4.Brief description of the training and participant eligibility requirements
Deakin University, in partnership with Australia Awards Cambodia, will provide 3 full days training on Fundamentals of Change Management for Australia Alumni Leaders in Cambodia.
About the service provider: Deakin University is ranked as the number one university in Victoria for graduate employment outcomes and overall course satisfaction. Deakin Business School also holds AACSB and EQUIS accreditation, placing it among the world’s top business schools. Deakin has extensive experience partnering with government ministries, state-owned enterprises, and large organisations across Southeast Asia and the Mekong region. Many of these programs incorporate organisational change, leadership development, and strategic adaptation, which are essential elements of effective Change Management.
About the training:
This training aims to provide participants with an understanding of the key principles of Change Management in the process of planning, implementing and evaluating changes in an organisation to achieve desired outcomes. Change Management can involve changes in strategy, structure, culture, processes, systems, technology, products or services. Change Management can also affect the people who work in the organisation, their roles, responsibilities, skills, attitudes and behaviours.
About the service provider: Deakin University is ranked as the number one university in Victoria for graduate employment outcomes and overall course satisfaction. Deakin Business School also holds AACSB and EQUIS accreditation, placing it among the world’s top business schools. Deakin has extensive experience partnering with government ministries, state-owned enterprises, and large organisations across Southeast Asia and the Mekong region. Many of these programs incorporate organisational change, leadership development, and strategic adaptation, which are essential elements of effective Change Management.
About the training:
This training aims to provide participants with an understanding of the key principles of Change Management in the process of planning, implementing and evaluating changes in an organisation to achieve desired outcomes. Change Management can involve changes in strategy, structure, culture, processes, systems, technology, products or services. Change Management can also affect the people who work in the organisation, their roles, responsibilities, skills, attitudes and behaviours.
This course focuses on implementation, featuring capacity-building activities and full-day workshops facilitated by Australian trainers.
Day 1: Covers understanding change and key models, diagnosing drivers and barriers, and stakeholder dynamics using Lewin’s Force Field and Mendelow’s power/influence matrix. Includes case studies from Cambodia and group exercises.
Day 2: Emphasises leading and communicating change, adaptive leadership, and emotional intelligence (SCARF model, Goleman EI). Activities include role plays, coaching loops, and a hybrid panel discussion with experts from Australia and Cambodia.
Day 3: Focuses on evaluating change interventions, technology disruption, and AI. Participants will design a change canvas incorporating change-readiness tools, feedback loops, and monitoring strategies using benefits realisation, tailored metrics and stakeholder sentiment.
Day 1: Covers understanding change and key models, diagnosing drivers and barriers, and stakeholder dynamics using Lewin’s Force Field and Mendelow’s power/influence matrix. Includes case studies from Cambodia and group exercises.
Day 2: Emphasises leading and communicating change, adaptive leadership, and emotional intelligence (SCARF model, Goleman EI). Activities include role plays, coaching loops, and a hybrid panel discussion with experts from Australia and Cambodia.
Day 3: Focuses on evaluating change interventions, technology disruption, and AI. Participants will design a change canvas incorporating change-readiness tools, feedback loops, and monitoring strategies using benefits realisation, tailored metrics and stakeholder sentiment.
At the end of the training, participants who engage fully will receive a Certification of Completion.
Training date and venue:
In this registration form, two training date options are offered. You must only select one option. Once an option is filled, it will be removed and only the other option will be available.
Option 1
Date: Saturday 14 to Monday 16 March 2026, 8 am to 4:30 pm
In this registration form, two training date options are offered. You must only select one option. Once an option is filled, it will be removed and only the other option will be available.
Option 1
Date: Saturday 14 to Monday 16 March 2026, 8 am to 4:30 pm
Option 2
Date: Thursday 19 to Saturday 21 March 2026, 8 am to 4:30 pm
Date: Thursday 19 to Saturday 21 March 2026, 8 am to 4:30 pm
Venue: TBC, Phnom Penh
Who is eligible:
1. any Cambodian who has graduated from an Australian university, either through Australia Awards Cambodia, self-funded, university-funded, or other source of funding, and participants in Australia Awards Cambodia Short-Term awards – both Short Courses (SCs) and Informal Learning Opportunities (ILOs) - who can demonstrate high English language proficiency.
2. must be in a mid- to senior-level managers role.
3. must be a citizen of Cambodia
4. must be able to participate in all the nominated course activities at the time and for the duration proposed
5. must be committed on complete all the course assessments
Alumni living with disability, from remote and provincial areas, from the LGBTIQA+ community, and from Indigenous, ethnic minorities and other marginalised groups are encouraged to apply. Support, in the form of ‘reasonable adjustments’, will be provided to participants living with disabilities.
Numbers are Limited. Register now!
Applications close on Friday 27 February 2026 at 5 pm!
Please note that: Only selected candidates will be contacted!
Who is eligible:
1. any Cambodian who has graduated from an Australian university, either through Australia Awards Cambodia, self-funded, university-funded, or other source of funding, and participants in Australia Awards Cambodia Short-Term awards – both Short Courses (SCs) and Informal Learning Opportunities (ILOs) - who can demonstrate high English language proficiency.
2. must be in a mid- to senior-level managers role.
3. must be a citizen of Cambodia
4. must be able to participate in all the nominated course activities at the time and for the duration proposed
5. must be committed on complete all the course assessments
Alumni living with disability, from remote and provincial areas, from the LGBTIQA+ community, and from Indigenous, ethnic minorities and other marginalised groups are encouraged to apply. Support, in the form of ‘reasonable adjustments’, will be provided to participants living with disabilities.
Numbers are Limited. Register now!
Applications close on Friday 27 February 2026 at 5 pm!
Please note that: Only selected candidates will be contacted!