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Change Management

We know that Change Management, by its very name, involves management of changes. They occur within an organizational setting, meaning changes do not occur in a vacuum.

There are certain elements that come into play when a Change Management process is introduced into a firm. These are called Functions, Goals, Resources, Environment, and Principles.

Functions refers to the purpose of the project, or what products or services are expected to be produced by the company, should the project be successful. Any project has to serve a specific purpose (function) or else itOs meaningless.

Goals refers to the specific change(s) that the project aims to put into play, or set in place. It differs from function in that a function would be the reason the project exists, while a goal would be the objective that the project aims to accomplish.

Resources are defined as the scalability and capacity of the project. Will it succeed as it is currently designed? Or are there other elements that have to be tweaked first before the project can accomplish its goals and fulfill its function?

Environment refers to the elements in the surroundings of the firm, or perhaps the components of the organization itself, which may be influenced by the project outcome. Since the change management project does not exist in a vacuum, the environment may in turn also affect the project.

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Principles is concerned with function in a way, since it tries to foresee whether the functions will be affected in any way. You can say a basic principle of a change management project is that it should not hamper the function(s) in any manner, or else we can say the principle of the project has been violated somehow.

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