Change Management 100 Success Secrets - The Complete Guide to Process, Tools, Software and Training in Organizational Change Management. Gerard Blokdijk
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changes are minimized.
The change requests from any location can be monitored and approved at any point in time and place.
The ability to compute the risk related to the change request by the use of a risk assessment module.
Provide for the accessibility to important key process information (KPI) with regard to plan and changes for implementation and their ramifications.
Allows the customization of change request forms to meet the needs of users, as well as making things simple in terms of processes and understanding terminologies.
Provide documentation and control of the workflow as a step by step guide in the event that the original state prior to change requests requires restoration.
With the timeframe given for a business to try the software, companies are given the chance to better appreciate the need for the software. The change management software is ideal for busi
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nesses that look forward to automating or establishing their change management procedures and processes.
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Change Management: Why Your
Company Needs It
Change management can be defined as a control mechanism in an area of practice. It takes the task of handling change. It actually refers to creating changes in an organized and systematic matter. Change management intends to efficiently apply the new techniques and processes in your company. Common change management refers to the aspect of information technology systems development projects. In a company, there are different kinds of tasks. A normal delivery process is one of the jobs that needs to be done in a business. But there is also what we call change activities, which focus more on the needed changes in your organization.
Although change can happen without shifting jobs, products and changing places; change can happen first inside your mind. That is why it is very critical for organizations to understand this aspect.
Without knowing and understanding, change is destined to create serious problems. Change is inevitable. You canOt disregard and ignore it in your company. Even though you cannot avoid resistance to the changes, you have to let people understand the purpose of change in your firm.
Ways to Manage Change. There are different ways how to manage change inside and outside your influence. Here are some tips on how to manage change projects:
Analyze and identify the change. You have to investigate and understand the necessary changes needed in your company.
Stakeholders management is one of the main reasons for failed change. Stakeholders are those who show interest in change, or those who intend to undergo change. They need to be dealt with properly.
Build a plan. Planning and organizing a bulletproof plan is very important.
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Apply these changes in your company. Organizing change and utilizing the techniques to monitor the outcome is needed to know if the change is appropriate.
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KotterOs Change Model of Management
An organization will always go through various changes in its lifetime. After all, adaptation is one of the key factors in an organizationOs survival. There are several well accepted change models of management. All of them have been scientifically proven to be effective in the management of change.
KotterOs Eight Step Change Model of Management explains that there are eight essential steps in an organizationOs change management. They are as follows:
1. Initiate Urgency: Organizations need to establish a sense of urgency within the employees to effectively
implement change. They should be able to explain
properly why this is important and urgent for the
companyOs survival.
2. Change Team: This team should involve respected
members of the company and department leaders
impacted by the change. They should be able to influence teamwork in the organization.
3. Establish Vision: An organization with a clear vision on how and where it wants to be in the future will be able to direct its employees in achieving its goals.
4. Communicate Vision: The vision must be communicated properly, and employees must be able to understand
it thoroughly, and comply with the
companyOs vision of the future.
5. Empower Others: Employees who feel that they are
empowered by the firm to achieve the vision will be
more motivated to cooperate with the transition.
This creates a sense of responsibility for the employee.
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6. Easy Goals: By creating short-term goals and rewarding employees for achieving it, the company will
achieve the bigger vision in a step-by-step approach.
7. More Goals: After achieving their short-term goals, new ones should immediately follow in order for the
firm to be able to achieve the bigger goal.
8. Embrace Culture: The final step in this change model of management is to permanently institutionalize the
new approaches by embedding them in the companyOs
culture and leadership succession.
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The Academy for Change Management
The purpose of an academy offering courses in Change Management is to position an organization or business to have a competitive advantage, and to develop sustainable success by
continually developing changes in the firm. The academy must be designed to challenge, develop and inspire the management team of any stage. The courses offered in Change Management must enable the student to have knowledge on how to manage change effectively.
He must also be trained by the academy to oppose the resistance of the employees, and to motivate them. The academy for Change Management is expected to produce managers that have the most advanced skills is management.
People who are interested in enrolling in the academy must look for one that offers different benefits upon completion of the course. The students must be able to identify the activities that need to be done for each phase of the change. They must be able to build rapport easily with everyone they interact with; and learn to have an understanding of the effective methods of communication.
They must also be motivated by the academy to be their very best, and must be able to manage their state.
The concepts proposed by the future manager must be made to add values to the activities within the organization. In looking for the right academy to enroll in, try to consider the factors stated above, because the choice of academy will tell what kind of manager the person will become in the near future.
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The Certificate for Change Management
Change is constant and inevitable in any organization. When people take a Change Management training program, it is necessary to award them for their achievement. A person who successfully finished and passed the course may be regarded as an effective agent of Change Management. HeOs learned how to influence change in an organization, both in his and other peopleOs actions.
The certificate given to him is an acknowledgement that he took a program that provides him knowledge about Change Management, an understanding of the changes within an organization, and the skills he must learn to facilitate the development and implementation of the changes successfully.
People awarded the Change Management certificate must have the