BUSN 471 - Strategic Leadership and Change Management

5 Credits

The course examines how leaders set organizational direction. This includes accepting change management as a framework to ensure long-term organizational success in dynamic global environments. An emphasis is placed on assessing stakeholders and leveraging resources to maximize outcomes. Furthermore, dynamic business environments naturally include unique risk assessment scenarios. Thus, the course includes case studies existing at the juxtaposition of risk and reward that necessitate a comprehension of evolving conditions, with the goal being to craft organizational success.

Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - BUSN or CIS or DSN
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Winter Online

Designed to Serve Students in the Leadership concentration of the BAS in Business Management
Active Date 20260408T14:56:16

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Course Outline

Foundations of strategic management
Environmental analysis (e.g., SWOT, PESTELI)
Integrated strategic assessment through planning
Stakeholder analysis including influence through power and interests
Change management frameworks including Kotter’s 8-Step Model and Lewin’s Change Model
Leading change initiatives through strategic communication
Risk and reward: Safety, security, and liability in decision-making and resource allocation
Interfacing vs integrating a strategic management plan with culture and society (e.g., end-to-end framework)
Leveraging data as evidence to defend strategy to multi-party stakeholder group logic

Student Learning Outcomes
Analyze organizational environments to identify the opportunities for change.

Apply change management frameworks to real-world business cases to achieve measurable outcomes.

Evaluate stakeholder interests through methodological frameworks including Resource-Based View, SWOT, Porter’s Five Forces, and PESTELI analyses.

Allocate resources strategically with a focus on supporting organizational change initiatives.

Assess risk and reward scenarios in the context of change management using data-driven analysis to inform strategic decision-making.

Develop strategic plans that align organizational direction with dynamic global market conditions.