BUS 410 – Change Management INSTRUCTOR: Bryan Thompson EMAIL: bryan.thompson@umpi.edu OFFICE: Normal 311 OFFICE HOURS: Tue/Thur 10am-11am & 1pm-2pm PHONE: 768-9459 COURSE DESCRIPTION: BUS 410: This course develops the skills you will need for leading change. In this course, we will analyze the forces that drive organizations to change, examine impediments to change, and survey a range of approaches for making organizational change more effective. This course will develop your understanding of change processes and provides practical skills for managing and leading change. COURSE MATERIALS: Text #1: Switch - How to change things when change is hard ISBN- 978-0-385-52875-7 Text #2: ADKAR: a Model for Change in Business, Government and our Community : How to Implement Successful Change in our Personal Lives and Professional Careers ISBN- 1930885504 COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Learning to apply course material to improve thinking, problem solving and decisions in challenging situations

Acquiring and interest in learning more by asking questions and seeking answers

Understanding what drives change within organizations, communities, and individuals

Acquiring knowledge to implement change using the ADKAR model

Become a change agent

GRADING: 1. Attendance and Participation (12 Classes (no counting class#1) X 3% each) 36%

1.1. Each class, we will break into groups to discuss the chapter we read from Switch. 2. Journal Writing (12 total – each worth 3% each) 36%

2.1. You will write in your journal within Blackboard. Only you and I will be able to see what you write. I would like you to reflect on a change you are going through, have been through, or plan to go through. You will reflect on that change after each chapter in ADKAR.

3. Final Paper 28% 3.1. Specific details and expectations will be provided separately; however, this paper will be done

individually and will be due during Finals Week.

Date Class Topic Assignments

Week 1: 1/28

Change Management Couse Overview

Switch: Read Chapter 1

Week 2: 2/4

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 1

Switch: Read Chapter 2 Journal Writing

Week 3: 2/11

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 2

Switch: Read Chapter 3 Journal Writing

Week 4: VACATION

Week 5: 2/25

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 3

Switch: Read Chapter 4 Journal Writing

Week 6: 3/4

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 4

Switch: Read Chapter 5 Journal Writing

Week 7: 3/11

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 5

Switch: Read Chapter 6 Journal Writing

Week 8: 3/18

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 6

Switch: Read Chapter 7 Journal Writing

Week 9: 3/25

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 7

Switch: Read Chapter 8 Journal Writing

Week 10: VACATION

Week 11: 4/8

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 8

Switch: Read Chapter 9 Journal Writing

Week 12: 4/15

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 9

Switch: Read Chapter 10 Journal Writing

Week 13: 4/22

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 10

Switch: Read Chapter 11 Journal Writing

Week 14: 4/29

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 11

Journal Writing

Week 15: 5/6

Reading de-brief

ADKAR – Chapter 12

Journal Writing

Week 16: Finals Week - Final Paper Due