Level- UP: Making Sense of Organizational Change (Cohort 2)

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MacEwan University: School of Business
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Theresa Chika-James
Associate Professor
(5)
4
Project
Academic experience
80 hours per learner
Learner
Canada
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Leadership Organizational structure
Skills
ethical standards and conduct organizational change management organizational leadership influencing skills change management management research
Details

Positions available: 2

The research project provides students with the opportunity to explore the process by which organizations change and transform with emphasis on what makes for effective change in organizations. Research activities will involve analyzing the intricacies in organizational change management such as factors/conditions that influence changes and the implications of change components (i.e., change agents, initiatives, processes) on stakeholders and the actual change. Findings from this research project will help inform the theory and practice of organizational change management.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Students will work independently under the supervision of Dr Theresa A. Chika-James to complete the following task:

1. Complete professional training on research methods

2. Conduct a literature review on one (selected) change management topic stated below:

- Organizational Change and Ethical Conduct in Work Environment

- Organizational Change Readiness and Resistance

- Forces of Change and the Shaping of Hybrid Management Practices

- Management Education in a Canadian Context: Associated Effects of Service-Learning on Individual and Organizational Change.

3. Systematically collate and summarise research findings in an 8-12 pages report.

Deliverables
No deliverables exist for this project.
Mentorship

Students will work independently under the supervision of Dr Theresa A. Chika-James throughout the re project

About the company

Company
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
0 - 1 employees
Education

The School of Business at MacEwan University consists of four departments:

- Department of Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources Management and Management
- Department of Accounting and Finance
- Department of Decision Sciences
- Department of International Business, Marketing, Strategy and Law