Managing Change
This comprehensive programme integrates a number of elements relevant for planning, communicating and implementing successful organisational change. These elements will assist participants build organisational processes to deliver meaningful change and develop a sustainable culture of innovation. It will enhance participants’ strategic change and people leadership competencies by providing a range of relevant and practical change management frameworks, tools, and techniques.
| Award Name | Special Purpose Diploma (Level 8 NFQ) |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | Special Purpose |
| Awarding Body | National University of Ireland |
| NFQ Level | Level 8 NFQ |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Purpose Diploma (Level 8 NFQ) | Special Purpose | National University of Ireland | Level 8 NFQ |
Duration
One academic year.
Delivery Method:
The programme is delivered through a blended learning model. Students attend classroom-based seminars and online webinars. They are supported in their studies by course material and various online resources.
Entry Requirements
Applicants Require:
1. Leaving Certificate (examination from 2017 onwards): Candidates must obtain a pass in at least six subjects accepted for NUI matriculation purposes, with at least Grade H5 in two subjects on the Higher Level and at least Grade H7 (Higher Level) or O6 (Ordinary Level) in four subjects. Papers passed must include Irish, English and a third language. Students applying for the BBS (Hons) must have passed the Mathematics paper.
OR
2. Students of mature years (students over 21 on January 1 of the calendar year of entry) may be matriculated by the IPA for the purpose of entering a course of study.
Special Case Applications
Prospective students who do not meet the requirements under paragraphs 1 and 2 above may qualify for admission by meeting other equivalent requirements. A Special Case Application Form can be requested from:
Dr Denis O’Brien
Registrar
Institute of Public Administration
57-61 Lansdowne Road
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 (01) 240 3600
Email: undergrad@ipa.ie
Subject Accumulation
In some programmes, students may enrol for one or more subjects each year until they complete the programme stage.
Exemptions
Graduates and those with other relevant awards, in particular university, QQI and Technological University awards, may apply for an exemption from a subject(s) or entire stages of certain IPA programmes. Only those who have studied relevant disciplines with be considered for exemptions. Exemptions cannot be awarded in a one-year programme or at the award stage of longer programmes.
Application forms for exemptions are available from the IPA. They must be completed and returned no later than early October 2024. Applications must be accompanied by transcripts of results for each year of previous third-level studies.
Further information
Commences: September/ October 2024.
€2,900 (includes all matriculation and examination fees), payable in two instalments.
Application Deadline: September 2024.
How to Apply:
1. Go to www.ipa.ie.
2. Download the programme application form and complete it in full.
3. Email that form, along with all the items below, to undergrad@ipa.ie, with the subject heading: Application for: Name of Programme. The items below should be scanned and included as attachments in this email:
- A passport-type photograph.
- A scan of your passport, driver’s license, or birth certificate.
- The fee for the programme or confirmation, including a PO number, that fees will be pad by an employer.
- A scan of your Leaving Certificate or relevant qualification (only if you are under 21).
APPLICATIONS CANNOT BE PROCESSED UNLESS ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION IS INCLUDED.
The Programme
Leaders and managers need a broad range of interconnected skills and knowledge to create the processes and appropriate environment to successfully deliver change and innovation. This comprehensive programme integrates a number of elements relevant for planning, communicating and implementing successful organisational change. These elements will assist participants build organisational processes to deliver meaningful change and develop a sustainable culture of innovation. It will enhance participants’ strategic change and people leadership competencies by providing a range of relevant and practical change management frameworks, tools, and techniques.
Is This Programme For You?
This Professional Diploma is ideally suited to those who are:
• Leading, developing or managing change in their organisation
• Leading or managing projects involving a change element
• Managers with a specific organisation development, HR or learning and development brief
A distinguishing feature of this programme is that the academic content is augmented by expert input and focused guidance from change practitioners, who will provide relevant case examples of theory in practice. To benefit fully from the programme, students will relate course content to a change project they are leading. This project forms part of the assessment, but it also provides a vital link between in-classroom learning and the practical realities of the workplace.
Delivery
This programme is delivered through a blend of seminars, online material and resources, and contact time with tutors. Students also receive a textbook and a specific reading list.
Programme Content
The programme covers four modules and the following topics.
Strategic Change:
• Understanding organisations: exploring interlinking themes of strategy, structure and culture
• The context and environment for change in organisations
• Change planning models and tools
• Leadership and change
Communicating and Imparting Change:
• Developing the business case for change
• Engaging stakeholders
• The importance of communications planning
• Incorporating project and risk management principles
• Measuring, monitoring and reporting on progress
Implementing and Sustaining Change:
• Understanding the people side of change
• Changing organisational culture
• Building capacity to sustain change
• Change within a compliance world
• Evaluation of change initiatives
Project:
• Planning and implementing a change in your workplace
• Project management techniques applied to your project
• Evaluation tools applied to your project
Assessment is based on written assignments, an exam and a report on a change management project.
All Correspondence and enquiries should be address to:
Undergraduate Office,
Whitaker School of Government and Management,
Institute of Public Administration,
57-61 Lansdowne Road,
Dublin D04 TC62, Ireland
Telephone: +353 (01) 240 3600
Email: undergrad@ipa.ie
www.ipa.ie