International Change Management

Description

This course provides the student with a set of methods and tools for responding to strategic changes in the international business of companies and organizations in turbulent times. When faced with the need to find new market opportunities, to increase market shares, to realize efficiency gains, to develop new products, to gain access to new resources or simply to reduce risk, companies and organizations tend to resort to a project based leadership approach.

A well-prepared international change management constitutes an essential pre-condition for the success of European companies on both new and existing global markets. The companies must continually be able to develop their products in line with a sharpened global competition and an ever faster technological change process. Meeting such challenges demands a deft leadership approach based on readiness to carry out changes in the projects of the organization, while at the same time being able to carry out project management based on still more detailed and solid planning.

International Change Management is about setting a number of practical criteria for the successful outcome of change projects that leads to the fulfillment of the strategic goals of the company or organization. As these change projects are becoming still more integrated in the key competences of the company, there is a growing and urgent need for converging strategy formulation, business models, risk assessment, planning, organizational development, monitoring and controls, and management principles.

Copenhagen Business School, HD