BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Change

Bringing and handling organisational change

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Change is what occurs throughout the world and organisations are not left untouched by change. Organisational Change is different from the change in our daily lives. It effects the organisation and its members as a whole. Organisational Change is something which has to be handled very carefully. Sometimes, change may even effect the business or organisation in a way unwanted by the organisation i.e. adversely. This happens when professionals are either ready for change or cannot handle it properly.The BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Change course at MSP Training makes the delegates fully aware of the concepts of Business Change such that they are able to manage change in real-time situations.

  • Manage Change using latest tools and techniques

  • Understand What is Organisational Change along with its Principals

  • Learn about the different kinds of Business Change

  • Acquire, Deploy and Ensure successful change solutions in your organisation.

WHAT'S INCLUDED ?

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Key Learning Points

Clear and concise objectives to guide delegates through the course.

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Exam Prepration Tips

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Tutor Support

A dedicated tutor will be at your disposal throughout the training to guide you through any issues.

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Courseware

Courseware will also be provided to the delegates so that they can revise the course after the training.

PREREQUISITES

BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Change course does not have prerequisites.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Change is an entry-level course for those who wish to know about the process and techniques used in bringing about business change. The course would be ideal for Project and System Managers.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

During the course the delegates will learn about the following concepts:

  • Business and IS strategy
  • Business improvement definition
  • Business change design and implementation
  • Benefits management and realisation

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

This course that deals with Organisational Change discuss the concepts involved therein in complete detail.It goes on to describe the prototypes and methodologies used to handle situations when a change occurs. It aims at using IT solutions to handle business change. These days any organisation that is not taking the help of Information Technology is certain to lag behind others. Yielding profits without the use of IT these days is something farfetched. The BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Change aims at those professionals who have a knack for bringing about business change in their organisation and understand that without change progress is not possible.

It is one of the courses of the knowledgebase module that can be taken to complete the International Diploma in Business Analysis Certification.


PROGRAM CONTENT

  • Business Change Principles
    • The distinction between IT projects, business change projects and the IT projects enabled with business change
    • How does IT drive and enable change?
    • The level of change in an organisation
    • The peculiarity between improving business operations and improving business information
    • IT as a core skill and the consequences for the outsourcing corporate model
    • The business change lifecycle
    • Business change life cycle - Its Stages
    • The identification, analysis and management of stakeholders
    • The business, project and external stakeholders
    • Stakeholders - roles and responsibilities
      • Sponsor/Senior Responsible Officer
      • Business Analyst Programme Manager
      • Project Manager
      • Business Change Manager
      • Business Actor
      • Developer
    • Aligning Business and IT
      • Supporting the organisation with the External Environment, the Idea, Task, Aims, Approach and Tactics, and the Enterprise Architecture
      • Business Environments for Organisations - External and Internal
        • Why understand external environment influences?
        • The internal organisational capability and the importance of analysing it
        • The importance of understanding culture
      • Corporate Cultures
      • National Cultures
      • The Culture Effects
      • Corporate and IT governance - Their significance to benefits management and risk management
      • Enterprise Architecture and its Elements
    • Definition of Business Improvement
      • Investigating the business situation: rationale and techniques
      • Holistic approach and systems thinking
      • Gap analysis: purpose and approach
      • Business requirements elicitation and analysis
      • The contents of the business case
        • Options
        • Costs
        • Benefits
        • Risks
        • Impacts
        • Decisions
      • Stakeholder responsibilities and the business case
      • The business case lifecycle
      • Programme definition
        • The change programme
        • The relationship between programmes and projects
        • The role of the programme office
  • Business Change Design
    • Aspects of organisational change
      • The organisation structure: boundaries and relationships
      • Organisation performance measurement
    • Aspects of people change
      • Defining roles and jobs
      • Defining required skills and competencies
      • Managing performance of individuals
      • Communications planning
    • Aspects of process change
      • The difference between functional and process views
      • Business process elements
      • ‘As is’ and ‘To be’ business processes
      • Modelling tasks
      • Improving business processes
    • Analysing and Modelling Information
      • Protyping Information management
      • Various kinds of information and their degrees
      • Prototyping Information and the representation of business rules
    • Aspects of information technology
      • Systems development lifecycles: bespoke and off the shelf software solutions
      • Architecture and service management concerns
    • Business Change Implementation
      • Planning the acquisition, deployment and acceptance
      • Finding the way out
        • Pros and cons of customized deployment
        • Advantages and Disadvantages of off the shelf software solutions
        • Business acceptance testing
      • Deploying the solution
        • Roles required to deploy business change
        • Approaches to deploying business change
        • The change process – unfreeze, transition, refreeze
      • Safeguarding appraisal recognition
        • Emotional influence of alterations
        • The cycle of learning
        • Recognising the forces that help and thwart change
      • Reviewing the change
        • Purpose of post-implementation review
        • The distinction between PIR and benefits review
      • Benefits Management and Realisation
        • Benefits management in the business change lifecycle
        • Organising profits
        • Investment appraisal Techniques
        • Benefits and the Balanced Business Scorecard, CSFs and KPIs
        • Roles and responsibilities in benefits management
        • The purpose, conduct and outcomes of a benefits review
        • Benefits realisation: significance and challenges

