Week for is asynchronous. Students will read about creating organizational change and the process for determining whether engaging in this macro intervention is appropriate. Students will engage in forums reflecting on the reading, practicing with analysis methods, considering policy, and engaging in scholarship around organizational change. The lecture video provides an example of engaging in decision-making for organizational change in action. The agenda for the lecture video includes:

• Week four asynchronous content
• Example of decision-making for organizational change

Learning Objectives this week include:

• Apply how a decision to make an organizational change can be made
• Analyze whether a macro-level organizational change effort is appropriate within a specific agency context.
• Apply force-field analysis to assess driving and restraining forces influencing organizational change.
• Critically examine scholarship on organizational change and connect research findings to real-world macro practice.