Topic № 55
Managing Change

What does it mean to manage change?

Change management is a systematic approach to dealing with the transition or transformation of an organization's goals, processes or technologies. The purpose of change management is to implement strategies for effecting change, controlling change and helping people to adapt to change.

Why is managing change important?

Managing a successful organizational change can increase morale among workers and drive positive team building and job enrichment. These factors can directly and positively affect productivity and quality of work while shortening production cycles and reducing costs.

What is Effective Organizational Change Management?

1) Clearly define the change and align it to business goals.
2) Determine impacts and those affected.
3) Develop a communication strategy.
4) Provide effective training.
5) Implement a support structure.
6) Measure the change process.