(MSc) Master of Science
Organisational Change Management
Current
University of Essex
University of Essex
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Masters
Full-time
MSC N21712
10/05/2023
Details
Professional accreditation
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Admission criteria
You should have a 2:2 degree, or equivalent. We particularly encourage applications from business management, social sciences and humanities backgrounds, but we will consider applications from other relevant backgrounds.
You may also be considered with a lower class degree, if you have three year’s relevant work experience in a field such as: Human Resource Management, Management or Project Management (please provide your CV).
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) code
If English is not your first language we will require IELTS 6.5 with a minimum score of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 is all other components.
Course qualifiers
A course qualifier is a bracketed addition to your course title to denote a specialisation or pathway that you have achieved via the completion of specific modules during your course. The
specific module requirements for each qualifier title are noted below. Eligibility for any selected qualifier will be determined by the department and confirmed by the final year Board of
Examiners. If the required modules are not successfully completed, your course title will remain as described above without any bracketed addition. Selection of a course qualifier is
optional and student can register preferences or opt-out via Online Module Enrolment (eNROL).
None
Rules of assessment
Rules of assessment are the rules, principles and frameworks which the University uses to calculate your course progression and final results.
Additional notes
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External examiners
External Examiners provide an independent overview of our courses, offering their expertise and help towards our continual improvement of course content, teaching, learning, and assessment.
External Examiners are normally academics from other higher education institutions, but may be from the industry, business or the profession as appropriate for the course.
They comment on how well courses align with national standards, and on how well the teaching, learning and assessment methods allow students to develop and demonstrate the relevant knowledge and skills needed to achieve their awards.
External Examiners who are responsible for awards are key members of Boards of Examiners. These boards make decisions about student progression within their course and about whether students can receive their final award.
Programme aims
- To develop students as effective, but critical, agents of organisational change management by providing them with the requisite intellectual, analytical and communicative capacities, and skills and knowledge.
- A systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights, much of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of the field of organisation studies and organisational change management.
- A comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to the study of organisations and organisational change management.
- Originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in organisation studies and organisational change management.
- Conceptual understanding that enables:
- critical evaluation of current research and advanced scholarship in organisation studies and organisational change management.
- critical evaluation of research methodologies and the ability, where appropriate, to propose new hypotheses or research questions.
Learning outcomes and learning, teaching and assessment methods
On successful completion of the programme a graduate should demonstrate knowledge and skills as follows:
A: Knowledge and understanding
A1: Demonstrate a systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights, much of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of the field of organisation studies and organisational change management.
A2: Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to the study of organisations and organisational change management.
A3: Demonstrate originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in organisation studies and organisational change management.
A4: Demonstrate conceptual understanding that enables the student:
- to evaluate critically current research and advanced scholarship in organisation studies and organisational change management.
- to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them and, where appropriate, to propose new hypotheses or research questions.
Learning methods
Lectures: Impart knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights at the forefront of the field of organisation studies and organisational change management.
Independent study: As above, plus scope to develop a comprehensive understanding of techniques, the application of knowledge, and evaluate current research and its methodologies.
Group discussions: Scope to develop a comprehensive understanding of techniques, the application of knowledge, and evaluate current research and its methodologies.
Case studies: Impart knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights at the forefront of the field of organisation studies and organisational change management and develop a comprehensive understanding of techniques, the application of knowledge, and evaluate current research and its methodologies.
Assessment methods
Essays: Demonstrate knowledge, critical awareness and evaluation, conceptual understanding, and originality in the application of knowledge.
Study diaries: Demonstrate knowledge, critical awareness and evaluation, conceptual understanding, and originality in the application of knowledge.
Individual and group presentations: Demonstrate knowledge, critical awareness and evaluation, conceptual understanding, and originality in the application of knowledge.
Case study analysis: Demonstrates knowledge, critical awareness and evaluation, conceptual understanding, and originality in the application of knowledge.
Dissertation: Demonstrates knowledge, critical awareness and evaluation, conceptual understanding, and originality in the application of knowledge.
B: Intellectual and cognitive skills
B1: Demonstrate the capacity to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgements in the absence of complete data, and communicate their conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
B2: Demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional level.
B3: Demonstrate the ability to advance their knowledge and understanding, and to develop new skills to a high level.
Learning methods
Independent study: The capacity to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks.
Group work: The capacity to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks, and the ability to advance their knowledge and understanding, and to develop new skills to a high level.
Case studies: The capacity to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems.
Dissertation Research: All of the above.
Assessment methods
Essays: Demonstrate the capacity to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks, and demonstrate the ability to advance their knowledge and understanding, and to develop new skills to a high level.
Study diaries: Demonstrate the capacity to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks, and demonstrate the ability to advance their knowledge and understanding, and to develop new skills to a high level.
Individual and group presentations: Demonstrate the capacity to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgements in the absence of complete data, and communicate their conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences, and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks.
Case study analysis: Demonstrate the capacity to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks, and demonstrate the ability to advance their knowledge and understanding, and to develop new skills to a high level.
Dissertation: All of the above.
C: Practical skills
C1: Demonstrate initiative and personal responsibility.
C2: Demonstrate decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations.
C3: Demonstrate the independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.
Learning methods
Independent study: Initiative, personal responsibility, and independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.
Group work: Initiative, personal responsibility, decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations, and independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.
Case studies: Initiative, personal responsibility, decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations.
Dissertation Research: Initiative, personal responsibility, decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations, and independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.
Assessment methods
Independent study: Initiative, personal responsibility, and independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.
Group work: Initiative, personal responsibility, decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations, and independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.
Case studies: Initiative, personal responsibility, decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations.
Dissertation Research: Initiative, personal responsibility, decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations, and independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.
D: Key skills
D1: Communicate ideas and arguments in a coherent and effective manner.
D2: Use information technology such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases and the web in order to source, download and analyse data
D3: Capacity to identify, manipulate and apply relevant numerical data.
D4: Capacity to solve complex analytical, conceptual and theoretical problems utilising relevant evidence and scholarship.
D5: Capacity to work with others in a supportive, self-critical and committed manner.
D6: Capacity for self-refection, identifying personal strengths and weaknesses and developing appropriate strategies for improvement.
Learning methods
Lectures: D3
Independent study: D2, D3, D4
Group work: D1, D2, D4, D5, D6
Dissertation Research: D1, D2, D3, D4, D6
Assessment methods
Essays: D2, D4, D6
Study diaries: D2, D3, D4, D6
Individual and group presentations: D1, D2, D4, D5, D6
Case Study Analysis: D2, D4, D6
Dissertation: D1, D2, D3, D4, D6