Organizational Change Management Practitioner - Public

Be recognized as a dependable manager of organizational change. Build on the foundation certification with this course which outlines putting knowledge to practice. 

This course is designed to help organizations and their people manage the impact of change and provide techniques to effectively plan and implement successful transformation initiatives.

Based on the Effective Change Manager's Handbook - aligned to the Institute's Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK) - courses explore how change affects, and is affected by, individuals, teams, organizations and change leaders, equipping individuals with the knowledge, theories and techniques to:

• Unlock resistance to change
• Provide effective support and motivation to individuals and teams to embrace change
• Draw from a range of professional approaches to implement change smoothly and effectively
• Manage and inform key stakeholders throughout the change process
• Speed up the implementation of change initiatives.

• Applying appropriate process frameworks to optimally plan and understand organizational change.
• A range of organization paradigms with which to understand, support and sustain organizational change processes.
• How to properly prepare for an organizational change initiative - such as building an effective change team and offering insights which enhance the team's performance.
• Preparing people for organizational change.
• How to be motivational in ways that's empathetic towards peoples' roles and personalities.
• How to establish a clear framework of roles, skills and activities through which leaders can support and sustain the change process.

• Aspiring or current managers of organizational change, transition or transformation.
• Those performing key roles in the design, development and delivery of of organizational change programmes, including:
• Change Project Managers
• Transformation Managers
• Senior Responsible Owners
• Business Change Managers
• Change Programme Managers
• Operational Line Managers

The Change Management Foundation certificate is a pre-requisite.

• All methods of delivering this course include the exam in the fee
• The exam is 2.5 hours in duration & includes 4 questions
• The exam format is objective testing based on a case study scenario with each question worth 20 marks
• Open Book - The Effective Change Manager’s Handbook may be used in the exam
• Exams are administered online (proctored) by an independent examination body
• Participants are provided an exam voucher so they can schedule the exam at their convenience after completion of the course
• A passing mark of 50% is required to receive your OCM Practitioner certificate