Summary of programme
Change management is a key leadership challenge. This programme examines how to improve individual and organisational capacity to cope with the change. A variety of approaches is used to explore retrospective and live cases of different types of organisational and technology-related organisational change
The aim is to identify practical insights, lessons and guidelines than can improve course participants’ ability to manage and lead change programmes and projects
We will:
- Reflect on the drivers which make change a central issue and the problems and issues that this brings
- Look at the strengths and weaknesses of various academic approaches to the change management
We develop:
- An understanding of key concepts and theories which provide a framework for understanding change processes
- A detailed knowledge of the problems and issues involved in leading change of various types in a variety of organisational contexts and national settings
- A critical understanding of the possibilities, limits and constraints confronting those responsible for leading change
- The ability to conceptualise the change management challenge facing an organisation
- The capacity to examine cases and other empirical material to diagnose change management problems and identify potential solutions
- The capability to deploy tools, techniques, behaviour and actions in order to lead change more effectively
- Analysis of the experience of change through the examination of case examples; experiential input from practitioners
- The lessons for the practice of managing change with a view to using the enhanced understanding to enable individual organisational improvement in the change management
We assess:
- Understanding of what drives change in organisations
- Ability to select and use models to address different types of change
- Understanding of leadership approaches to change management and ability to adapt advisory role accordingly
- Ability to assess the risks of success and failure of the change programme
- Ability to select and use change management tools
- Possessing the resilience to deal with complexity, uncertainty, the unforseen and the unintended
