Change Management Foundation Course & Examination

The Change Management ® Certification program has been developed by APMG International in partnership with the Change Management Institute and is designed to help organisations and their people manage the impact of change and provide techniques to effectively plan and implement successful transformation initiatives.  

Our 3-day Change Management Foundation course prepares you for the exam leading to the Change Management Foundation Certification.  

Course Overview

In the modern business environment, change is relentless. This can be challenging, but it also presents opportunities. By effectively managing change, organisations enhance their performance and achieve their goals.

Understanding the impact of change is crucial to its management. Change can create either positive or negative outcomes. It can lead to increased productivity, improved morale and new opportunities, or it can cause stress, anxiety, and resistance.

Our Change Management Foundation and Practitioner training explores how change affects, and is affected by, individuals, teams, change leaders, and organisations. Our APMG-accredited Change Management courses equip individuals with the knowledge, proven methods 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
  
• Speed up the implementation of change initiatives
• Highlight their contribution as change professionals to initiatives..

Techniques and tools discussed in the course, such as how to lead change and involve those impacted by it, and effective communication strategies, can help organisations manage change and reap the benefits.

Learning Outcomes

Become an effective team member involved in organisational change projects. What are the key things you will learn? 

• Structured approaches you can use to shape a change initiative.
• How to 'read' the organisational context for change.
• Human responses to change and techniques to help people adapt.
• Sources of resistance to change and ways to work effectively with these.
• Factors affecting people's motivation during changes and how to encourage support for change initiatives.
• How teams can facilitate successful organisational change and how line leaders, sponsors, change managers and change agents can best work together.
• How to identify stakeholders and engage effectively with them.
• Essential communication principles to support change initiatives.
• Ways to assess change impacts across the organisation.
• How to select and effectively utilise key metrics for evaluating change

Who should attend

• Anyone interested in understanding the basic principles of achieving successful organisational change, transition or transformation.
• Team members involved in organisational change, transition or transformation projects.
• Professionals pursuing the Change Management Practitioner certificate – for which the Change Management Foundation certificate is a pre-requisite.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Exam & Certification

This course prepares participants for the examination leading to Change Management Foundation certificate, granted by APMG International: 

• Exam is 40 minutes; closed book
• Four sections, 50 multiple-choice questions (a passing score of 50% – 25 correct answers - is required
• You will receive an exam voucher for the web-based exam, to be scheduled after the course.
• Upon passing your exam a digital badge will be awarded by APMG International.

Course Material & Inclusions

This course comes with access to our e-materials. Material for this course will be provided as downloadable soft-copy files that can be viewed on a variety of devices. Attendees may print a hard copy of the files in whatever format best meets their needs.

A complimentary copy of the official Change Management Study Guide from APMG is provided as an eBook on the first day of the course.  

Change Management Foundation online exam voucher, this is issued from APMG International (global examination body) on the first morning of the course. The schedule is available 24/7 so you can book and register for your exam at a time that suits. A webcam and internet connection is required.

A digital badge you can share with your network will be provided via email upon passing your certification exam with APMG.