Change Management ™ (APMG) Foundation - Classroom (exam included)

Dealing with change and more importantly, the impact of change is a high priority for all organizations. The Change Management Certification has been developed by APMG in partnership with the Change Management Institute (CMI), an independent, global professional association of change managers. Together they have developed a professional ‘body of knowledge’ for the discipline of change management. This body of knowledge now provides an independent benchmark for the professional knowledge expected of an effective change manager. APMG’s refreshed Change Management certification is fully aligned with the change management body of knowledge. The new syllabus samples a wide range of knowledge regarding the theory and practice of change management including:

• change and the individual
• change and the organization
• communication and stakeholder engagement and;
• change practice

The Change Management certification is delivered by APMG’s Accredited Training Organizations (ATOs). By passing both Foundation and Practitioner examinations – candidates will have acquired the knowledge needed to receive CMI’s ACM (Foundation) accreditation. They offer successful candidates a simpler route to personal accreditation, with only the experience element to complete.

During the training, the method is fully addressed. At the end of the training, the participant will know how change management can be implemented in an organisation, project, programme or portfolio and who should be involved. The participant learned to work with the following aspects and techniques in a change management scenario:

Individual change:

• Reverse the learning dip.
• From unconscious to conscious competence.
• Learning cycle of Kolb.
• Four approaches for individual change.
• Myers Briggs indicators.
• Transformational change.

Team and organisational change:

• Team effectiveness.
• Forming storming, norming, performing.
• Belbin types.
• Bridges: managing the transition.
• Kotter’s leading change approach.
• Distinction leadership and management.
• Leadership styles.

The participant will improve their knowledge and skills during this three-day training. The participant will learn how to implement Change Management, will learn to analyze change management situations, and will learn how to improve existing change management practices. After the training, the participant can immediately apply new insights and techniques within the client's organization.

Foundation level

The Foundation certification aims to confirm that a candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding of Change Management to work as an informal team member working on an organizational change initiative. The Foundation certification is also a pre-requisite for the APMG Practitioner certification.

Foundation Exam Format

• Multiple choice
• Four sections, a total of 50 questions
• 25 marks required to pass (out of 50 available) - 50%
• 40 minutes duration
• Closed-book.