Managing Organizational Change

CHAPTER 3

Maximizing the Benefits of OCM Experts

When an organization elects to add a formal organizational change component to its existing project management methodology with the goal of improving their change initiative outcomes, they are often faced with a dilemma. What is the best way to begin, and to whom can they turn for expert advice that will take into consideration their unique organizational circumstances? One choice would be to hire a highly skilled individual with the experience needed to develop an organizational change management (OCM) strategy and then build a team of skilled resources capable of implementing the integration of best practice OCM processes into the organization’s existing project management practices.

Unfortunately, ...