SJSU Summer 2003
Taylor Willingham, Instructor
taylor@austin-pacific.com
Change Management will provide students with the opportunity to deepen the knowledge and skills they gain in Libr 204 and to acquire new tools for understanding and managing the impact of a rapidly changing environment. The course will include literature and internet reviews and discussions on areas such as management, social sciences, technology, public policy, and personal management styles. The emphasis will be on tools and skills that will prepare students for the practical challenge of managing library and information management agencies through turbulent times of change that comes from within the organization and in response to a rapidly changing environments. Students will gain practical skills through self-reflection, discussion, case studies, reading, literature reviews, research and application.
The course syllabus is presented in four sections. This page is a broad overview of the course with links to three other pages that provide more detail. The calendar section will give you a week-by-week overview of the topics we will cover along with a link to the assignments (including journal entries, class discussion questions to be answered on the Blackboard Discussion Board, group discussion questions to be answered on the Blackboard Groups discussion board, and graded assignments) and course readings due for that week. Check the calendar weekly because I will be adding brief (10-15 minutes) lectures using Real Presenter.
Kotter, John P., Leading Change, Harvard Business School Press, 1996.
Senge, Peter (with Kleiner, Roberts, Ross, Roth, Smith) The Dance of Change, The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations, Currency Doubleday, 1999.
Note that the assignments are due toward the end of the semester. This is so that your work can fully reflect what you are learning. Be careful to not be lulled into complacency at the beginning of the semester - start early!
Active Participation (on-going): 30%
Group book review due July 17: 20%
Course project due July 31: 30%
Personal journal due August 7: 20%
I expect graduate students in a distance education course to be able to use technology. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader and Real Player to read course documents and hear brief lectures. You should be familiar with Blackboard and able to post comments and upload your biography. You will also need to subscribe to www.quicktopic.com and be able to save a Word document as .html and upload documents to this site where I and your classmates can add comments. Since I can not see the whites of your eyes, I expect you to contact me if you are having difficulty or have questions. If you have difficulty with the technology, please contact Stanley Lauffer at: slauffer@wahoo.sjsu.edu.
My business requires me to travel frequently, so I may not always be able to respond immediately to your questions. E-mail is generally the best way to reach me. I will check the site at least three days each week to check in on your work. If you have problems that require immediate attention, send me e-mail with “282” in the subject. You may leave a voice-mail message for me at: 254.947.3793 (office/home) or 254.681.6003 (cell). Between July 6-19, I will be attending an intensive institute sponsored by the Institute for Museum and Library Services and will probably only be able to respond once per day to your e-mails. Please bear with me and use this time to complete your projects. I also expect you to work with each other to resolve problems. You classmates are often your best resource.