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Accessibility statement
We live in a changing world. Being able to anticipate, make sense of, and manage change is vital to our wellbeing in personal and working lives. Whether or not you see yourself as a manager, the ability to manage change is crucial because we all need to manage our lives to benefit from change rather than be disadvantaged by it. This module improves your understanding of the origins, nature and consequences of change and helps you plan a change project associated with your workplace. You’ll also develop project working skills – highly valued by employers.
In the first block of study, you will be introduced to techniques for probing and understanding the ‘big picture’ of how change is likely to impact your workplace and your options for responding to the need for change.
In the following blocks, you will identify and develop an idea for a practical change project centred on your work or workplace that supports your organisation’s priorities, which you identified in Block 1. You will develop your project plan, learning about project working methods as you do so. You will also learn how to prepare and present the business case for your project idea. You are not expected to implement your project plan in this module, though your employer could decide to take your project forward independent of your study in this module.
By studying this module, you will:
You need to have a good knowledge of the subject area, obtained either through OU level 1 study, or by doing equivalent work at another university. Career development and employability (T122) would be ideal preparation.
To complete this module successfully, you should:
You must obtain agreement that you can use your workplace as a context for your studies before registering for this module.
You'll need to gain your employer’s permission to use your workplace as a context for your learning. We won't ask you to include any information that is confidential to your employer or to reveal the names of workplace colleagues in any assessment material you submit.
You may also find it useful to make initial enquiries in your workplace to identify potential project ideas, but we'll guide you through this process during the early stages of Block 2.
You’ll get help and support from an assigned tutor throughout your module.
They’ll help by:
Online tutorials run throughout the module. While they’re not compulsory, we strongly encourage you to participate. Where possible, we’ll make recordings available.
Course work includes:
You’ll have access to a module website, which includes:
We also provide physical:
The OU strives to make all aspects of study accessible to everyone, and this Accessibility Statement outlines what studying T227 involves. You should use this information to inform your study preparations and any discussions with us about how we can meet your needs.
To find out more about what kind of support and adjustments might be available, contact us or visit our Disability support website.
Change, strategy and projects at work (T227) starts once a year in October.
It will next start in October 2026.
We expect it to start for the last time in October 2027.
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