Embed change within your organisation and ensure a competitive future
8 weeks, excluding
orientation
7–10 hours per week,
entirely online
Weekly modules,
flexible learning
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The skills to plan for, implement, and sustain change within an organisation, with your own change management strategy for your specific context.
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The ability to determine a case for change and articulate the need for transition to stakeholders.
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Knowledge of the change cycle, communication and conflict management skills, and a number of change management strategies and models.
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The tools to build enterprise change competency and a digital certificate from Africa’s leading university.1
1QS Top University (Aug, 2021).
GetSmarter is approved by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) as an Authorized Training Partner (ATP), a partnership that enables you to join the world’s largest project management network. This Change Management online short course will count for 64.50 PDUs in total, and the division of hours is as follows: Technical – 7.75, Leadership – 16.75, Strategic – 40.00.
PMI is responsible for setting project management standards and providing certification. By taking this course, you’ll gain PMI-endorsed skills that are globally recognised. You can also use these learning hours towards furthering your professional project management development. See PMI.org for more information.
Please note that GetSmarter and UCT bear no responsibility for the reporting of these PDUs and/or hours to the PMI. The onus, therefore, falls on you to do so.
The PMI® Authorized Training Partner seal is a mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Over the duration of this online short course, you’ll work through the following modules:
Module 1 Making the Case for Change
Understand the need for change, investigate different change models and strategies, and learn how to communicate change effectively.
Module 2 Winning Over Key Stakeholders and Influencers
Identify key stakeholders, learn how to engage with stakeholders, and present a case for change.
Module 3 Developing Strategic Change Initiatives
Investigate successful change strategies, change interventions, and organisational readiness for change.
Module 4 Creating a Climate for Change
Learn about the change cycle, systems theory, and the importance of creating a climate for change.
Module 5 Preparing an Implementation Plan for Change
Explore the relationship between project management and change management.
Module 6 Addressing Resistance and Removing Barriers
Understand the Theory of Change, resistance to change, and how to build change resilience in an organisation.
Module 7 Monitoring the Outcomes of a Change Initiative
Understand the process of evaluating an organisation’s state of change in the post-implementation phase of change management.
Module 8 Sustaining Change in an Ever-Evolving Environment
Learn how to embed change in an organisation to ensure future sustainability.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.
Dr Carren Duffy
Senior lecturer, supervisor and researcher, Section of Organisational Psychology, School of Management Studies, UCT
Carren Duffy joined UCT in 2009 after gaining vast experience as a human resource consultant and trainer. In 2018, she completed her PhD with a thesis focused on the broad domain of human resource development. The research investigated the extent to which organisations in South Africa use training evaluation data and feedback as a vehicle for organisational learning and change.
Duffy teaches, supervises, and researches across both streams of Organisational Psychology and Programme Evaluation. Her dominant research areas include training and development, organisational learning, labour relations, programme and training evaluation, and programme theory.
She convenes the first-year introductory course to Organisational Psychology and co-convenes the Honours in Change Management programme. As a teacher and supervisor, she facilitates change, influences minds, and impacts the lives of her students.
“I thoroughly enjoyed this change management course. The material was very relevant to my work environment, as it broadened my frame of reference to better apply change management principles. The assignments and forum discussions were engaging and thought-provoking.”
This UCT online short course is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter, part of edX. Join a growing community of global professionals, and benefit from the opportunity to:
Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from an international selection of universities and institutions, entirely online and in your own time.
Enjoy a personalised, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step.
Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.