Managing change successfully: The importance of change management

Author: Debra Cadman, an established HR director and independent consultant who has worked with the public and private sectors, including corporate clients and small and medium-sized enterprises.

Brightmine editor: Bar Huberman

Overview

In our series of guides on managing change successfully, we describe a process that HR teams can follow to effect a change. However, it is not a "one-size-fits-all" model and, depending on factors such as the size of the organisation and the particular project, it may be appropriate for HR departments to follow the steps in a different order or to adopt a slightly different approach.

Here, we look at why it is important to plan and manage change and examples of the kinds of change that need to be planned. Other guides in the series:

• Managing change successfully: The business case
• Managing change successfully: Planning the change
• Managing change successfully: The human impact of change
• Managing change successfully: Embedding the change
• Managing change successfully: Evaluation