Change Management Plan You have been hired as a consultant by…

Question Answered step-by-step Change Management Plan You have been hired as a consultant by… Change Management Plan You have been hired as a consultant by Georgian College to do few things. They first wantyou to develop a Change Management Methodology that they can use for all types of initiativesthat the organization undertakes, taking into their organizational model. The ChangeMethodology should outline the specific guidelines on how Georgian College would undertakeChange Management Projects, such as how to diagnose for readiness for change, what aneffective change manager would do, what contingency approaches should be considered, etc.How do they approach Change Management. The Change Management Methodology shouldbe well researched taking into consideration industry best practices and reviewing of literaturethat is available to support the proposed methodology design. They have also asked you todevelop an organizational policy discusses how to sustain change and what actions should betaken. Additionally, a Change Management template is required, using best practices inChange Management and also considering what other companies use. When developing theChange Management Template, their should be a set of instructions on how to use thetemplate and should be word or PDF.They have also asked you to support the following Change Initiative:Note – you should use your Change Management Methodology and Template to support thisinitiative.Georgian College has advised all of the professors teaching, including the Dean and AssociateDean in the Project Management Diploma Program, that due to cost, they have decided thathardcover textbooks will no longer be used in the classrooms, and will move to using tabletsfor all course materials. Additionally, they have been asked to use the technology to the fullestin the classrooms and would no longer be able to print out paper at the college forassignments, etc, and tablets would need to be used for presentations and assignments inclass; the program is going entirely electronic.Some things to consider;• Gain an understanding of how the students and professors of the College would feel aboutsuch a change, the College suggested that you engage them to gather feedback on theproposed change. Data set-should be large enough to get some meaningful information.50-75 people.• Do some research to see what other schools or companies do and include this researchfindings in your report, to support the suggestions/conclusion to may make. What is thecurrent status of going paperless in industry and also in education, has anyone does it,maybe ask they some of the change barriers in an interview (phone or email), etc.• What sort of resistance could be expected, how will it be managed? What are some of thepotential cause for resistance on this project? What responses could be used to manage anyindividual resistance.Your final product should be a change management plan that the leadership at GeorgianCollege can used to manage the change around going paperless. It is not a project plan, buthow they manage change of this type of initiative.  Business Management Project Management PRACTICAL PRJM1008 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)