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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Course Overview

The change is constant, Companies are either the drivers of change or part of the change. Learning to handle and adapt in an ethical, permanent, and conscious manner would be a factor in future organisational and technical differentiation. The Change Management Online Course provides an insight into the processes that help in handling changes successfully.

The Change Management Training offers practical as well as theoretical knowledge for embedding change at every level of the company. The course explores various change management diagnostic tools, industrial case studies, and management models. The course develops various skills to articulate, anticipate and act on changes to improve the potential of the organisation.

The Change Management syllabus covers various management strategies to be implemented in your business to sustain change. The course teaches to Identify references for driving changes in the modern business scenario. The syllabus covers the whole change cycle from making a plan to implementing and embedding change within a company. 

The Highlights

  • Assessments and projects
  • 8 weeks duration
  • Shareable certificate
  • University of Cape Town offering
  • Course provider Getsmarter
  • Self-paced learning
  • Downloadable resources
  • Split fee option available
  • Online learning
  • 7-10 hours per week

Programme Offerings

  • Offline resources
  • Live polls
  • quizzes
  • Infographics
  • online learning
  • Self-paced learning
  • video lectures
  • Case Studies

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
yesUCT Cape Town



Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

Candidates must complete all modules of the course, as well as live polls, tasks, quizzes, and assignments, in order to earn the Change Management certification. To be eligible for certification, candidates must fulfil all of the requirements outlined in the course handbook.

What you will learn

Business ManagementHuman Resource Management

Upon completing the Change Management certification course, candidates will learn about the importance of change in an organisation. Learners will also gain various skills to remove barriers and address resistance while developing an understanding of sustaining change in the ever-changing business environment.


Who it is for

  • Candidates who are in management or leadership positions wanting to learn to drive effective change in an organisation.
  • Candidates who want to become a change managers and make their career ahead in this field will be benefited from this course.
  • Project leads and aspiring managers who want to gain practical skills to plan and implement strategies to influence corporate change.

Admission Details

Candidates shall complete the following steps for getting admission in the Change Management training online by UCT:

Step 1. Follow the link below to visit the official website of the course

(https://www.getsmarter.com/products/uct-change-management-online-short-course)

Step 2. To start the registration process, go to the course page and press the 'Register Now' button.

Step 3. To proceed, review the consent box and confirm that you have read and adhered to the terms and conditions.

Step 4. On the Getsmarter website, build a profile with your personal information.

Step 5. Fill in the billing address information and, if applicable, the sponsor’s record.

Step 6. Pay the fee amount using bank transfer or debit/credit card and start the course.

The Syllabus

  • Recognise the context for change in the modern business landscape
  • Discuss Gleicher's formula for change
  • Review the principles of change management and models for effecting change
  • Explain an organisation's business strategy, and its alignment with a change plan
  • Identify strategies that communicate change, anticipate resistance, and gain stakeholder support
  • Outline a case for change and a communication strategy for an organisation

  • Identify key stakeholders and effective stakeholder management strategies
  • Discuss the importance of power and influence in change management
  • Complete a stakeholder analysis
  • Review the elements of an engagement strategy
  • Identify different consulting styles for change management
  • Explain how to make a case for change
  • Practise pitching a case for change to a stakeholder

  • Highlight the elements of developing a successful change initiative
  • Review the Action Research Model and its relation to organisational change
  • Identify the need for change management initiatives
  • Review the levels at which change initiatives can occur, and explain why they are effective
  • Choose an appropriate level for a change initiative in a change management scenario
  • Investigate an organisation's assessment for change, conditions for change, and employee readiness for change
  • Analyse the employee-readiness assessment data and choose strategic change initiatives

  • Identify key change models and their alignment with the change cycle
  • Discuss the implementation of a change model in the different stages of a change cycle
  • Explain systems theory, systems analysis, and systems thinking
  • Review the practical application of systems theory in an organisation
  • Apply the open systems perspective as one approach to systems thinking to an organisation
  • Outline climate and culture theory in organisational development
  • Articulate the change manager's role in identifying and working with the climate and culture of an organisation
  • Select an appropriate change model using a climate survey

  • Identify key terms in the field of project management
  • Identify the difference between project management and change management
  • Articulate the importance of the change manager within a project
  • Implement project management skills in preparing for change
  • Explain how to do a cost-benefit analysis
  • Identify implementation methods and activities in a change plan

  • Explain the Theory of Change
  • Identify the different types of reactions and resistance that occur in a changing organisation
  • Illustrate different approaches to minimising an organisation's resistance to change
  • Complete a resistance plan that identifies types of resistance and tools to minimise resistance
  • Articulate the significance of change resilience in an organisation

  • Review the ethical dilemmas that arise in organisational change
  • Identify the different stages of the ethics-based change model
  • Review the ECM breakdown for an organisation and discuss an ethical change needed in the organisation
  • Identify the role of evaluation and monitoring in the change cycle
  • Interpret a gap analysis to assess an organisation's present state, future state, and actions
  • Show the importance of organisational alignment with change initiatives
  • Articulate an organisation's alignment to change using a change checklist

  • Recognise the role of risk management in change sustainability
  • Discuss the differentiating factors between a successful and derailed case for change
  • Illustrate the use of a sustainability plan in a change initiative 
  • Investigate a possible sustainability plan for your organisation 
  • Evaluate the different stages of your change plan
  • Assemble the elements that constitute a change management plan

Instructors

UCT Cape Town Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What are the 7 Rs of change management?

Resources, return, relationship, reason, responsibility, risk and raise are the 7 Rs of change management.

2: What should a change management plan include?

The change management plan includes a sponsorship roadmap, coaching plan, resistance management, training program and Communication plan.

3: What are the 3 types of change?

The 3 types of change are dynamic, static, and dynamical.

4: What are the 5 types of organisational change?

The 5 types of organisational change include personnel change, organisation change, remedial change, unplanned change, and transformational change.

5: Which is the best change management online course?

The Change Management course provided by Getsmarter in collaboration with the University of Cape Town is one of the best change management online courses.

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