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COMMGMT 3506NA - Managing Conflict and Change III

Ngee Ann Academy - Trimester 1 - 2017

This course will introduce students to the theory and practice of negotiation, conflict management and change management in the workplace. Using various models the course will help students to develop an understanding of the importance of structured negotiation as a means of achieving effective organisational outcomes. It will also explore different strategies for dealing with conflict and implementing organisational change and the potential outcomes, both positive and negative, of the chosen strategy.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code COMMGMT 3506NA
    Course Managing Conflict and Change III
    Coordinating Unit Adelaide Business School
    Term Trimester 1
    Level Undergraduate
    Location/s Ngee Ann Academy
    Units 3
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y
    Prerequisites 6 units of COMMGMT courses
    Assessment Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Dr Chris Smith

    Location: Room 10.35 10, Pulteney Street
    Telephone: 61 8 83138332
    Email: dr.chris.smith@adelaide.edu.au
    Course website:
    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

    First Intensive:
    Date 0900 – 1000 1000 – 1200 1300 – 1500 1500 – 1700
    6 March 2017 Lecture Tutorial Consultation
    7 March 2017 Consultation Lecture Tutorial Consultation
    8 March 2017 Consultation Consultation Consultation Consultation
    9 March 2017 Consultation Lecture Tutorial Consultation
    10 March 2017 Consultation Lecture Tutorial Consultation

     

    Second Intensive:
    Date 0900 - 1000 1000 -1200 1300 - 1500 1500 -1700
    10 April 2017 Lecture Tutorial Consultation
    11 April 2017 Consultation Lecture Tutorial Consultation
    12 April 2017 Consulation Consulation Consultation Consultation
    14 April 2017 Consultation Lecture Tutorial Consultation
    14 April 2017 Consultation Lecture Tutorial Consultation

    Notes: Consultation times are available for student or lecturer initiated discussions with individuals or groups. They are not compulsory lecture sessions and are based on prior appointments. I.e. they are not ad hoc ‘drop-in’ arrangements.


  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1) Demonstrate an understanding of the causes of conflict in organisations and different mechanism for its management and resolution.
    2) Critically analyse different frameworks and methods of organizational change.
    3) Identify the major processes and practices that underlie successful and unsuccessful change
    4) Diagnose the dynamics of environmental and organizational change.
    5) Apply conflict management and concepts and theory to real world situations.
    最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attributes

    This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

    最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s)
    Deep discipline knowledge
    • informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
    • acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
    • accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
    1,2,3,4,5
    Critical thinking and problem solving
    • steeped in research methods and rigor
    • based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
    • demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
    1,2,3,4
    Career and leadership readiness
    • technology savvy
    • professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
    • forward thinking and well informed
    • tested and validated by work based experiences
    5
  • Learning Resources
    Required Resources

    There is no prescribed text for this course but readings have been provided. It is expected that students will research and read beyond the material provided. There is a vast literature on change and conflict and using ‘Google Scholar’ and search terms such as ‘change management’; ‘conflict resolution’; ‘negotiation and conflict’; etc. is a good place to start.

    Recommended Resources


    International Journal of Conflict Management
    Journal of Change Management
    Negotiation journal
    Strategic Change

    Online Learning
    Students are encouraged to read widely to enhance their learning of change and conflict. For wider reading, other sources include academic journals. The list below is by no means comprehensive and is offered as a launching point for additional readings. These journals are available through the Barr Smith Library in online databases.

    Academy of Management Executive
    Academy of Management Journal
    Academy of Management Perspectives
    Administrative Science Quarterly
    (Harvard Business Review – not peer reviewed)
    Human Relations
    Journal of Applied Psychology
    Journal of Change Management
    Journal of Organizational Behaviour
    Organization Science
    Organization Dynamics
  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes

    This course is taught in intensive mode. Each day there is a two hour lecture and a two hour tutorial. Tutorials are an important component of your learning in this course. Students are expected to attend all classes and ensure that they complete the required exercises and assignments before coming to class. Students are encouraged to actively participate in tutorial discussions as a way of developing sound communication skills.

