We begin the lecture by observing that there is no such thing as “leading or managing change”. There is, however, an important notion of ‘leading people in change’. After that we discuss why most change efforts fail (although we might think otherwise). We conclude the lecture by introducing the goals and focus in change.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: Preparing for the class read the following articles (1) and (2) in order to orient to the topic. The first one discusses change in business world, and the second one is a brief orientation to some theoretical aspects regarding change in relation to organizational effectiveness research.

1. Organizational change: Managing the human side. 1999. APQC. American Productivity and Quality Center. (Organizational change in the corporate world – orientation.
   http://www.exinfm.com/pdffiles/change_apqc.pdf
   
   
2. Izumi & Taylor. 1999. Planned organizational change as cultural revolution Management Development Forum. Empire State College. (related to organizational effectiveness)
   http://www.esc.edu/ESConline/across_esc/forumjournal.nsf/0/1f36661906ca98d9852567b0006beb07?OpenDocument

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture EDLS840_S1_L1.pdf​

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Write your learning experiences into your personalReflective report

Assignment after the lecture: After the class read articles 1-3 listed here (The classics)