First af all its necessary to understand who are stakeholders of the process to act accordingly. Model of Mendellow can help to do this. Under this model Partners have high power(they can influence on strategy) and high interest- they are key players and they definitely should accept change needed and be closely involved in designing changes. Trainees have low power (they can not influence on strategy) and high interest- they are in keep informed group.
Mr. Alan need to understand two aspects of change needed: the scope and the nature of change. The model of Johnson and Scholes will help to understand type of change needed
Scope: minor or fundamental
Nature: gradual or sudden
Nature\scope Minor Fundamental
Gradual Adaptation Evolution
Sudden Reconstruction Revolution
Also Mr.Alan need to understand factors that should be considered while implementing. Model Balagoon and Hope give clues what factors should be considered:
From the point of view of ASG partners
Time- how much time ASG has implement changes
Capability- do Mr.Alan(or other senior manager) has experience on implementing changes
Power- Mr. Alan is senior partner , I assume he has enough power
Capacity- if extra resources needed (extra room space for training, external trainers to hire) do ASG has
Factors related to graduate trainees
Readiness- do trainees are ready to accept changes (I assume they do, because they are unhappy)
Preservation- may be there are some parts of current training polisy should be retained
Scope- how many trainees will be affected
Diversity- I assume that graduate trainees all have similar culture and interests.
Conclusion: to implement change in training policy successfully Mr. Alan need to understand scope, nature of change needed and its necessary to answer all questions above (Balagoon and Hope