Innovation and Change Management

Overview:

Introduction:

Innovation and change management serve as foundational systems for enabling institutional evolution, strategic alignment, and operational restructuring. They define how organizations organize shifts in direction, adopt new methods, and restructure internal systems through structured models. These systems function across planning cycles, communication protocols, and governance frameworks to support adaptation and continuity. This training program introduces classification structures, coordination models, and integration frameworks used to manage innovation and institutional change.

Program Objectives:

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify structural concepts that define innovation and institutional change.

• Outline models for coordinating organizational transitions.

• Classify frameworks used to evaluate readiness and stakeholder positioning.

• Review communication systems linked to change governance.

• Evaluate institutional alignment strategies during innovation cycles.

Targeted Audience:

• Department heads and unit managers.

• Strategy officers and organizational planners.

• HR development coordinators.

• Innovation program supervisors.

• Institutional governance professionals.

Program Outline:

Unit 1:

Concepts of Innovation and Organizational Change:

• Institutional meaning of innovation and strategic transformation.

• Classifications of change, including structural, operational, and technological.

• Role of innovation in organizational adaptability.

• Key conditions for initiating structured change.

• Relationship between innovation systems and internal capacity.

Unit 2:

Models for Change Coordination:

• Change planning models and implementation structures.

• Logic of transition phases across departments.

• Structures for change sponsorship and leadership alignment.

• Documentation and mapping methods of change sequences.

• Evaluation criteria f organizational structure in change adaptation.

Unit 3:

Stakeholder Readiness and Role Mapping:

• Methods for categorizing stakeholder interest and influence.

• Readiness assessment models and interpretation frameworks.

• Important of aligning departmental functions with transformation goals.

• Identification tools of resistance zones and support drivers.

• Strategies for building internal alignment before system transitions.

Unit 4:

Communication and Oversight Structures:

• Communication planning models for structured transformation.

• Oversight on the timing, channels, and sequencing of institutional messaging.

• Role of feedback in reviewing change response.

• Key methods followed in validating message consistency.

• Link between communication quality and stakeholder positioning.

Unit 5:

Innovation Governance and Institutional Alignment:

• Governance models for managing innovation cycles.

• Importance of integrating change projects with institutional strategy.

• Role alignment process during cross functional change initiatives.

• Monitoring logic for assessing change performance indicators.

• Importance of structural consistency between innovation processes and policy frameworks.