Lecturer-in-charge Name: Dr Marilyn Clarke
Location: Room 10.52, 10 Pulteney Street
Telephone: 8313 5687
Email: marilyn.clarke@adelaide.edu.au

Course Website: www.myuni.adelaide.edu.au

Tutors Please refer to MyUni for names and contact details

Workshops: Commence in week one. Membership of workshops is to be finalised by the end of the second week of semester. Students wishing to swap between classes after this time should contact the lecturer-in-charge but should be aware that their request may not be approved.

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from the Course Planner at https://access.adelaide.edu.au/courses/search.asp

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1) Demonstrate an understanding of the causes of conflict in organisations and different mechanism for its management and resolution.
2) Critically analyse different frameworks and methods of organizational change.
3) Identify the major processes and practices that underlie successful and unsuccessful change
4) Diagnose the dynamics of environmental and organizational change.
5) Apply conflict management and concepts and theory to real world situations.

Weekly online selected Readings will be available through MyUni

This item is on reserve:

Lewicki, R.J. Barry, B. and Saunders, D.M. 2010. Negotiation, 6th ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Boston.

Other resources:

Fisher, R. Ury, W. L. and Patton, B., 1999. Getting to yes: negotiating agreement without giving in. 2nd Penguin Books, New York.

Lewicki, R.J. 2011 Mastering Business Negotiation: A Working Guide to Making Deals and Resolving Conflict. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. [San Francisco. electronic resource]

Lewicki, R.J. Barry, B. and Saunders, D.M. 2010. Essentials of Negotiation, 5th ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Boston.

Pruitt, D G and Carnevale, P. J.1993. Negotiation in social conflict, Open University Press, Buckingham.

Hughes, M.2006 Change Management: A Critical Perspective, London : Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Carnall, C. 2007 Managing change in organizations 5th ed. Harlow:Prentice Hall/Financial Times

Senior, B. and Fleming J. 2006 Organisational change Harlow ; 3rd Ed Sydney : Financial Times Prentice Hall

Journals

Harvard management communication letter: a newsletter from Harvard Business School Publishing

International Journal of Conflict Management

Journal of Change Management

Negotiation journal

Strategic Change

Lectures will be recorded and made available on MyUni. Please refer to MyUni for additional resources that may be added throughout the semester.

In this course there will be 6x2 hour lectures and in blocks of three weeks (start of semeseter and then after the semester break). Workshopss will be every week for 2 hours per week. In the lectures we will explore the theory of conflict management and change while the workshops will provide opportunities for experiential learning through activities, exercises and cases.

Workshops are a critical part of your learning so attendance at all classes is essential. It is also important that you prepare by completing set readings and exercises before coming to class. 

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

The University expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that for a three-unit course you are expected to commit approximately 9 hours of private study outside of your regular classes. This time commitment will include reading the relevant text book chapter, preparing for tutorials, and other assessment tasks.

No lecture

Week	Lecture Topic
1	Conflict in organisations: triggers and responses
2	Managing conflict through negotiation: theory and practice
3	Perception, trust and ethics – skills and principles for effective negotiation
4	No lecture
5	MAJOR NEGOTIATION - No lecture
SEMESTER BREAK
6	Organisational change: diagnosis and analysis
7	Leading and managing change
8	Cultural change – communicating and consolidating change
9	No lecture
10	No lecture
11	No lecture
12	No lecture

Due to the current COVID-19 situation modified arrangements have been made to assessments to facilitate remote learning and teaching. Assessment details provided here reflect recent updates.

Assessment Item	Due Date and Time	Weighting	Related Learning Outcome
Discussion group participation	N/A	15%	1,2,4
Individual report		25%	1,2,
Group presentation (includes individual component)	Weeks 10 & 11	25%	1,2,3,4
Case study		35%	1,3,4,5
Total		100%

 

It is a requirement that students attend ALL workshops (see below for further details).

To gain a pass in this course, a mark of at least 45% must be obtained in the examination as well as a total of at least 50% overall. Students not achieving the minimum exam mark will be awarded no more than 49%.

Workshop participation – 10%

Attendance at ALL workshops is compulsory. Marks will be allocated for preparation and participation, not for attendance, although tutors will keep an attendance record. If you are unable to attend a class please advise your tutor by email and where possible provide a medical certificate.


Analysis and reflection 20% - 1200 to 1500 words

Please refer to MyUni for details


Group presentation (weighting 35%)

Note that this includes 25% for the group component of the presentation and 10% for the individual component.
Please refer to MyUni for details
 
 
Case study – 35%

Please refer to MyUni for details

1. Please note that all requests for extensions should be directed in writing to the Lecturer-in charge no later than 48 hours before the due date. Extension requests after this time will only be granted for exceptional circumstances. This does not include poor time management or poor file management.
2. Extensions to the due date of individual and group assessment may be granted under special circumstances. An extension request based on illness or on exceptional personal circumstances must include the "Supporting Statement / Certification Form" that is on p. 4 of the Supplementary Assessment application available at:
   a. www.adelaide.edu.au/student/exams/pdfs/supp_applic.pdf
   b. Students applying for an extension based on medical reasons must visit their medical practitioner, with the approved University form, and have the medical practitioner complete it. A normal doctor's certificate will not be accepted.
3. All assignments are to be lodged at, or prior to, the due date and time. A late assignment where no extension has been granted will be penalised by a reduction of 5% of the mark given for each day, or part of a day, that it is late.
4. Assessment marks prior to the final exam will be displayed on the course website. Students are encouraged to check their marks and notify the Lecturer-in-Charge of any discrepancies.
5. Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process. Marks may be deducted in the final examination because of poor handwriting.
6. Students in this course are not permitted to take a DICTIONARY (English or English-Foreign) into the examination.

Presentation of Assignments

1. Students must retain a copy of all assignments submitted.
2. All individual assignments must be attached to an Assignment Cover Sheet that must be signed and dated by the student before submission. Lecturers will withhold students’ results until such time as the student has signed the Assignment Cover Sheet.
3. All group assignments must be attached to a Group Assignment Cover Sheet that must be signed and dated by all group members before submission. All team members are expected to contribute approximately equally to a group assignment.
4. Students may not submit work for an assignment that has previously been submitted for this course or any other course.
5. Markers can refuse to accept assignments that do not have a signed acknowledgement of the University’s Policy on Plagiarism: www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/230/

Supplementary assessment – please note that supplementary assessments will not be offered in this course. Students are also not permitted to resubmit work completed in previous years.

Appeal of grade – students who wish to appeal their mark for an assessment item should initially discuss their concerns with their tutor. If they are still dissatisfied they should then make contact with the Lecturer-in-charge. Any student who, after discussion of the result with the lecturer in charge, is still dissatisfied with the mark awarded for a particular piece of assessment work, and who has specific grounds for objecting to the mark, may lodge a written request for a review of the result or an independent second assessment with the Head of Discipline or School within 10 University business days from the date of notification of the result. Such a written request must contain details of the grounds on which the objection is based. Requests must include a summary of the reasons the student believes his or her assessment work deserves a higher mark. These reasons must be directly related to the academic quality of the work

This course is regularly revised and updated in response to student feedback.