    Workload

    The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

    The 最新糖心Vlog expects full-time students to devote approximately 12 hours a week to each subject they study. The intensive mode of your study means that for each subject you are likely to concentrate your time over the two weeks devoted to the course. However you will need to find time for private study between intensives.

    Learning Activities Summary




    Intensive 1

     Session 1 Theories and reflections on conflict
    Conflict at national, organizational, group and individual levels is an ever-present human dynamic. In this session we examine the concepts and manifestation of conflict in its various forms.

    Bar-Tal, D. (2000) “From Intractable Conflict Through Conflict Resolution to Reconciliation: Psychological Analysis”, Political Psychology, 21(2): 351-65
    Thomas, K.W. (1992) “Conflict and conflict management: Reactions and update” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 13(3): 265-274.

    Session 2 Conflict in organizations
    In this session we consider the organization and the dynamics of various forms of conflict We will debate whether conflict is an inevitable part of organizational life 


    Flink, C. M. (2015) “Multidimensional conflict and organizational performance”, American Review of Public Administration, 45(2):182-200.
    Tjosvold, D. (2008) “The conflict-positive organization: it depends on us” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 29(1), p19-28.

    Session 3 Resolution and management of conflict
    At individual and managerial level the management of conflict and either its elimination or resolution is something that all members of the organization are involved with.

    Afzalur Rahim, M. (2002) Toward a theory of managing organizational conflict. International Journal of Conflict Management, 13(3): 206-235.
    Ridley-Duff, R. and Bennett, A. (201)1 “Towards mediation: developing a theoretical framework to understand alternative dispute resolution”, Industrial Relations Journal 42(2), p106-123.
    Weiss, J. and Hughes, J. (2005) "Want collaboration? Accept and positively manage conflict", Harvard Business Review, March, p93-101.
     Session 4 Negotiation – perspectives and practice
    Negotiation is a key process by means of which intra and inter-organizational conflicts are settled. There is a vast literature (and consultancy) on this particular approach and we will come to understand and practice it to some extent in this session.


    Fells, R. (1996) "Preparation for negotiation, issues and processes", Personnel Review, 25(2), p50-60.
    Malhotra, D. and Bazerman, M.H. (2007) “Investigative negotiation, Harvard Business Review, September, p72-78.
     
    Intensive 2
    Session 1 Models and dynamics of change
    In this session we examine the core dynamics underpinning change and change theories. We will engage with the idea that the preferred approach of managers is only a good ‘tool’ in the right environment

    Beer, M. and Nohria, N. (2000) Cracking the Code of Change, Harvard Business Review, May-June: 133-141.
    Bilalic, M., McLeod, P. & Gobet, F. (2008). Why good thoughts block better ones: The mechanism of the pernicious Einstellung (set) effect. Cognition 108: 652-661.
    Birkinshaw, J. & Heywood, S. (2010) Putting organizational complexity in its place. McKinsey Quarterly, May 1-9.
    Oxman, J. A. Smith, B D. (2003). The limits of structural change, Sloan Management Review, Fall: 77-82.
     
    Session 2  Preparation and diagnosis
    There are a variety of reasons why most change initiatives seem to fail and inadequate preparation and conceptualization of the change process and content is high on the list.

    Beer, M., Eisenstat, A. & Spector, B. (1990) Why Change Programs Don’t Produce Change, Harvard Business Review, November-December: 158-166.
    Swanson, D.J. & Creed, A.S. (2014) “Sharpening the focus of force field analysis”, Journal of Change Management, 14(1):28-47.
     
    Session 3  The change ‘toolkit’.
    Heeding the warnings of previous sessions we will discuss the variety of methods and processes that are available to managers once they have decided to embark on the change journey. We will also pay close attention to the (implicit) assumptions underpinning these methods.
     
