I came across an interesting article by Lynn Crawford and Anat Hassner Nahmias entitled,” Competencies for Managing Change”, in which the authors discuss which discipline is best suited to manage organizational change.  The authors contend that there is a degree of enmity  that exists between Project Managers, Change Managers, and, to a certain extent, Senior Management as to who should be managing business change.  Competencies from both the project management arena and those of change management are analyzed and an attempt is made to identify a synthesis of the two fields.  That synthesis includes the following characteristics: Leadership, Stakeholder management, Planning, Team selection/team development, Communication, Decision-making and problem-solving, Cultural awareness/skills, and Project management skills (Crawford & Nahmias, 2010). Considering the Authors’ analysis, who is best suited to lead organizational change and is it worthwhile for PM’s to adopt change management’s “theory-rich” skills?

Crawford, L., & Nahmias, A. H. (2010). Competencies for managing change. International Journal of Project Management, 28(4), 405–412.