How to manage changes

One way a company can deal with change is to try to anticipate the need for it and plan for it.
A company and its managers can adopt a philosophy of planned change, which involves trying to anticipate what changes will occur in both the external and internal environments and then developing a response that will maximize success.

The person who implements planed change is the change agent. This could be the manager who conceived of the need to change.
It could be another manager, to whom the task is delegated.
Or it could be an outsider, a consultant brought in to help an organization adopt a new way of doing things.

How to manage changes