Managing Change Workshop Training Course

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Managing Change

Overview

This course enables participants to use two frameworks that support the preparation for change and the design of change in organisations. Participants will draw on their own experience of change and become familiar with two frameworks to guide their management of change situations

Prerequisites

Managers who are involved in designing and implementing changes in organisations ideally with a “current” change in mind. Ideal for managers charged with implementing an organisational change and who need to: Understand how to manage the complexities of organisational change Prepare by analysing what the change means in their organisation and what choices they have Break down the complex change into clear, manageable stages Understand the implications of power and politics in their own organisational change context Understand what causes people to resist change and how to respond to resistance Develop an action plan

Objectives

Understand the value of change frameworks in managing the complexities of change Describe the stages of two frameworks Understand the context of their own organisational change context Understand implications of each stage in their own organisational change context Understand the implications of power and politics in their own organisational change context Explain and develop their action plan

Course Content

How do organisations change?

Why use a framework/approach?

Context and choices for change

Change Path and Style: revolution or evolution?
Start-point: top down, bottom up, project team..?
Roles: Who initiates, leads and implements the change?
Target: What is feasible and realistic?
How come people resist?

6-Stage Framework

Who cares? Need for change
Who to take with you? Stakeholders
Where are we going? Vision and strategy
How come we’re stuck? Culture
Who me? Being the change agent
How to keep it going?

Politics and Power

Making it stick: Fixing the change

Course Booking Conditions

Duration

2 Days

Schedule

27/28 November 2008
5/6 January 2009
26/27 February 2009

Prices

£645

All the bookings come with lunch, refreshments, course notes and post training support.

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