Change Management Glossary Definition

Term Change Management
Definition

Change Management is the discipline of planning, communicating, supporting, and controlling organizational or operational change.

Context & Usage

It helps people, processes, systems, and stakeholders adapt while reducing disruption and resistance.

Practitioners monitor it through feedback, adoption data, manager input, and stakeholder conversations so concerns can be addressed before they harden.

Related concepts include Change Fatigue.

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