideas and bringing those ideas to their future organizations in a creative and meaningful way.
To develop a change model that overlays some of the present change management thinking to be used as a tool for initiating and sustaining change in future workplace endeavors.
Textbooks: 1. Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, Bridges, W. Addison-Wesley Publishing, 2003
2.
Organizational Leadership and Supervision Program
Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation
College of Technology Purdue University
Y01- OLS 38600 Module 2 Summer, 2015
Instructor Information:
Mr. Satish Bawa
Purdue University
E-mail: bawa@purdue.edu
Section: Distance, June 15 – July 10, 2015 Course Description: An interactive experience designed to look at the many aspects of change. We will discuss how change affects both our personal and organizational lives. We will examine the techniques for positively initiating organizational change, and how to make that change challenging for both the leader and the employee. We will learn what skills are necessary to become a successful change leader and we will discuss the organizational and societal issues that impact change leaders. Purdue Blackboard Learn Website: https://mycourses.purdue.edu
Writing Lab (OWL) Site: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ Course Goals: To introduce the student to the change process and the steps individuals go through when they face change in their personal or organizational lives.
To introduce the student to the concept of change and how it affects the leader as well as the employee. Emphasis will be placed on the human side of the change process.
To introduce the students to some contemporary change issues, especially the challenge companies face with continuous change in today’s fast-paced, competitive business environment.
To instill in students the importance of researching ideas and bringing those ideas to their future organizations in a creative and meaningful way.
To develop a change model that overlays some of the present change management thinking to be used as a tool for initiating and sustaining change in future workplace endeavors.
Textbooks: 1. Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, Bridges, W. Addison-Wesley Publishing, 2003
2.