Change Management

Got to go to the web and do some research on "Change".

Found a website with relevent info on "Change Management" at www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/change-management

Perhaps I should note down some of the contents for my future reference on "Change".



"Change Management"

Change is endemic in the education sector. The pressures for change come from all sides: globalisation, government initiatives, doing more with less, improving the quality of student learning and the learning experience, and the pace of change is ever increasing. Living with change and managing change is an essential skill for all.

Change is also difficult. There are many different types of change and different approaches to managing change. It is a topic subject to more than its fair share of management fads, quick fixes and guaranteed win approaches. Finding an approach that suits you and your situation goes to the heart of being an effective and professional manager in the education sector.

Figure below describes the general route through the materials in the Kit. This infoKit was developed out of a HEFCE Good Management Practice Project led by the University of Luton1 entitled 'Effecting Change in Higher Education'.

The 'Effecting Change' team summarise their findings by the following observations:
There are no easy solutions.

1. Adapt processes to suit the change intended.
2. Change requires teamwork and leadership (and the two are related).
3. Work with the culture (even when you want to change it).
4. Communicate, communicate, communicate.