The reason why organizations develop strategies and plans is to implement some type of change. According to Fortune Magazine "an estimated 70% of senior executive failures are not caused by poor strategy, but rather by poor execution of the strategy."
Much of the work done today by managers and key knowledge workers relates to changing, in some way, what an organization does or how it works. Whether developing a new service; changing an existing program; introducing a new computer system or rethinking the way work is done - one is instituting an organizational change.
These courses focus on the application of strategic planning and management principles from the perspective of organizational change.