Organizational change management refers to the ways companies handle changes to the people, processes, tools, and systems in their organization. To manage change, organizations need a plan for implementing changes and solidifying those changes as the new norm. There are four types of organizational change to know: Strategic transformational change: Large-scale changes that require significant adjustments, such as updating your company’s mission statement or employee benefits package People-centric change: Adjustments that have a considerable effect on people, such as redefining roles and responsibilities, modifying leave policies, or hiring new employees Structural change: Major changes to organizational hierarchy, usually caused by mergers and acquisitions Remedial change: Reactionary corrections to unexpected problems that need to be solved immediately, such as hiring a replacement for an employee who put in their notice or addressing customer complaints