Professional Diploma in Change Management
£415.00
Course Synopsis
The Diploma in Change Management can prepare the student for taking up a new change management role. It is also ideal for those who would like to develop and hone their skills within an existing change management role.
It provides detailed learning on a range of relevant change management topics, combining theoretical background with the practical tools, change management techniques and change communication formats needed for everyday change managers.
The course examines changes in management practice against the context of the UK, EU, US and global economy, and will be of particular interest to those needing to practice change management skills on a day-to-day basis.
Throughout, the student is encouraged to use the ideas both in the context of their own experience and through a case study.
Course Content
1. What is Change Management?
This module will introduce the student to modern concepts of change management (ChM) skills, and how these can change and develop within a business management context. It examines the way ChM evolves, and the change manager’s role in this process. The module concludes a range of guidelines in practical change issues, looking at effective ChM.
2. The individual as a Change Manager
This module focuses on some essential core skills for a change manager, with tips and techniques for successful change management change goal-setting, change problem-solving, effective change resolution meetings, change interviewing and giving or receiving change related feedback. Relevant tools are explored, including change landscape analysis.
3. Change Structure and Environment
This module includes an assessment of different features and types of change organisation structure and the various environments within which change organisations operate. This module assesses recent trends and the move towards the use of change integration, and also looks at how to analyse their effects to anticipate a change organisation future evolution.
4. Managing Change Processes
This module considers the internal features of a change organisation, including planning and strategy, change costs and budgets and the benefits of understanding the change processes of a business. Practical advice is provided on facilitation of workshops, in the context of change process improvement.
5. Managing Change Projects
The module asks 'What is a change project', providing a step-by-step breakdown of the key phases for managing change projects successfully. It provides advice on financing change projects, and on quality change assessment. The module provides guidance on change project team roles and effective brainstorming for problem-solving.
6. Managing Change Diversity
This module embraces the increasingly diverse UK, EU, US and global change mandates and the business case for managing by diversity-unification principles. Key change issues and legislation issues will be examined, including common challenges and potential conflicts, diverse change themes of international regulatory styles etc.
7. Compliance and Change
Compliance and change may be regarded as a ‘chicken and egg principle’ – which comes first? Accordingly this module includes a review of compliance-caused/affecting organisational changes, managing the change-compliance process, dealing with individual resistance and cultural issues, the use of coaching, mentoring and facilitation development.
8. Quality and Change
If you cannot size it, you cannot measure it, and if you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it – this is a quality and change axiom. The use of change goals, related change performance indicators, service level agreements and benchmarking will be considered, along with a review of quality-change management improvement.
9. Audit and Change
If you cannot audit it, you cannot measure it, and if you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it – this is an audit and change axiom. The use of audit objectives, related change-audit performance indicators, service level agreements and benchmarking will be considered, along with a review of audit-change management improvement.
10. Ethics and Change
This module examines recent trends in business ethics, corporate governance, environmental issues and social responsibility. Practical advice is provided with tips and guidance on making ethics and change presentations. Finally, the student is taken through a course review to reflect on their learning and also to help them to set career goals for their next steps.
Mandatory Text Book:
Students are expected to purchase and use the book COMPLIANCE AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT: WHAT YOU DON’T LEARN AT HARVARD by Abe Abrahami, directly from: www.amzon.co.uk or from: www.amazon.com - this can be done at the foot of this webpage.
Entry Requirements
Basic English reading and writing skills, as full tutor support is given.
Study Hours
Approximately 37 hours per unit
Assessment Method
At the end of each Unit you will need to complete a tutor marked assessment (TMA) and after completing all units, a final extended essay. On completion of TMA work you will then sit the online examination. All parts of this course, including the online examination, can be done in your location and no attendance is required.
All TMA work is emailed to the tutor department and you will receive your results and feedback (if required) by return email.
Please note that you can enrol on this course at anytime.
Further Information
On successful completion of this course, you can apply to join
The Institute of Management Specialists
All students must per 16 years of age and above.
All study materials to enable the student to successfully complete the Diploma. Support is provided by the tutor department. Course completion certificate issued by Oxford College. All examination fees.
The course can be enrolled upon by students Internationally. There are no deadlines for enrolments.
The Professional Diploma is a 1 year course and is self study. This course is examined by online examination. This Diploma is a Level 2 equivalent on the National Qualifications Framework and is fully awarded by Oxford College.
The Quality Assured Diploma is a Level 3 equivalent on the National Qualifications Framework. The Diploma is a 2 year course which is self study and is examined by online examination. The Diploma is awarded by Oxford College and Quality Assured by Ascentis who are a highly recognised National awarding body. Upon completion of the course you will receive dual certification awarded by Oxford College and Ascentis.
Your course is delivered online via the Oxford Learning On Campus website.
Please note that included in your course fee is your registration to the On Campus student community, and a licence to print your study materials. Please note that the licence is for one print only, so please ensure that you have enough paper and ink to print the full course materials if required.
You will require having one of the following packages to access your On Campus area:
In the student 'On Campus' you are also able to take part in the student chat room and forums as part of our online student community.
After enrolling online you will receive your username and password to access the On Campus area within 5 working days. You will also receive your personal Oxford Learning student number via email.
Materials and support provided by Oxford Learning. 
This product was added to our catalog on Monday 21 April, 2008.
