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Change Management for Sustainability - ENV00116M

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• Department: Environment and Geography
• Credit value: 20 credits
• Credit level: M
• Academic year of delivery: 2024-25

Module summary

This module will equip students with the skills, knowledge, tools and experience needed to meet the growing demand for employees and academic researchers who can lead on change towards more sustainable business practice in an uncertain and complex world. Students will gain a critical understanding of the frameworks, principles, concepts and theories of change management, whilst simultaneously designing and undertaking a change project. This will offer the opportunity to reflect on the process of change and application of change management theory in a real-world situation.

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Semester 1 2024-25

Module aims

The aims of this module are to:

• Equip students with the skills, knowledge, tools and experience needed to lead on transformation and change towards more sustainable practice

Skills:

• Critically apply frameworks, principles, theories and concepts to lead on change
• Effectively analyse complex sustainability problems
• Collaborate effectively to design and implement change management plans
• Effectively communicate change management priorities, plans and outcomes
• Creatively design innovative and resilient solutions to sustainability problems
• Actively reflect on process and outcomes of change, and adapt approaches if needed
  

Module learning outcomes

• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of frameworks, principles, concepts, and methods of change management and leadership;
• Analyse complex sustainability problems and identify foci for change;
• Apply principles, concepts and methods of change management and leadership to promote shifts towards more sustainable practices;
• Plan, prepare and implement change management plans;
• Apply different change-making skills such as facilitation, leadership and innovation;
• Evaluate and reflect on the effectiveness of different approaches to creating change.
  

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Module feedback

Formative feedback will be provided orally in weekly workshops. Summative feedback will follow DEG guidelines with scripts being annotated and a feedback form provided.

Indicative reading

Byrd, R. and Demates, L. 2019. Sustainability Made Simple: Small Changes for Big Impact. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.

Cameron, E. and Green, M. 2015. Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizational Change. Fourth Edition. London: Kogan.

Leicester, G. (2016) Transformative Innovation: A Guide to Practice and Policy. Triarchy Press, Axminster, UK

Sharpe, B. (2013) Three horizons: Patterning of hope. Axminster, Triarchy Press

Walker, P. (2017) Change Management for Sustainable Development. IEMA Sustainability in Practice Guide.