IRE1720HS Managing Organizational Change

Date Posted: 11/24/2025

Req ID: 46138

Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science

Department: Ctr for Industrial Relations

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Course Number and Title: IRE1720HS - Managing Organizational Change

Course Description:

This course has two objectives: (1) to introduce students to the field of organizational change management and (2) to enhance students' analytic and implementation skills. It focuses on understanding organizational change, aligning human resources to organizational change, and implementing organizational change. The class process is participative. As much of the learning will come from discussions and experiential exercises with peers, it is vital that students come prepared to make contributions of quality to the content and process of classes. In discussions, students will practice appreciative inquiry skills.

Estimated Course Enrolment: students

Estimated TA Support: TBD based on course enrollment levels

Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:00 – 20:

This course is scheduled to be delivered in-person.  Please note that the course delivery method may change as determined by the University or the Centre. 

Sessional Dates of Appointment:  July 1, 2026 – August 31, 2026

Salary:

Salary (including vacation pay):
Sessional Lecturer I = $9820.70
Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term = $10,510.04
Sessional Lecturer II = $10,510.04
Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term = $10,760.28
Sessional Lecturer III = $10,760.28
Sessional Lecturer III - Long Term = $11,030.36

Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Minimum Qualifications: Completed Ph.D. in Industrial Relations, Human Resources, or related discipline; or a combination of advanced degrees (e.g.MIRHR/MBA/LLB in applicable area) and equivalent professional background.

Preferred Qualifications: Expert knowledge of the subject area and demonstrated ability in university teaching.  Previous experience in teaching a similar course is preferred.

Description of Duties:  Prepare a course syllabus in accordance with departmental guidelines. Prepare and deliver lectures (12 two-hour classes); be available for office hours and informal communications with students. Assess and evaluate students' work and provide final course grades in accordance with university and department practices. Supervision of Teaching Assistant(s), if applicable.

Application Instructions:

Applicants must submit an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching in the relevant area (including student evaluations, if available), and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form located here:   to:

Tanya Pitel, Program Assistant

Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources

University of Toronto

121 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E8

Email:  

Applications must be emailed directly to and should not be submitted through this website.

Closing Date: 12/12/2025, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.  

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized, and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity-deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.