<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9d6e32cf-be78-4118-b397-a4c200a276de/E2BB3023-7528-4EA3-BDF7-D5A7E047AC9C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://home.att.net/~nickols/change.htm" href="http://home.att.net/~nickols/change.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">home.att.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://home.att.net/~nickols/change.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Arial">The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad overview of the concept of “change management.” It was written primarily for people who are coming to grips with change management problems for the first time and for more experienced people who wish to reflect upon their experience in a structured way. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://home.att.net/~nickols/change.htm"><P class="MsoNormal"> <FONT size="2" face="Arial">3.</FONT><SPAN><FONT size="2">      </FONT></SPAN><FONT size="2" face="Arial">A <I>body of knowledge</I> (consisting of models, methods, techniques, and other tools)</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://home.att.net/~nickols/change.htm"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial">To recapitulate, there are at least four basic definitions of change management: </FONT></p> <P class="MsoNormal"> <FONT size="2" face="Arial">1.</FONT><SPAN><FONT size="2">      </FONT></SPAN><FONT size="2" face="Arial">The <I>task of managing change</I> (from a reactive or a proactive posture) </FONT></p> <P class="MsoNormal"> <FONT size="2" face="Arial">2.</FONT><SPAN><FONT size="2">      </FONT></SPAN><FONT size="2" face="Arial">An <I>area of professional practice</I> (with considerable variation in competency and skill levels among practitioners) </FONT></p> <P class="MsoNormal"> <FONT size="2" face="Arial">3.</FONT><SPAN><FONT size="2">      </FONT></SPAN><FONT size="2" face="Arial">A <I>body of knowledge</I> (consisting of models, methods, techniques, and other tools)</FONT></p> <P class="MsoNormal"> <FONT size="2" face="Arial">4.</FONT><SPAN><FONT size="2">      </FONT></SPAN><FONT size="2" face="Arial">A <I>control mechanism</I> (consisting of requirements, standards, processes and procedures).</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://home.att.net/~nickols/change.htm"><H2><FONT size="2" face="Arial">The Change Process as Problem Solving and Problem Finding </FONT></H2></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E2BB3023-7528-4EA3-BDF7-D5A7E047AC9C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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