10th February 2008, Monetical Limited, Cambridge, the provider of a management consultancy service enabling self evaluation and performance optimisation of software engineering, delivery and support activities announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Prof Chris W Clegg an expert on the challenges of organisational change.

Chris is the United Kingdom’s leading expert in the field of organisational change management. His expertise is now incorporated in Monetical Change Management Audit Module, helping it become the most focused tool available today enabling software and IT organisations to self-evaluate their own performance against best practices.

“Change management is a crucial factor in organisational success. This software provides a structured approach for all organisational members to assess the organisation’s strengths and weaknesses, and then best practice guidance on how to enhance success, whilst remaining focused on future goals.” Prof. Chris Clegg.

Monetical's Founder, John E. Abram commented, ‘we are delighted to be able to provide our clients with the ability to evaluate their own capability in this important field’. Adding, ‘our Change Management Audit Module, incorporating Chris’s expertise, provides our clients with the necessary means to evaluate their change capability and to identify critical challenges. This ability is becoming increasingly important as the engineering, deployment and support of increasingly complex software and IT project increases the risks and need for organisations to continually adapt to remain competitive and delivery world class products and services.'

About Monetical

Based in Cambridge UK, Monetical Limited is the provider of a management consultancy service backed by a network of leading subject matter experts to address the increased complexity of software and IT project engineering, deployment and support activities. Its unique expertise and analytical capabilities empower software and IT organisations to optimise their performance in an increasingly complex business environment. Monetical helps small and medium-sized businesses to gain cost-effective access to a wealth of industry expertise by providing tools which enable them to compare their own operational and commercial performance against best practice. For a comprehensive description about Monetical and its solutions, visit www.monetical.com or write to info@monetical.com

About Professor Chris Clegg

Chris is a Professor of Organisational Psychology at the University of Leeds, where he is Deputy Director of the Centre for Organisational Strategy, Learning and Change. Chris is also Co-Director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Partnership for Design and Chairman of the Socio-technical Group of the British Computer Society, in addition to being a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Chris has published his work in 18 books and over 100 book chapters and articles in leading international refereed journals. With research interests in areas including the management of change, job design, new technology and work organisation, Chris has collaborated with colleagues around the world and from numerous disciplines, such as Computational and Software Engineering and Architecture. Over the past 10 years, Chris’ grant funding has exceeded £8 million, working with many leading organisations, including Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Network Rail, Corus, Royal Mail, and Canon.