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ScheduleRegister for this courseOutline1420 | Taking Charge of Organizational Change

2 days, 8:30am-4:30pm
Delivery: Open-Enrollment | Customized Onsite | Virtual Classroom
Price: $1,170 or 2 Vouchers

This instructor-led Project Management training course is for managers who are tasked with introducing new technologies and techniques into organizational practices.  These are organizations that are undergoing ‘organizational change’.

When a project affects people, processes or the culture of an organization changes must be introduced with care and concern for those involved otherwise there is the potential for disruptive resistance.  If this resistance is not managed and redirected it will very likely undermine project success and may even result in failure. 

Long term, sustainable change requires careful planning and effective management of the transition process.  Change must be part of an evolutionary process, not a revolutionary one.  

This course provides a solid grounding in the techniques and application of proven techniques for planning and directing organizational change within a complex organization.  A step by step approach is introduced, along with guidelines and templates that can be used in the workplace.

Students complete real life exercises to develop a working understanding of the process and priorities of careful and considerate organizational change.

By the end of the class students will be able to:

  • Assess whether organizational changes will take place as the result of a project
  • Prioritize the severity and nature of proposed changes
  • Evaluate the potential for project success in the face of resistance from staff and management
  • Develop an action plan for introducing changes including a communications strategy
  • Define metrics for use in the measurement of success
  • Use and apply a change management template  

Who should attend:

Anyone in a directive role within an organization, such as project managers, functional manager, senior managers, or sponsors, who must implement innovation or who must ensure that changes affecting people are carefully managed.

  • Prerequisites:

Students should have experience with effects of mismanaged changes within an organization.  Having experienced the disruptive effect of poorly managed changes is the best incentive for wanting to know how to do it right. 

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