    Applebaum, S. H., Habashy, S., Malo, J. L. & Shafiq, H. (2012) Back to the future: Revisiting Kotter's 1996 change model. Journal of Managment Development, 31(8) 765-782
    Boaz, N. and Fox, E. A. (2014) Change leader, change thyself. McKinsey Quarterly March 1-11. 
    Kotter, JP and Schlesinger, LA. (2008) "Choosing strategies for change" Harvard Business Review, July-August, p130-139.
    Lawson, E. and Price, C. (2003). The psychology of change management’ The McKinsey Quarterly Special Edition. p. 30-41.

    Session 4 Change leadership/agency.
    A key component (or perhaps the key component) in any change initiative is the individual, the manager or the group of individuals/managers who are tasked with running the change process. No matter how sophisticated the planning or logical the process the overall result is often made or broken by the change agent.

    Boaz, N. and Fox, E. A. (2014) Change leader, change thyself. McKinsey Quarterly March 1-11
    Higgs, M. & Rowland, D. (2011) What does it take to implement change successfully? A study of the behaviors of successful change leaders. The Journal of Applied Behavioural Science XX(X):1-27.
    Pascale, R. T. & Sternin, J. (2005) Your company’s secret change agents. Harvard Business Review 83(5)

      
     

  • Assessment

    The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

    1. Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
    2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
    3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

    Assessment Summary
    Assessment Task Weighting Learning Outcome
    Group assignment 30%
    Individual assignment 40%
    Open book examination 30%
    Total 100%

    For specific details and due dates please see MyUni.
    Assessment Related Requirements

    Students must achieve a pass mark of 50% of individual components of the course.
    Assessment Detail

     Group (30%)

    The topic:
    ‘Conflict – maintaining the good, constraining the bad.’
    Output: A PowerPoint presentation to be made on the last afternoon of the first intensive (10/03/17).

    Guidelines: Maximum 15 minutes

    Structure:
                 Slide 1: title and group members
                 Slides 2-8 (maximum): content and conclusions
                 Explanations on the notes pages of the slides
    More details will be given in class

     Individual (40%)
    Write a fully cited and referenced essay on the topic:
    ‘Why organizational change is difficult and what managers can do to make it easier’.
     
    Output 2000 words (word format document) to be handed in via MyUni by 12.00midnight 7th May 2017

    Exam (30%)

    This is an open book examination that will entail the application of conflict and change models to short cases. (15th May)

     Please note that to be eligible for Additional Assessment (previously referred to as Supplementary Examinations) in this course ALL required assessment tasks must be be submitted 

    Submission
    1. Please note that all requests for extensions should be directed in writing to the Lecturer no later than 48 hours before the due date. Extension requests after this time will only be granted for exceptional circumstances. This does not include poor time management or poor file management.
    2. Extensions to the due date of individual and group assessment may be granted under special circumstances. An extension request based on illness or on exceptional personal circumstances must include the "Supporting Statement / Certification Form" that is on p. 4 of the Supplementary Assessment application available at:
      a.
      b. Students applying for an extension based on medical reasons must visit their medical practitioner, with the approved 最新糖心Vlog form, and have the medical practitioner complete it. A normal doctor's certificate will not be accepted.
    3. All assignments are to be lodged at, or prior to, the due date and time. A late assignment where no extension has been granted will be penalised by a reduction of 5% of the mark given for each day, or part of a day, that it is late.
    Presentation of Assignments
    1. Students must retain a copy of all assignments submitted.
    2. All individual assignments must be attached to an Assignment Cover Sheet that must be signed and dated by the student before submission. Lecturers will withhold students’ results until such time as the student has signed the Assignment Cover Sheet.
    3. All group assignments must be attached to a Group Assignment Cover Sheet that must be signed and dated by all group members before submission. All team members are expected to contribute approximately equally to a group assignment.
    4. Students may not submit work for an assignment that has previously been submitted for this course or any other course.
    5. Markers can refuse to accept assignments that do not have a signed acknowledgement of the 最新糖心Vlog’s Policy on Plagiarism: www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/230/
    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
    Grade Mark Description
    FNS   Fail No Submission
    F 1-49 Fail
    P 50-64 Pass
    C 65-74 Credit
    D 75-84 Distinction
    HD 85-100 High Distinction
    CN   Continuing
    NFE   No Formal Examination
    RP   Result Pending

    Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

    Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

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