APMG-International Change Management™ Practitioner virtual

Learn how to properly prepare for an organisational change initiative, and how to establish a clear framework of roles, skills and activities to manage the change process with our new virtual Change Management Practitioner course.

About the course

Change Management is associated with the effects and management of change; this is primarily within organisations where change can have greater impact. This qualification is based on the theory and application of change for the individual, change for the organisation, communication and stakeholder engagement and change management best practice.

What is virtual training?
Virtual training incorporates both the personal teaching experience of a classroom, with the ease and flexibility of a virtual environment. Our virtual courses are interactive and engaging, allowing participants to communicate with both the instructor and each other in a collaborative manner. Please review our FAQs for more information relating to virtual learning, including the technical specifications.

Duration

This is an intensive two-day course that prepares you for the Change Management Practitioner examination. The training is conducted via a virtual training environment. You need to ensure that you can satisfy the technical requirements that can be found on our website. In addition, whilst attending your course, there will also be some examination preparation evening work.

Pre-requisites

You must first pass the Change Management Foundation exam to sit the Change Management Practitioner exam.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course you will have learnt about:

Applying appropriate process frameworks to optimally plan and understand organizational change
A range of organization paradigms with which to understand, support and sustain organizational change processes
How to properly prepare for an organizational change initiative - such as building an effective change team and offering insights which enhance the team's performance
Preparing people for organizational change
How to be motivational in ways that's empathetic towards peoples' roles and personalities
How to establish a clear framework of roles, skills and activities through which leaders can support and sustain the change process

This is an intensive two-day virtual course that includes the following:

All accompanying course material
The cost of the Change Management Practitioner examination (must be taken online via remote proctor within 12 months of purchase)
Online pre-course

Optional extra:

Change Management Official manual

Important: Please note you will require a copy of the official Change Management manual for the Change Management Practitioner course and exam. This is not included in the cost of the course. Should you wish to purchase the manual you can add it to your shopping cart once you have selected your chosen date.

Materials

For last-minute bookings (10 working days or less before start date), you will be issued with digital materials – this will include all accompanying course materials (usually a workbook) and a manual, if this is included as part of your purchase.

The course materials will be provided in a PDF format and available for download via our virtual platform on the first day of the course. You will need to download and save the materials to your device, so that you can annotate them during the training course.

If you would like to add a manual to your order, this will be sent as a PDF/eBook via email from APMG (ATOBookorders@apmgroup.co.uk), and will only be compatible with Adobe Digital Editions. Therefore you will need to have this installed on your device.

If you would like to receive a physical copy of the manual, please get in touch with a member of our team, and they will talk you through your options.

What's covered?

This course includes, but is not limited to:

Change and the Individual
Change and the Organisation
Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
Change Management Practice

Target audience

Change leaders (e.g. Senior Responsible Owners)
Change Managers
Portfolio Managers
Organisational Development Managers
Change ‘agents’ (e.g. Business Change Managers)
Change implementers (e.g. Programme/Project Managers)
Change support (e.g. Programme/Project Office) and Operational Line Managers/staff

Important note regarding pre-course

There is mandatory pre-course work that must be undertaken prior to attending this course.You will be sent full instructions approximately three weeks prior to course commencement. In addition, whilst attending your course there will also be some examination preparation evening work.

Exams are taken online via remote proctor. Two weeks prior to course commencement, ILX will arrange for an exam voucher to be issued. You then have a choice, you can either:

Book a suitable time after your virtual classroom event has finished to undertake your exam,

We currently allocate exam time within the virtual classroom event. So that you can book directly, we will advise you of recommended exam timings as part of the candidate guidance — this is issued three weeks prior to course commencement

Note: You are responsible for booking your own exam. You must pass Foundation prior to taking the Practitioner examination.

Exam format

You must first pass the Change Management Foundation exam to sit the Change Management Practitioner exam. The exam format for the Practitioner element is as follows: