Change Management Program

What is the Change Management Program?

Penn State offers a Change Management Program for anyone interested in driving effective change within their organizations.

People are the most critical factor in the success of programs and change, yet their support and participation are often taken for granted. Most programs promoting change focus on 什么 is changing, rather than 如何 更改完成了. Change Management is the art and science of having people prepared with the best 工具 and aligned to support Program and Organization success.

The Change Management Program is a highly interactive online learning experience that combines knowledge, 工具, and techniques to drive effective change, reduce resistance to change, and to accelerate business results. Using Change Management 工具 developed by 马克·汉兰博士.D., based on decades of real-world change success, participants will develop and present an outline of an effective Change Management Plan for their own organizations.

Who would benefit from this change management program?

This program is for anyone who is responsible for driving or supporting change. They commonly include:

  • Leaders at all levels
  • 项目经理
  • Change Management Practitioners
  • Lean Six Sigma, Agile, and Process Improvement Professionals
  • Human Resource Professionals
  • Organizational 发展 Professionals
  • Anyone interested in make effective Change faster, easier, and more successful

What makes this program unique?

This online program combines highly interactive dialog, 练习, background, 实际案例审查, and analytical 工具 to evaluate the challenges and opportunities of Change for organizations and their employees.  Participants will be able to apply the 工具 and techniques to their own needs and situations, developing a personal Change Management Plan outline for their own organization.

学习目标

By the completion of this Program, the participants will be able to:

  • Explain the business and personal value of Change Management;
  • Identify, adapt, and apply the basic 工具 of Change Management to their organization;
  • Understand and apply the Project Phases of Change for their organization;
  • Identify, address, and potentially mitigate areas of resistance in their organization; and
  • Develop and present a personal Change Management Plan outline for their organization.

Registration Information:

  • 日期: February 13 - March 23, 2024
  • Time星期二,下午6点.m. 到晚上9点.m.
  • 地点: Online Instructor-led training via Zoom

  • 成本: $750

Register for Change ManagementPlease contact 570-963-2600 or email (电子邮件保护) for more information or to be place on our mailing list for upcoming classes.

About Our Instructor

马克·汉兰博士.D.:

  • Over 40-years in Change Management and Leadership

  • Author of books on Organizational Transformation
    • High Performance Teams: How to Make Them Work
    • Creating Effortless Change: Transactive Leadership
    • Change Management for a Change
  • Ph值.D. in Organizational 发展 and Change
  • 教师 at Penn State 2013, in the graduate school since 2003
  • Executive in global manufacturing, 顾问, has designed patents, and designed part of the International Space Station

Marc has been supporting group transformation for more than 35 years in a wide range of public and private organizations, 从82年开始,U 000 -用户.S. Navy ERP to the operational transformation of thousands of field service workers at Exelon to the creation of self-managed factories at General Electric (GE) and Lockheed Martin. He has worked with more than 260 high performance teams to achieve "breakthrough" results in profitability, 服务质量, 可持续性, and quality of work life, while achieving more than $520M in improvements.


Note: The University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances.