Master's Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2, Donau-Universität Krems (Department for economic- and management sciences), language: English, abstract: This Master Thesis deals with the impact of change management practices on the implementation or revision of compliance management systems in companies. The main target of the Master Thesis is, to elaborate on the question: "which implications does the definition of Compliance management as a change management process have"? Derived from that, the Compliance Management Systems of four selected companies have been reviewed. The Master Thesis also includes a theoretical part in which the basics of the topic have been evaluated. To answer the research question, an online survey with Compliance employees of the selected companies and other companies has been conducted.