Organizational Change and Development Syllabus What is change? Why change? The reasons.

The changing nature of employment The shift in value. The new employer ethos. The adapting features of todays employees. The factors affecting resistance to change Individual level. Group level. Organizational level. The individual/group factors affecting adaptation to change Learning agility/technical adaptability. The synergistic feature of teams. Organizational policies. Ways to overcome resistance to change Kurt Lewins theory. The iceberg theory. The role of leadership(the ABB case) Relevant cases: A through review of contemporary merger & acquisition cases (net surfing & compilation to be done by the students.) Change means the new state of things different from the old state of things. Organizational development or OD is one part of study that talks about planned change. The field of OD was established to help leaders address & embrace change as an opportunity rather than a threat. Change : Facets The field of OD was established to help the leaders address & embrace change.

 The new state of things can have an entirely new form different from the previous. Change can be deliberate (planned) or accidental (unplanned). Its magnitude can be large or small. It can affect many elements of the organization or only a few. It can be fast(revolutionary) or slow(evolutionary)