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08 September 2008

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Change Management Forum Discussions Change Manageme... Definitions of Change Management and Change Facilitation

2007/08/02 03:02 nm

	anonymous
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Definitions of Change Management and Change Facilitation (Germany)

Modified By anonymous on 2007/08/02 10:03:35 )

I would like to collect some definitions of Change Management and Change Facilitation, and maybe eventually we can come up with a common language.

In my previous courses, I used the following one:

Change Management: the process, tools and techniques to manage the people-side of change processes, to achieve the required outcomes, and to realize the change effectively within individuals, teams, and the wider systems.

I found some more in the Internet:

Change management is a systematic approach to dealing with change, both from the perspective of an organization and on the individual level.
(from: searchsmb.com)

Change Management is an organized, systematic application of the knowledge, tools, and resources of change that provides organizations with a key process to achieve their business strategy.
(from: Lamarsh)

The systematic management of a new business model integration into an organization and the ability to adapt this change into the organization so that the transformation enhances the organizational relationships with all its constituents.
(from: bitpipe.com)

Fred Nichols, in his famous article "Change Management 101: A Primer" (probably the oldest text on Change Management in the Internet) gives four definitions:
1. The task of managing change (from a reactive or a proactive posture)
2. An area of professional practice (with considerable variation in competency and skill levels among practitioners)
3. A body of knowledge (consisting of models, methods, techniques, and other tools)
4. A control mechanism (consisting of requirements, standards, processes and procedures).
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I could not find any definition of Change Facilitation. A field we could explore more?