Leadership and Change Management D

Course information

Learning outcomes

1. Understand the role of leaders and leadership in change/strategy implementation.
2. Understand different sources of power and political capital during change/strategy implementation
3. Knowledge of various influence styles and ability to apply them in organizations
4. Understand different aims of organizational change and how change/strategy is typically implemented
5. Understand resistance to change and the challenges employees face during strategy/change implementation
6. Understand how to lead and support employees during organizational change

Content

TU-E3041 Leadership and Change Management is a course on leadership and its central task of accomplishing organizational change and implementing strategy. In the course, you will learn how leadership is connected to organizational change and about the implementation of organizational change initiatives. The course describes different aims of organizational change, organizational resistance to change, and the different sources of power and change mechanisms leaders can draw on to overcome obstacles and instill change in organizations. Furthermore, during the course, you will become familiar with various leadership and communication styles. You will learn when and how to adjust leadership styles to match different persons and situations. You will also gain knowledge about different types of challenges that managers and employees face during organizational change.

Teacher

Natalia Vuori

Study material

Journal articles, book chapters, case, videos.

Workload

Lectures, learning assignments, exercises, team assignment

Prerequisites

-

Evaluation

Reflection notes, online quizzes, final assignment, simulation game

Teaching time and location

The teaching time and the location of the course can be found at Sisu information system

1. The link leads to Completion methods tab of the course page
2. From the top of the page (Version drop-down menu), check that academic year 2025-2026 is selected  

3. From the blue bar, click Lecture and open the Groups and teaching times tab to see the teaching time and the location of the course. Exam times can be seen by clicking Exam.
    

   Exam instructions at the Open University

The teacher has four (4) weeks to grade the exam submissions starting from the exam date.

Further information

Replaces the course TU-E3040 Human Potential

Online learning environment for the course  

MyCourses online learning environment is a tool for both students and teachers for communication and managing everyday course work. You need an Aalto User ID to log in to the course's MyCourses workspace and participate in teaching.

Digital workspace of the course:
MyCourses

More details on completing the course will be available at MyCourses closer to the start of the course.

Registration and course fee

Registration for Open University courses is done via the link below: 
Course registration

Registration for this course starts on 22.9.2025 at 9.00  
Registration for this course ends on 13.10.2025 at 23.59

It is not possible to register before the registration period has started or after it has ended.

The number of participants is limited to 8.

This course is organized by the Aalto University School of Science.

The course fee is paid upon registration for each course at a time and it is binding. Familiarize yourself with registration and payment rules as well as other guidelines for students:
Registration, payments and rules

Activating Aalto ID and Multifactor Authentication

You can activate your Aalto User ID the day after the registration and you should activate it no later than the day before the start of the course.
Instructions for activating your Aalto user ID

Once you have activated your Aalto user ID, also enable multifactor authentication. Some of Aalto University's services require multifactor authentication.

Instructions for using Multifactor Authentication