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ABOUT Peterborough

Located in Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Nene, Peterborough had a population of 183,631 as of 2011. The city is decorated by its castles.Lying around 74 miles north of London, the city has been a part of Northamptonshire for a long time. The railway station at Peterborough that lies on the East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh, is considered to be a significant stoppage.

At some places, Peterborough lies below sea level while at others it is seen lying on a flat land. Archaeological finds reveal the existence of human beings at the Peterborough location even before the Bronze Age. During the Anglo-Saxon period, monasteries started springing up with one of them being the Medeshamstede monastery. The Peterborough Cathedral is the new name for the same monastery.

With the arrival of the railways in the 19th Century, the population of Peterborough started to grow. Industrialization also saw a steep rise with the arrival of railways. Peterborough developed as a centre of bricks manufacturing. It was in the mid-20th century that the development of Peterborough came to a standstill and remained so till 1960’s. This was mainly due to the Second World War.

Now, the Peterborough administration is having plans that will provide better facilities to the citizens such as housing, health, road and other means of transport. A sum of around £1 billion is being spent on the redevelopment of the city and its neighbours.

Sports :

Peterborough has teams for various games such as American and Australian rules football athletics, cricket, football, hockey, ice hockey, rowing, and rugby. Between 1906 and 1974, Northamptonshire has been home to some home games of the city in various games.  The Peterborough Hockey Club and the Peterborough Town Cricket Club use the Westwood ground to play their home games in this city.

Notable people:

Some of the most notable people were born in Peterborough. They include:

  • George Alcock - An astronomer
  • John Clare – Poet
  • Christopher Perkins – artist
  • John Payne – A noticeable Catholic martyr
  • Sir Henry Royce – Known as the co-founder of Rolls-Royce he was also the first Baronet of Seaton, and an engineer as well.
  • John Hill – Author, Actor and Physician
  • Frank Horrabin - A socialist writer cum illustrator
  • Dr Richard Cumberland – Philosopher
  • Hereward the Wake - an outlaw

Musicians

  • Sir Thomas Armstrong – The Royal Academy of Music designated Armstrong as the Principal of the academy.
  • Andy Bell - pop band Erasure’s lead vocalist
  • Paul Nicholas - actor and singer

Media

  • Claudia Katz Minnick – famed for "Spider-Man" where she played Robbie's Assistant, "The Black Dahlia" (Frisk Bartender) and "Ouija" (Mother)
  • Simon Bamford – The 'Hellraiser' franchise
  • Adrian Lyne – Fatal Attraction, Oscar-nominated director
  • Sarah Wood - television presenter
  • Jake Humprey – Presenter with BBC Formula One
  • Adrian Durham - football journalist, presenter on Talksport radio
  • Brian J.Ford - Broadcaster, Biologist and Author

Sporting World Personalities

  • David Bentley – Footballer with Tottenham Hotspur and England
  • Craig Jones - Motorcycle Racer
  • Louis Smith – A gymnast from the United Kingdom who won an  individual Olympic medal in the last hundred years first of all
  • Isaiah Brown – Football player with Chelsea

Town Twinning :

To promote friendship among various troubled nations after the Second War, Europe adopted the method of town twinning. Its main purpose was to spread greater friendship and harmony among the different European cities. Town twinning is an agreement to help in the various activities and projects that are organised by the communities of both the countries. This also leads to the development of lifestyle, historical, and cultural similarities and differences. The various town with which Peterborough has twinning are listed below:

  • Spain - Alcalá de Henares, 1986
  • France - Bourges,1957
  • Italy - Forlì, 1981
  • Germany -Viersen, 1981
  • Ukraine - Vinnytsia, 1991

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