إدارة التغيير والإبتكار


# Course Name Credit Hrs Prerequisite
BUS 632 Innovation & Change Management 3 None

Brief Description


The course offers a broad overview of the principles, theories, and methods to successfully implement change and innovation within organizations. The course offers multiple perspectives to access innovation and organizational change, and ensures that students are not trapped by a “One way best” approach to change management.


Course Objectives


After completing this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Discuss the importance, role and techniques of change management in firms
  2. Enumerate the importance, role and techniques of innovation in firms.
  3. Interpret different theories and kinds of innovation (e.g. disruptive, incremental)
  4. Debate various innovation and change management issues in firms.
  5. Trace how organizational culture and resistance can influence change management.
  6. Discuss how to effectively lead and implement change in organizations.

Course Topics


  1. Theories of Innovation
  2. The process of Innovation
  3. Disruptive Innovation
  4. Incremental Innovation
  5. Managing Innovation
  6. What is Change Management?
  7. Organizational culture and change
  8. Components of Change: Choice and Communication.
  9. Resistance to Change
  10. Implementing change: Cracking the Code of Change
  11. Continuous Change
  12. Leading Innovation and Change

Text Book


Dawson, P., & Andriopoulos, C. (2014). Managing change, creativity and innovation. Los Angeles, Sage Publications.



Additional References


Hodges, J. and Gill, R. (2014) Sustaining Change in Organizations. London, Sage Publications.



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