Organisation design essentials
Get the insight, skills, and tools you need to implement, support, or contribute to organisation design activities.
Perfect for:
You’ll learn how to:
- explain systems thinking and how it applies to your organisation
- recognise how systems models underpin organisation design and support HR practitioners
- explain the difference between organisation design, organisation development, and change management
- describe how organisation design, organisation development and change management work together
About this course
Course length: Two days
Delivery: Online classes and self-directed learning
Suitable for: Individuals involved in organisation design or ready to support organisation design activities.
Topics covered
- defining and demystifying organisation design
- systems thinking essentials
- systems models overview
- design tools and levels of intervention
- organisation structures and organisation design in practice
What to expect from ‘Organisation design essentials’
This short course is designed by leading experts in organisation design and aligned to the CIPD's organisation design and development standards. You’ll get straightforward frameworks, approaches and practical tools to help you address organisation design challenges.
This course runs as a standalone programme but can be combined with the ‘Organisation development essentials’ programme for more comprehensive learning.
What you’ll need to do on this course
This course is delivered virtually over two consecutive days. Each day has five hours of online learning.
What you’ll get on this course
Taking part in this course gives you access to supporting material to compliment your learning. At the end of this course, you’ll also receive a certificate of attendance.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of systems thinking and models
- appreciate organisation design and how it relates to organisation development and change management
- make informed decisions related to an organisation or business issue and articulate the case for change
- describe and plan an organisation design programme
- apply what you’ve learnt to your organisation to help deliver its strategy
- diagnose whether organisation design is the best way to handle a change in circumstances
Team bookings
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Course availability
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