Organisational Development

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the practice of action research in OD;
• small group theory, group dynamics, teams and team building and their application in OD;
• the principles of OD located in human relations school of management;
• OD interventions at group and organisational level.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• understand how human process issues can be used by the OD consultant to diagnose organisation effectiveness;
• collect and evaluate data to judge the effectiveness of OD interventions;
• evaluate the implementation of OD interventions and judge their usefulness against other change tools and techniques;
• interpret a range of organisation data to gain insights into organisational effectiveness;
• identify the key roles and responsibilities of an OD consultant needed to develop and sustain long term OD interventions;
• analyse activity data from organisational systems in order to frame effective OD interventions;
• formulate an approach and business case for organisation development in response to appropriate organisational diagnosis, business imperatives and internal and external contextual forces.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• provide persuasive arguments to support your position and cases;
• think analytically and creatively in your approach to e.g. organisational problem solving;
• explain concepts clearly and critically in putting forward arguments.
• analyse your own and others roles and practices for securing effective change through OD;

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Tutorial

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Provided throughout the course on student-led discussions. Feedback on assignments will be provided through written comments on assignments and discussion with module tutors.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.