What makes a competent change manager? The importance of developing the “right” attitudes
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of developing the “right” attitudes toward change. Design/methodology/approach The viewpoint is based on more than 20 years of experience gained and insights developed through consulting projects and training conducted for numerous mul...
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sg-smu-ink.sis_research-63152020-10-08T09:00:10Z What makes a competent change manager? The importance of developing the “right” attitudes HOE, Siu Loon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of developing the “right” attitudes toward change. Design/methodology/approach The viewpoint is based on more than 20 years of experience gained and insights developed through consulting projects and training conducted for numerous multinational companies and public sector organizations across Asia. An overview of international and national competency frameworks that include change management from Australia, United Kingdom, and Singapore is also presented. Findings A competent change manager requires a combination of knowledge, skills, and attitude to effect change. While knowledge and skills have traditionally been emphasized, there is a need to develop the “right” attitude as well. Research limitations This article is based on the author's personal viewpoint which may be subjective. Practical limitations The paper provides researchers with an insight on the importance of attitudes as a key contributing factor to change management competency. For the practitioners, it provides another perspective for designing more effective education programs to train change managers with an emphasis on attitudes. Originality/value This paper contributes to the existing change management literature by providing insights on the importance of competency, in particular, the “right” attitude required of a change manager. 2017-04-09T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5312 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Skills Competency Empathy Change management Knowledge Attitudes Databases and Information Systems Management Information Systems |
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of developing the “right” attitudes toward change. Design/methodology/approach The viewpoint is based on more than 20 years of experience gained and insights developed through consulting projects and training conducted for numerous multinational companies and public sector organizations across Asia. An overview of international and national competency frameworks that include change management from Australia, United Kingdom, and Singapore is also presented. Findings A competent change manager requires a combination of knowledge, skills, and attitude to effect change. While knowledge and skills have traditionally been emphasized, there is a need to develop the “right” attitude as well. Research limitations This article is based on the author's personal viewpoint which may be subjective. Practical limitations The paper provides researchers with an insight on the importance of attitudes as a key contributing factor to change management competency. For the practitioners, it provides another perspective for designing more effective education programs to train change managers with an emphasis on attitudes. Originality/value This paper contributes to the existing change management literature by providing insights on the importance of competency, in particular, the “right” attitude required of a change manager. |
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