• Anyone interested in understanding the basic principles of achieving successful organisational change, transition, or transformation
• Team members involved in organisational change, transition, or transformation projects
• Professionals pursuing the Change Management Practitioner certificate – for which the Change Management Foundation certificate is a pre-requisite.

APMG Change Management Foundation certification offers the following benefits:

• Learn to support change initiatives and work alongside change leaders
• Become an effective team member and learn to actively contribute to organizational change projects
• Take your first steps towards earning more advanced change management qualifications
• Enhance your CV with an internationally recognized change management certification.

This APMG Change Management Foundation course covers the following topics:

• Course overview
• The change management context
• Change and the individual
• Change and the organisation
• Stakeholder strategy
• Communication and engagement
• Change impact
• Change readiness
• Change teams
• Effective change teams and team development
• Overcoming resistance to change.

• This course takes 3 days
• Classes begin at 9:00am and end at 5:00pm
• The APMG Change Management Foundation exam is generally sat on the afternoon of the third day
• There are 1-2 hours of homework to be completed each day
• There are 2-3 hours of pre-course study to be completed before joining the course.

Candidates gain an understanding of:

• How individuals are impacted by change and how to develop strategies to help those affected by change adapt
• How organisations work, organisational culture, the models, and processes of change
• The drivers of change, change governance structures, and how to define a change vision
• How to prepare staff or change, support their learning and motivate them to undergo change
• The impact change has on businesses, how to build moment for change and how to sustain change
• The stakeholder engagement process, how to develop suitable communications plans and strategies
• The importance of defined change management roles
• How to build and support an effective change team.

APMG Change Management Foundation exam

The APMG Change Management Foundation exam tests students’ knowledge of change management fundamentals.

• Style: Multiple-choice
• Questions: 50
• Pass mark: 50% (25/50)
• Duration: 40 minutes
• Materials allowed: Closed-book
• Pre-requisites: None
• Timing: Afternoon of day 3
• Results: Same day.