Project and Change Management

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Compare change management and project management models.
• Analyze the critical relational roles of the change agent and the client system.
• Model at least one change management and one project management framework to guide improvement.
• Interpret when and how project and change management frameworks are helpful in organizational problem-solving and decision-making.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Discussion Forum- Introduction Video	0%
Discussion Forum- Implementation Science	10%
Discussion Forum- Change in Nursing Leadership	10%
Discussion Forum- Change Agents	10%
Practicum- Strategies	5%
Practicum- Journals 1 &2	10%
Implementation Project- Part 1	5%
Implementation Project- Part 2	10%
Implementation Project- Part 3	20%
Implementation Project- Part 4	10%
Course Reflection Paper	10%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
100-93%	A
92-85%	B
84-77%	C
76% or less	F

Attendance/Participation:

Regular class attendance is a responsibility and a privilege of university education. For this online course attendance is defined by course participation as well as practicum attendance. Robust course participation is essential for your learning, acquisition of knowledge and professional growth. Students should recognize the advantages of committed class participation, accept it as a personal responsibility, and apprise themselves of the consequences of poor participation.

Active participation is expected to meet the student learning objectives of this course. If the student knows they will be late completing any assignment, it is the student’s responsibility to communicate with the faculty member about this via email prior to the occurrence.

Unexcused absences/tardiness during the practicum is unacceptable and will influence the final grade in this course. Unexcused tardiness submitting assignments will cause late penalties in the assignment grade and will influence the final grade in this course. Due dates for all assignments are available in Canvas, therefore plan accordingly. Since one or more of the course assignments may involve other members of the class, please submit assignments on time this semester to allow ample time for other class members to make significant contributions to the assignments.

Your communication and proactive participation are greatly appreciated.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Houston, S. M., & Bove, L. A. (2007). Project management for healthcare informatics. In Springer e-books. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73683-9 (Seminal)
• Project Management from Simple to Complex. (2016). University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. ISBN: 9781946135216. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/36 (Classic)
• Rapport, F., Clay-Williams, R., & Braithwaite, J. (2022). Implementation science: The key concepts. Taylor & Francis.
• Udod, S., & Wagner, J. (2018). Chapter 9. Common change theories and application to different nursing situations. In J. Wagner (Ed.), Leadership and influencing change in nursing (pp. 155–173). University of Regina Press. https://www.uregina.ca/search.html?q=Leadership+and+influencing+change+in+nursing#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=Leadership%20and%20influencing%20change%20in%20nursing (Seminal)
• Watt, A. Project Management (2nd ed.). https://opentextbc.ca/projectmanagement/
• White, K. M., Dudley-Brown, S., & Terhaar, M. F. (2024). Translation of evidence into nursing and healthcare (Fourth edition.). Springer Publishing