Change Management in Super Star University

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Strategic models or approaches to change that is adopted by the Dean of The Faculty of
Arts.............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Strengths of the approaches.............................................................................................4
2.2 Challenges faced by the dean and the reason for the challenges.....................................5
2.3 Advice to the dean for successful implementation of the change....................................5
3. Resistance model or approaches to change that is adopted by the Dean of the Faculty of
Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Studies..............................................................6
3.1 Strengths of the approaches.............................................................................................6
3.2 Challenges faced by the dean and the reason for the challenges.....................................7
3.3 Advice to the dean for successful implementation of the change....................................7
4. Resistance to the vision for the future of Super Star University faced by the VC and the
ways to overcome the same........................................................................................................8
5. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................9
6. Recommendations..................................................................................................................9
7. Reference..............................................................................................................................11

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Executive Summary
The aim of the report is to analyse and find out the problems that the Super Star University is
facing due to the lack of parameters in two of the major cases. The principle aim of the report
is to assess the problems and the recommendations that the university has in terms of the
workings and the ways in which the solution can be achieved. The main purpose of the report
is to analyse the ways in which the University accepts the different forms of educational and
organizational reforms in the form of amendments given by the VC during the meeting from
all the departments. Special attention is given to the Department of Arts and the Department
of Engineering, Architecture as well as Environment to have a decent amount of amendment
for the working of the new techniques. Both the departments had different reactions to the
changing face of the university which has also been described in the current report. The
report also focuses on the ways and means of the scenarios that has been implemented and
the problems that is being offered with the changing times. The employees and their reactions
have been stated along with the problem to give a fair chance to each and every aspect of the
change. Super Star University, being one of the most reputed universities of Australia had to
accept the changing face of the learning and education system in order to keep up with the
education of the modern times. The report is a picture of the changing face with valid
reactions and recommendations.
1. Introduction
One of the principal and reputed educational institutions of the province of Australia
is the Super Star University that has always nurtured the process of learning and development
among the students. According to the given case study, the university is ranked among one of
the largest universities of the country with over 27 schools accommodating 35,000 students.
The university has one of the biggest faculties of the country with over 3600 people working

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full-time for the university. The university is committed to bring the best in the student
section and is committed to make sure that the university facilitates the success of the
students in terms of the various forms of research and strategic placements that make the
university rank among the top on the global sphere. The success of the university and its
strategies have been recognized under the second Excellence in Research in Australia (ERA)
in the year 2015.
2. Strategic models or approaches to change that is adopted by the Dean of
The Faculty of Arts
In accordance to the strategic meet and changes that were being adressed by Professor
Max Blocks in the council meeting of the Super Star University, each of the departments of
the university was asked to address their own set of implementation plan and strategic views
that would make the university one of the largest and well-visioned universities of the world
on a global platform (Hicks, 2012). The Faculty of Arts made sure to have the strategic
changes and directions to make sure that their performance in terms of the university
guidelines were apt and of great value. The strategic changes that are being required by the
faculty is related to the low performance indicators of the Policy Administration Discipline
(1605) in the report published by ERA. Professor Lots, the head of the Faculty of Arts made
sure to implement changes and designing modifications in the implementation plan for the
next five years by the formation of the working parties on both the fronts of academic and
professional font.
The two working parties made and recommended a number of changes in the front of
both the research mechanisms and the administration of the faculty to make sure that it
attracted the attention of both the national and international levels of appreciation and help in
form of both monetary and non-monetary forms.