Strategic and change management and the National Training System: core ideas

Reframing the Future is the national staff development and change management program that supports the implementation of the National Training Framework (NTF) in Australia. The importance of continuous strategy-making for registered training organisations (RTOs) in the vocational education and training (VET) sector was revealed by the evaluation of pilot projects on strategic management and change management undertaken by Reframing the Future during 2001 and 2002. The evaluation report on the pilot projects is indexed at TD/RTF 95.13. The core ideas in this document are drawn from this...  [+] Show more

Reframing the Future is the national staff development and change management program that supports the implementation of the National Training Framework (NTF) in Australia. The importance of continuous strategy-making for registered training organisations (RTOs) in the vocational education and training (VET) sector was revealed by the evaluation of pilot projects on strategic management and change management undertaken by Reframing the Future during 2001 and 2002. The evaluation report on the pilot projects is indexed at TD/RTF 95.13. The core ideas in this document are drawn from this report and provide a brief overview of strategic management and change management in relation to the National Training Framework (NTF). Aspects covered include: definitions of strategy, strategy-making and change management; alternative approaches to change management; challenges faced by VET organisations; aspects of RTO culture and structure that require change; and the importance of strategy-making now and in the future. An earlier version of this document, ‘Strategic management and change management and the National Training Framework’ is indexed at TD/RTF 95.14.