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Change Management Foundation course is designed for people who need a structured introduction to organisational change and want to understand the people, leadership, stakeholder and organisational factors that influence whether change succeeds.
Current or aspiring change professionals
Project and programme professionals involved in change initiatives
HR, organisational development and learning professionals
Managers and team leaders supporting change
Business analysts, consultants and other professionals who regularly contribute to change
No. APMG sets no prerequisite for Foundation. The course starts with the core concepts and is suitable for learners who are new to the APMG approach.
It can be. Foundation is useful if your role requires you to understand and contribute to change rather than lead complex application decisions. If you want to demonstrate applied capability, Practitioner is the right level.
If you do not hold Change Management Foundation and want to reach Practitioner level, the combined course is more direct than booking the two courses separately.
See the Foundation and Practitioner course if you want both levels in one course.
By the end of the Change Management Foundation course, you should be able to discuss the context for a change initiative, recognise how people may respond, distinguish resistance from legitimate concerns, support change leadership and teams, contribute to stakeholder engagement and communication, and discuss change impact and progress.
You will walk away with the ability to:
Explain the main factors that influence organisational change
Recognise how people may respond to change and what support they may need
Describe the roles of leaders, sponsors and change agents
Contribute to stakeholder engagement and communication planning
Assess change impact, readiness and progress
Use a shared change management language with colleagues and stakeholders
Understand the setting in which change is taking place and how that context should influence the approach.
Understand why people respond differently to change and how those responses can be supported.
Understand the roles, behaviours and team dynamics that help change succeed.
Understand how to identify, analyse and engage stakeholders and build communication around their needs.
Understand the practical work needed to assess, implement, measure and sustain change.
Both formats include the official exam and digital official Change Management Study Guide.
Private instructor-led delivery can be arranged for organisations either live online or face-to-face. Request a quote here.
The Foundation exam checks whether you understand the concepts, language and principles covered by the syllabus. It is a knowledge-and-understanding assessment rather than the scenario-based application expected at Practitioner level.
The exam itself is straightforward, but candidates often have practical questions about what it tests, how to prepare, when results are issued, and what happens if they do not pass first time. This section covers those points in more detail.
The Change Management Foundation exam tests your understanding of the five syllabus areas: organisational context and approach, people and change, change leadership and teams, stakeholders and communication, and the work of the change manager.
Work through the full Change Management Foundation course, use the official study guide alongside your learning, and complete the mock exams and practice questions so that you are familiar with the terminology and the pace required for a 40-minute paper.
Provisional results are normally available immediately after the online Foundation exam. Official results are then confirmed through the APMG Candidate Portal. After a pass is confirmed, the Change Management Foundation certificate is awarded by APMG International.
The Change Management Foundation certificate does not expire. You can use it later as the prerequisite for Practitioner without a time limit.
You can retake the Foundation exam, but the Knowledge Train package does not include a free resit. An additional exam fee applies for another attempt.
Change Management Foundation is the prerequisite for Practitioner. Practitioner builds on the same syllabus but asks you to apply the ideas to realistic scenarios and adds further areas such as sustaining momentum, learning, coaching, conflict and facilitation.
Ready to progress later? See the Change Management Practitioner course.
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Foundation costs £799+VAT for self-paced study and from £1,299+VAT for instructor-led online training. Both options include the Foundation exam and official digital study guide.
Yes. Your first Foundation exam attempt is included with both study formats.
Yes. Foundation includes the official digital Change Management Study Guide for Version 3.
Instructor-led Change Management Foundation training takes 3 days. Self-paced study is around 12 hours, with 12 months' access.
Yes. Self-paced learning can be started at any time after access is provided.
No. The Foundation certificate does not expire.
Yes. Foundation is the prerequisite for Practitioner and there is no time limit on when you must progress.
No. A resit requires an additional exam fee.
Yes. Private instructor-led delivery can be arranged live online or face-to-face.
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