Organisations and managers face change on a continuous basis – some change is a reaction to external threats and others are proactive attempts to seize opportunities and manage the business environment. This course looks at what planned strategic change gives the issues surrounding the change management process and gives the skills needed to implement and maintain the change process.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course participants will:

• Understand the nature and levels of strategic change to sustain competitive advantage
• Know how to perceive the need for change
• Be aware of the leadership skills need to initiate and maintain the momentum of change
• Obtain the cultural commitment of the organisation to change
• Consider the risks involved and put in place management provision.
• Know how to overcome resistance to change
• Formulate and implement the strategies for change

Content

Topics to include:

• The cycle of organisational growth
• The five major forces for strategic change
• Enterprise and crisis management
• The areas of an organisation that are affected by change
• Issues involved in planning for change
• Different levels of change and how to approach them
• Overcoming resistance to change
• Five distinct strategies to implement strategic change
• Becoming the strategic leader and Quinn’s top down method
• Empowerment and the change process
• Discontinuous change and regenerative change
• Organisational development ad the learning organisation
• Power influence and politics in the change process
• Making cultural change within the change framework
• Creating an environment for future change