| Code | Faculty | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 07254020 | Gordon Institute of Business Science | Department: Gordon Institute of Business Science |
| Credits | Duration | NQF level |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum duration of study: 1 year | Total credits: 180 | NQF level: 09 |
The degree comprises the writing of a dissertation and coursework.
Full particulars of the degree programme are contained in a brochure which is available from the departmental website.
Refer to General Regulation G.55.
NB: All modules are compulsory. Candidates must pass all the modules, including the mini-dissertation, to be awarded the degree MPhil (Change Leadership).
Students need to select 4 electives of 6 credits each. Students must contact the Faculty Administration to establish which electives are being offered.
Module content:
This module aims to provide students with a historical and contemporary overview of environmental, social and technological change. Students will learn about the history of business strategy but especially consider strategy in times of rapid change. There will also be a focus how contemporary technological shifts are shaping business strategy. Issues of global turbulence, socio-economic inequality and environmental sustainability will be considered.
Module content:
This module will look at new forms of organisation and how organisations are evolving in lieu of contextual disruption and strategic pressures. This will include a focus on the growing relationship and interface between technology and people. This module will include an understanding of contemporary cultural, structural and human resourcing issues in business. It will also situate the organisation in its contextual context and pay specific attention to new African organisational dynamics.
Module content:
This module aims to expose students to a variety of business innovation processes including those associated with technology-oriented firms. It will also examine established and new approaches to organisational change and change leadership. Students will learn many of the methodologies for operating systemically, communicating effectively, managing conflict, overcome stakeholder resistance and working across boundaries. They will learn how to build the support systems for workforce adaptation.
Module content:
Change leadership requires not just ‘knowing’ - but ‘being’ and ‘doing’. This substantive and extensive module will develop student’s personal capacities to enable real change. This will be achieved through a professional coaching journey that will include exposure to the latest tools and methodologies in the coaching field. Students will learn how to create sustainable performance at the organisation and personal levels. They will come to understand their own responses to change and explore the kind of change leader they want to become. They will also importantly learn how to coach others and create an enabling environment for other people to thrive.
Coaching is a powerful intervention to enhance performance, embed sustainable change and develop strong and resilient leadership in organisations. This module will draw on the GIBS Coaching Programme is part of the GIBS Personal and Applied Learning (PAL) portfolio – an initiative that generates world-class theory and practice for optimal individual effectiveness, learning and development.
Module content:
This module helps students to conceptualise a research design. It covers how the choice of a research design relates to the chosen analytic method (Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research or Mixed Methods). Students are expected to relate the business challenge to the research design and to justify the selection of a given design for a given problem. The objectives of the module are to help students: make informed decisions about their research design; and understand the implications of selecting a given research design in particular around the questions that can be answered.
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