Course Objectives
This course is designed to provide the participant with an understanding of change and the influence it has on an organization and the individuals in that organization. Topics will include understanding organizational change, stages of change, and how to manage organizational change.

Course Content
The following list provides an overview of the main topics to be covered in the course:
• Why do we resist change? Symptoms and how to deal with them
• Skills needed for managing change
• Stages of change and how to effectively deal with each one
• Managing organizational change
-Preparing for and communicating about change
-Increasing team involvement and developing an action plan
• Who Moved My Cheese?
• Paradigm shifts

Methods of Instruction
• Class discussion and participation
• Experiential learning activities
• Individual and group problem solving
• Case analysis
• Lecture
• Video presentation

Additional Information
• Each course is 9 hours.
• Participants will receive 1/2 unit of college credit per course.