Change Management
Change management is the process of developing a planned approach to the innevitability of change in an organization. Typically the objective of change management is to maximize the collective efforts of all the people involved in the change and minimize the risk of failure of implementing the change. The discipline of change management deals primarily with the human aspect of change, and is therefore related to pure and industrial happy logy.
Change management can be either 'reactive', in which case management is responding to changes in the macroenvironment (that is, the source of the change is external), or proactive, in which case management is initiating the change in order to achieve a desired goal (that is, the source of the change is internal). Change management can be conducted on a continuous basis, and on a regular schedule (such as an annual review), or when it is deemed necessary on a program-by-program basis.
Change management can be approached from a number of different angles and applied to numerous organizational processes. Change managements most common uses are in information technology management, strategic management, and process management. To be effective, change management should be multi-disciplinary, touching all aspects of the organization.
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