Deakin, N. (2000) Putting Narrow-mindedness out of countenance: The UK voluntary sector in the new millenium, Civil Society Working Paper no. 4, London School of Economics, January. Available @ www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/CCS/
Courtney, R. (2002) Strategic Management for Voluntary Nonprofit Organisations, London: Routledge.
NCVO Future Foresight Programme @ www.ncvo-vol.org.uk

Internet, where you will find relevant web-sites.
Library, where you will find relevant textbooks, journals, and audio-visual materials.

The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

This module enables you to explore the changes, both external and internal, faced by voluntary and public sector organisations, as well as the ways in which these changes may be managed. We will begin by examining the differences between the public and the voluntary sectors, and the value-added of each in terms of service delivery. We will analyse the environmental changes which both sectors face, using a variety of change analysis tools. We will also explore the definition of change and its relevance to change management. The module will next examine a variety of strategies for managing change in organisations in the voluntary and public sectors. Students will be encouraged to explore change management issues in the organisations in which they work or volunteer.

The case study will require you to demonstrate the reading of relevant texts and use of other practical sources in order to show your critical understanding of issues relating to management of a voluntary sector organisation.

This module incorporates three inter-related learning strategies. The three day-long workshops will be used for the consideration of core issues and key tools relating to the changes facing voluntary sector organisations. The tutorials will allow discussion of the individual critical research students are undertaking to prepare their reports, and support for any study skills needs the tutor and students identify. The independent study will allow reading around selected topics, the development of individual critical responses to the reading and the preparation for the work-based case studies.