Change-management is a human-made management practice for guiding individuals and organizations through transitions from a current state to a desired future state. Parameters: (1) identification of needed change and its drivers, (2) assessment of current state and readiness, (3) design of target state and transition path, (4) implementation through structured frameworks (e.g., Kotter's eight-step model, ADKAR), (5) reinforcement and sustainability of new practices. The persistence mechanism is institutionalized methodology — documented frameworks, training programs, and organizational roles (change managers, sponsors) that standardize the practice across contexts. [formal: mutatio | substrate: behavior | horizon: a life | explicit: yes | epoch: 1.01]
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change-management
Change-management is a human-made management practice for guiding individuals and organizations through transitions from a current state to a desired future state. Parameters: (1) identification of needed change and its drivers, (2) assess…
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Why it is in scope
A human-made management practice for guiding individuals and organizations through transitions. Built to persist through structured frameworks (Kotter, ADKAR), methodologies, and institutionalized processes that reduce resistance and sustain new states.
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- change-managementen · CANONICAL
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change-management IS a specific kind of practice — a structured way of managing organizational transitions. Specific→general per Law 9.
- cms8a929t007573fkafm8ap7iSERVES →
Change-management exists for the sake of risk-management: it systematically addresses the risks inherent in organizational transitions — people, process, and technology changes. Its designed purpose is to reduce change-related disruption. SERVES per Law 8d.
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- Jul 22, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC
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