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Topic -Importance of evaluation in internal change Agency
1. Management Brief
2. What is Change
3. Types of Change
4. Challenges the company faces during Change – Outline the challenge of staff retention during change and the interference costs involved.
- Employee Retention (challenge 1)
- Organization Culture /Challenges (challenge2)
5. Importance of Strategic Integration
6. Impact of Strategic Intergartion using Guest Model – Explain how Strategic integration (Guest, 1989) brings together HRM policies; HR outcomes; and organizational outcomes (Use Guest’s diagram in Blyton and Turnbull, 1993: 21)
7. Indicate how Management by Objectives links organizational objectives; departmental goals; and individual key tasks (Drucker, 1954) and what this means for devising a company strategy to a successful change programme.
8. Importance of Linking company strategy to Individual Outcomes
9. Role of a senior Manager
10. My Plan On How I Will Manage This Change Intervention, The Budget Required, The Cost-Benefit Analysis
11. Role of Internal Change agent & Developing the role of Agent – Explain how the role of the internal change agent can be crucial in evaluating the link between organizational outcomes and individual development and how you can help develop that role in their organization (address the HRD list here. Consult any of the HR text books such as Torrington Human Resource Management or Mullins Management and Organizational Behaviour for detailed guidance on how to address these aspects and ensuring they are addressed in HR policy, procedure and practice).
12. Conclusion
Text book
Randall, J.A., Burnes, B. and Sim, A.J. (2019). Management consultancy: The role of the change agent. London: Red Globe Press.
Additional Books (optional) For further background, those seeking additional sources might find the following books useful:
- Burnes, B. (2017) Managing Change. 7th Edition. Harlow: Pearson Education.
- Burnes, B. & Randall, J.A. (2016). Perspectives on change: What academics, consultants and managers really think about change. London: Routledge.
- Dawson, P. (2003) Understanding Organizational Change: The Contemporary Experience of People at Work. London: Sage.
- King, N. & Anderson, N. (2002) Managing Innovation and Change: A Critical Guide for Organizations. 2nd Edition. London: Thomson.
- O’Mahoney, J & Markham, C. (2013) Management Consultancy. Oxford: OUP
- Paton, R. A. & McCalman
. • Randall, J.A. (2004) Managing change/changing managers. London: Routledge.
- Senior, B. (2002) Organisational Change. 2nd Edition. Harlow: Pearson Education.
- Sturdy, A. & Wright, C. (2015) Management as Consultancy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Additional resources. e-Business practitioner magazine websites that you might find useful:
- Health & Safety Executive – http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/
- Healthy Working Lives – http://www.healthyworkinglives.com/
- Government UK – https://www.gov.uk/browse/employing-peopl
