CMI Level 5 Unit 525 Using Reflective Practice to Inform Personal and Professional Development Preparation Course

The course aims to introduce participants with the change management processes and frameworks to help plan for successful and sustainable organizational changes. Several models are appraised through the course linking their application to change theory and practice. The cross-cutting theme of the course is strategic alignment in change management and evaluation/appraisal of change impact benchmarked against its initial intention of change.

Benefits to your organization

By taking this course managers and practitioners are able to plan and launch successful change processes. The tools and techniques introduced in the course enable the participants to monitor and control the change process through vision communication, creation of short-term wins and understanding human factors involved in change process. The module addresses both strategic- and operational-level changes as a result of external driving forces ranging from Mergers and Acquisitions (M& A) to organizational optimization and increasing operational efficiency.

Target audience

The training is suited for mid- to high-level managers currently involved or in anticipation for organizational change. HR professionals currently working on employee engagement and incentivizing motives might also find the training resourceful particularly when organization is going through rapid growth or cost containment on the contrary and keeping employees motivated through such change might be a necessity.

Learning outcomes

1. Understand how to apply solutions to organizational change
2. Understand how to develop a change strategy using implementation models
3. Be able to analyze an organizational response to change
4. Understand how to evaluate the impact of change strategies

Learning approach

• Presentation
• Interactive group exercises
• Case Studies
• Discussions