Learning Opportunity: Achieving Organizational Outcomes through Effective Change Management

Updated 2018/10/09

Registration for the course, Achieving Organizational Outcomes through Effective Change Management, is now open. This is your opportunity to join learners from libraries across the province in a course designed to explore approaches to navigating change that increase collaboration, increase internal, external and community stakeholder engagement and mitigate the risks associated with poorly managed change

This course will offer opportunities for dialogue, learning a variety of approaches for navigating change as a strategy for introducing innovation, and partnering with internal and external stakeholders in service of achieving desired community and organizational outcomes.

Topics include:

  • Stakeholder identification and engagement (internally and externally);
  • Exploring the difference between change and transition;
  • Setting change up for success;
  • Mitigating the downside of change;
  • Navigating culture during change; and
  • The role of the change leader.

This online course is 4 weeks in length with approximately 4-6 hours of study per week including readings and optional webinars. There are no examinations. Estimated weekly commitment may vary depending on learning style and interest. This course is asynchronous with synchronous individual and group work expected throughout, as well as a need to keep pace with the course as it progresses week to week.

While the value for the course is $495 (incl. GST), staff working in libraries in BC pay $235 (incl. GST). This online course will run from September 10 to October 5, 2018. For more information about the course and for details on how to register, please consult this info sheet. For more information about the course please contact melanie.molloy@royalroads.ca.

The project partners – the North Central, North East, and Kootenay Library Federations along with Royal Roads University Professional and Continuing Studies – gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Education.