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Change Management
Whether you are launching new information technology, applying an innovative work process or completing a merger transaction, effective change management is essential to your success. Leaders and project teams must understand the human dynamics of change and prepare for the sometimes negative responses change can generate.
Beyond that, recognize that bringing about change is fundamentally about changing people's behavior in certain desired ways. Change Management is the practice of managing and controlling system changes to the technology environment from the initial request through deployment. Change Management experts help organizations harness changes to information systems through a consistent and enforceable process.
Organizations change but change management is designed to help an organization change in a way that optimizes the benefit to the organization. Rather than reacting to latest fads or adopting some new business process, a change management program will help the organization to implement rapid change that is not reckless or wasteful. Change management should be multi disciplinary and touch all aspects of the organization. Understanding your organization and matching the initiative to your organization's real needs (instead of adopting the latest fad) is the first step in making your change program successful.