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From effecting an operational improvement within your department to managing an organisational wide change management programme, the OU may have a course for you. 

During the change management process, working effectively within teams or across multiple sites may be a key skill you need your change management to be effective in. Similarly, being creative and innovative in your approach to change can lead to added business benefits as our course on Innovation for business results (GB053) demonstrates. All of these courses can help during the change process, and be sure to look at our People Management, Leadership and Strategy courses too!

Courses

  • Improving operational performance
    Gain the tools and techniques you need to identify objectives; understand, monitor, measure and manage performance; and identify how your own practice fits in.
  • Leading organisational change
    This online course provides you with tools, frameworks and ideas to help you to lead change initiatives effectively as a manager of your organisation.
  • Effective virtual teams
    This course explores what it means to be an effective member, leader or manager of a virtual team and enables you to facilitate them effectively.
  • Innovation for business results
    This course looks at various types and sources of innovation and how organisations have grappled with the challenge of producing better products and services through innovation.

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Spotlight on Change Management

Creative problem solving

These skills are key to exceptional performance in most roles. The term 'problem' simply refers to a discrepancy between the current situation and a desired future situation. Creative problem solving (GB052) will enable you to tap into the creativity of people, bring out the best in the team, use resources efficiently, and stay ahead of the competition and save costs.

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