Creating a change management model into an existing project model
Mänty, Nina (2014)
HAAGA-HELIA ammattikorkeakoulu
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014120418346
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014120418346
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The target company of this development study is Kemira Oyj, a chemical company focused on water intensive industries. The objective of the development study is to identify the most critical project stages from change management perspective and to create the tools and methods to overcome the challenges in those stages. In practice this study aims to combine project management with change management.
As this development study aimed to create practical solution, action research was chosen for the research strategy and quantitative survey for the research method.
The development project began in March 2013 and ended in June 2014. Study included one quantitative survey. Development work was done partially as a member of Project Management Community, continuously reporting the progress of the survey and receiving feedback regarding the proposed future steps and directions.
The outcome of the development study was two templates for change management tools. The templates were created based on the results from the quantitative survey showing the most critical change management steps in the project stages and based on the list of tools and methods created based on the theories of project management and change management.
This development study is considered beneficial for the company’s project management work. It managed to create the tools for the most critical project phases and listed a set of other tools for the future development work. There was no common change management templates existing before this study, so this study succeeded to create something totally new inside the company.
As this development study aimed to create practical solution, action research was chosen for the research strategy and quantitative survey for the research method.
The development project began in March 2013 and ended in June 2014. Study included one quantitative survey. Development work was done partially as a member of Project Management Community, continuously reporting the progress of the survey and receiving feedback regarding the proposed future steps and directions.
The outcome of the development study was two templates for change management tools. The templates were created based on the results from the quantitative survey showing the most critical change management steps in the project stages and based on the list of tools and methods created based on the theories of project management and change management.
This development study is considered beneficial for the company’s project management work. It managed to create the tools for the most critical project phases and listed a set of other tools for the future development work. There was no common change management templates existing before this study, so this study succeeded to create something totally new inside the company.