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In these changing times there is a tried and tested "Change Management Practitioner" method ideal to help your organisation manage change. The Change Management Certification is 4.5 days duration from our Live Virtual Classroom.
This APMG Change Management certification course is offered by IPSO FACTO an APMG accredited training provider. The course focuses on the effects of change in four key areas, individual, team, organisation and change leaders. Its an intense course that requires delegates to prepare thoroughly using pre-course study work and involves evening study.
The course provides an informative and valuable pathway to understanding the principles, theories and guidance on organisational change management. It aims to provide a solid platform for clear best practice thinking and the application of useful tools and techniques for achieving successful change. This qualification complements other project management qualifications on our schedule.
You must pass the APMG Change Management Foundation exam before you are able to take the Practitioner exam.
The Foundation exam will take place in the afternoon of day 3. Exact times will be organised with the trainer. You will be sent an exam invitation from APMG for you to take the exam online. Your trainer will act as the invigilator for the exam and you will get a provisional result on completion.
The Practitioner qualification aims to measure whether a candidate could apply Change Management approaches.
The Practitioner Exam is a 2.5 hours, restricted open book exam consisting of 4 scenario- based objective test questions, and is taken online. It requires 50% to pass, with 40 marks out of 80. Your exam will take place on Friday afternoon of the course starting at 13:00 giving you preparation time during the morning. An exam invitation will be emailed to you on successful completion of the Foundation exam. You will get a provisional result on completion of the exam.
Studying Change Management will:
• Help you understand how you react to change
• Allow you to assist those around you as they go through change
• Make you think about your team and its effectiveness in a different light
• Give you powerful insight into how your organisation functions and reacts during change
• Equip you to lead more effectively and sympathetically
This course is ideal for: staff and teams involved in Change Management ; those leading or about to lead and manage a change programme; those seeking the Foundation and Practitioner qualification; team members being effected by or effecting change; individuals who will need to support their colleagues, team and organisation through change, and manage themselves through change.
The purpose of the Change Management Practitioner qualification is to confirm that the candidate has achieved sufficient understanding of how to apply and tailor Change Management guidance in a given organizational change situation. A successful Practitioner candidate should, with suitable direction, be able to start applying the Change Management approaches and techniques to a real change scenario.
Training is offered as a 5 day Change Management Certification course, and is a mixture of input and practical sessions, delivered by an APMG approved trainer with practical experience of change management. Delegates should spend approximately 4-6 hours studying this pre-course material in order to be well prepared for the course.
To gain an APMG Change Management Practitioner Qualification.
By the end of each course you will be in a position to:
The opening day sets the scene, context and structure for the change management certification course. Each session includes interactive group working activities and application of delegate’s learning to the case study. First up is the research into change programmes – when change goes wrong and when change goes right.
The next session gets into gear by examining Individuals and Change, starting with Learning Styles and Preferences. To illustrate. Delegates will be asked to apply their learning to a simple change scenario, to explore how different styles and preferences influence an individual’s response. A particular focus is Cameron and Green’s thoughts and ideas about the Four Psychological Approaches to Change, in which we examine Behavioural, Cognitive, Psychodynamic and Humanistic approaches.
Further topics discussed include Helping Others to Change and Personality and Change. Again, by applying their learning to a simple scenario, Delegates will explore how these different perspectives can affect and influence individual’s responses during change. The importance of effective and flexible approaches to communications during times of change is also highlighted. Finally, we look at Schein’s Transformative Change Model and consider the resisting forces at work when change happens.
After a Day 1 debrief, the second day continues with the topic of Teams and Change, where we look initially at the Nature of a Team, Team Effectiveness and Behaviours. A particular focus will be on Glaser and Glaser’s Effective Team profile, together with Tuckman’s Team Development stages. Delegates will work together in teams to explore different aspects of teams and change, including applying their learning using briefings on project work underway in the case study scenario and to demonstrate effective team leadership.
Day 2 continues with the topic of Organizations and Change with a briefing session on how organisations really work when delegates explore Morgan’s Metaphors before assessing the metaphors that are at work or would benefit the organization in the case study. Further sessions explore Models of and Approaches to Organizational Change.
After a Day 2 debrief, the third day turns attention to Leadership and Change, with discussion of Leaderships Styles and Emotional Competencies. Leadership and change, looking at:
• Leadership for different phases of change
• Leadership roles in the change process
All the course sessions will be completed by early afternoon on Day 3 so that attention can switch to final preparation of delegates for the Foundation Examination (1 hour).
Our attention now turns to the Practitioner exam and the additional material that needs to be explored, including:
• Individuals and Change
Coaching, Active Listening and Feedback.
• Teams and Change
Facilitation and Action Learning.
• Organizations and Change
The Strategic Change Process, Tools that Support Complex Change and getting Ready for Change.
• Leadership and Change
Stakeholder Engagement
Delegates will have the opportunity to work together to explore these topics and apply them to the case study and to practice sample examination sample questions. Finally, delegates will be supported in choosing their preferred approach to final preparation for the exam.
Change Management certification course
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