Educause 2006 - Change Management

Educause 2006
Dallas, Texas

Change Management
Robert Renaud – Dickenson College
Dennis Trinkle – Valparaiso University

Divided this into Personal issues with change management and Institutional issues.

Personal issues:
Moved from help desk to finance
Changing roles
Many hats
Balance work/family
Travel/school/work/family
Leadership change
Flux in organization affects career
Transition in leadership

Institutional:
ERP conversion
IT Reassessing
Pushed to standardization to fit the form for budgeting
Restructuring Institutional efficiencies
Common computing invironment
Change without funding
Reorganization and conversions while budget is shrinking
Leadership – lack of knowledge and strength

Notes:
Strategic plan is communications plan.
Any communication should increase credibility.
“Client first and mission second” decision making.

Of help:
College of Charleston’s strategic plan: http://crmc.cofc.edu/plan/isp.htm
Article: The Neuroscience of Leadership (from CIO Magazine)
http://www.strategy-business.com/press/freearticle/06207