Short Courses > Change Management Principles
Our Change Management Principles short course is a typical example whereby concepts and materials developed on our academic MSc in Strategic Change Management programme have been refined and developed into an accessible two day course suitable for managers at all levels involved in the management of change.
We focus on developing and changing attitudes and behaviours of managers to change through a combination of thought provoking exercises, activities and inputs all designed to stimulate open honest discussion and debate from participants. This is not a course designed around a check-list, in the belief that if managers follow it they will be automatically guaranteed successful change - it is a serious challenging course structured in such a way to ensure that participants explore in-depth the issues and background to the change planned, the necessity to lead people through change and the awareness and use of appropriate interventions and techniques. Whilst usually designed to assist with managing change directly, it can also be configured and focussed towards larger groups and help to facilitate the acceptance of change.
Following our significant involvement with the public and voluntary sectors, the course particularly benefits managers from these environments and discussion regarding "the role and freedom for leadership in the public sector" and "is there a role for entre/intrapreneurial activity" are activities that are actively encouraged and reflected upon.
The typical 2 day course outline is as follows;
• General introductions and outline briefing
• What is change?
Differences between soft and hard change and the managerial implications and consequences of such.• Why do we have to change?
Awareness of forces and drivers for change, introduction to concepts of break and tipping points.• What is the change? Use of action-learning principles, for example:
• What is the problem?
• What are we doing (about it)?
• Who knows (and cares) about it?
• Aspects and influences of organisational culture on change.
• Personal experiences of change.
How individuals react to change and how can leaders motivate and involve others through the change process.• Change management tools and processes
• The role of learning organisations in perpetual successful change.
• Discussion, group exercises and presentations on how to/ how not to manage a current/ future change.
The course is delivered over two days as either a public course or as a bespoke corporate course to timescales and locations as required. The workshops can be delivered nationwide to corporate groups but also to individuals when there is sufficient local demand. Ideally between six and twelve participants are required.
This course is one of three congruent courses designed to facilitate effective change in people and organisations:
• The Coach Yourself Through Change course looks at assisting personal change.
• The Change Management Principles course looks at developing awareness of, and the techniques behind managing organisational change.
• The Managerial Skills Development course focuses on the learning processes that underpin generic skills development, whether personal, professional or managerial.