Websites that discuss change management
In a dynamic world like this one, change is inevitable. All aspects of the business change at one time or another and thus the management of the businesses need to have a wide knowledge in managing change in their organizations. Change management in business perspective entails being insightful and undertaking a critical implementation when incorporating changes in management. It is also aimed at managing the employees when these individual change their perspective as well as their personality. There are a couple of websites that discuss change management as a necessity in business development. This paper generally describes these websites listing some of their ups and downs.
One such website is www.change-management.com. The name of the website is very predictable on what its contents entail. It is the ultimate change management learning centre and the main website from which a visitor can gather almost all the information about the field from. On the home page there is a list of shortcuts to other pages of the website. These shortcuts lead the website visitor to; tutorials –where the visitor gets introduced to change management and project management. These tutorials define these terms and show the visitor how they are related and applied in an organization. Another shortcut leads the visitor to a ‘bookshelf’ where the visitor can view books that discuss change management and order for them in case he or she needed to read about them. Other shortcuts featured in the website benchmarking, discussing on the expertise and experience of change managers, articles- where learners and other visitors can post their own articles as well as read that of others on change management. The website also gives the visitor a chance to register and get free emails about the topic and new developments. It also has a resource tab to account for the websites contents. This website however lacks a search option and thus takes the visitor a lot of time perusing through articles searching for the specific title.
Another website that discusses the topic is www.changingminds.org. The website discusses change broadly and is aimed at equipping the learner with the necessary information on how to change people’s perception about them. It has a number of disciplines listed on their home page change management being one of them, inform of quick links that abruptly direct the visitor to a wide field of knowledge. The website also contains a search tab where the visitor can input any topic on change and get straight forward results. This website however concentrates more on change than change management though it contains crucial information on the topic.
www.businessperform.com is yet another website that discusses the topic. This website contains a wide variety of knowledge about business and their way of operating. Change management has been featured and extensively discussed in the website. The website also has easily accessible shortcuts on publications –books and journals that discuss several topics, a products tab where the website informs the visitor on ways of purchasing and making orders on the website, services tab –where it informs the visitor that the website gives free tutorials to its members and personalized teaching to people at a fee. It also has a blog where subscribed members can share their point of view on business aspects and philosophies. Besides all this it has a ‘contact-us’ tab that gives the visitor a chance to visit the admin of the website.
www.mindtools.com is another website that contains several articles about change management. The website contains various types of management discussed extensively with change management being one of them. The website has a search option where the visitor can search for any information about the website. It also offers free emails on selected topics to the subscribed members. It mainly guides people towards achieving career success in the various management fields.
www.cfoworld.co.uk is a business website that extensively discusses various aspects and strategies of business. One of the key features of this website that makes it better than the rest is the ‘top 5 most popular’ part of the website that shows the most read business article of the day. The web also has a search option that ensures that the visitor can access any form of material provided that the web has it.
The sixth website to be featured that contains this topic is www.tech-faq.com. This website happens to be a management website that focuses more on the IT management. However, the site has an extensive review of change management as a topic. Its advantageous feature is the search option which enables the visitor to access the precise topic. It also sends free new-letters to its members on latest developments in the chosen field. It also has a blog through which members of the site can share their views and articles concerning their chosen topics.
The seventh website is www.picourseware.co.za, a South African based educational site that has covered change management broadly. The site provides continuous tutorials to its members at no cost and free webinars to its members. It also offers information on other business related topics but its main base is on change management. It offers a form of certificate learning for the website.
www.mindfullychange.com covers change management extensively and is a simple website for the visitor’s access. The website offers factual change management articles and statistics. It also offers advice on business management. It offers experienced people a forum to offer their view on the effectiveness of the information gained from the site. The website also touches on specific subtopics of change management such as personal change and business change.
www.change-management-toolbook is one other website that covers the topic. It has just been renovated but its contents are just similar to the previous website- before it was remade. For one to enjoy the full benefits of the website however, he or she has to be a member. However, the site bases its information on management extensively. It also provides a list of resources for the visitor to conduct extensive research through.
The final website to review on change management is www.thinktransition.com. The website offers free change management e-books to its subscribed members. It also offers free webinars aimed at improving the global change management levels. Additional information and consultation is also offered in the website at a personal level.
Work Cited
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Global Change Management Inc. Global change management, www.mindfullychange.com/index.html Retrieved on: Dec, 11 2010.
IGD Inc. CFO World: Change management, www.cfoworld.co.uk (1994 – 2010). Retrieved on: Dec, 11 2010.
Mind Tools Ltd. Change management, www.mindtools.com/ (1995- 2010) Retrieved on: Dec, 11 2010.
Prosci. Change management, www.change-management.com (1996- 2010). Retrieved on: Dec, 11 2010
Prosci. Change management webinars, www.picourseware.co.za (2009) Retrieved on: Dec, 11 2010
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