TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
MGT 6635
Leadership of Innovation and Change
Prerequisites
Graduate standing. Admission to the MSM program.
Description
Leadership of Innovation and Change is the study of management concepts and practices useful
in improving organizational performance. Theories and concepts applicable to making
organizations more hospitable to people and more productive in accomplishing their goals and
objectives are identified and discussed. Special attention is paid to strategic interventions and
change in both private and public sector organizations and in the global arena.
Objectives
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Recognize the common characteristics of open or complex systems as they relate to
organizational innovation and change.
2. Describe the common characteristics of organizational growth and evolution, including the
entrepreneurial, professionalizing, and mature stages of growth.
3. Diagnose organizational problems at the individual, group (including team or unit), and
organization levels of analysis.
4. Recommend solutions to solve organizational problems by selecting from among alternative
interventions, including human-process, HRM techniques, techno-structural, and strategic
interventions.
5. Develop an appropriate plan for implementing organizational innovation and change.
6. Apply organizational innovation and change strategies to business objectives in an apt
scenario.
Purpose
To provide basic knowledge of organizational-change principles and interventions in preparation
for the constant change that typifies organizational life. MSM Leadership concentration required
course.
Master Syllabi are developed by the senior faculty in each business discipline. This Master Syllabus must be used as the basis for developing the
instructor syllabus for this course, which must also comply with the content specifications outlined in the Troy University Faculty Handbook.
The objectives included on this Master Syllabus must be included among the objectives on the instructor’s syllabus, which may expand upon the
same as the instructor sees fit. The statement of purpose seeks to position the course properly within the curriculum and should be consulted by
faculty as a source of advisement guidance. Specific choice of text and other details are further subject to Program Coordinator guidance.
1 August 2005
Master Syllabus: MSM 6635
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Approved Texts
Cummings, T. G., & Worley, C. G. (2005 or current). Organization development and change
(8th ed.). Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western.
Jones, G. R. (2004 or current). Organizational theory, design, and change (4th ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Palmer, I., Dunford, R., & Akin, G. (2006). Managing organizational change: A multiple
perspectives approach. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Supplements
Olson, E. E., & Eoyang, G. H. (2001 or current). Facilitating organization change: Lessons from
complexity science (1st ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.
Troy University Faculty Handbook (2010): Section 3.9.2.8 [extract] — essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):
1. Course title
2. Course number +
section
3. Term
4. Instructor
5. Prerequisites
6. Office hours
7. Class days, times
8. Classroom
location
9. Office location +
e-mail address
10. Office telephone
11. Course
description,
objectives
12. Text(s)
13. Other materials
16. General supports
14. Grading methods,
(computer works,
criterion weights,
writing center)
make-up policy,
17. Daily assignments,
mid-term grade
holidays, add/drop
reports
& open dates, dead
15. Procedure, course
day, final exam
requirements
18. ADA statement
19. Electronic device
statement
20. Additional
services,
statements
21. Absence policy
22. Incomplete work
policy
23. Cheating policy
24. Specialization
requirements
(certification,
licensure, teacher
competencies)