Organizational Change in Action

Dr Louise Boulter, (BA Hons, MSc Psychology, PhD) has held various posts at several UK Universities including the University of Leicester where she was Deputy Director of a research and teaching centre. Louise is currently a Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University Business School where she is Programme Leader for the largest undergraduate programme across the University. She is Module Leader for several undergraduate Modules including Organisational Change. Louise is author of many papers and several books for Pitman/The Financial Times which are translated into several languages. Louise is a member of the British Psychological Society (MBPsS) and a qualified lawyer. Her research is focussed on organisational change and performance management. Forthcoming research papers are focussed on the negative and positive outlier personality types of subclinical psychopaths and positive deviants. Thomas Calvard is a senior lecturer in human resource management at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

1. Introduction to key concepts and change at three levels of analysis
2. The nature of contemporary organisations and the turbulent environment in which they operate
3. Change as a complex phenomenon
4. The human aspects of change
5. Organisational culture and change
6. Cross cultural psychology and managing stakeholders across different cultures
7. Power, politics and resistance to change
8. The role of leadership in change
9. Doing change ethically
10. Bringing it all together: organisational learning and good practices for managing organisational change effectively