Organizational Design
Learning a Robust Yet Practical Process to Guide Organizational Designers in Making Relevant Design Choices
3 CREDITS
LEARNING MODEL: IN- PERSON & VIRTUAL
INTRODUCTION
What makes organizations effective? While having a winning strategy and the right talent are essential, so too is shaping an enabling organization; one that focuses, connects, and equips your talent to flourish.
Flourishing in today’s fast paced and ever-evolving contexts requires a fresh approach to organizational design. Whereas traditional organizations were built for independence, stability and efficient execution, today’s designs must afford both stability and agility, innovation and execution, and independence and interdependence.
In Organizational Design, we explore a proven framework and methodology for guiding design choices. Based on the latest research, our approach includes diagnostic tools, foundational design principles, and action learning to ensure that your design efforts are aspirational yet practical. Recognizing that design is both a social and technical process, we offer a considered approach to engagement, so that people are both architects and cultivators of their renewed organizations
DATE, LOCATION & FEE
| PROGRAM DATE | LOCATION | VENUE | REGISTRATION END DATE | FEE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20 - Jun 22, 2023 | Toronto | Old Mill Toronto | Jun 15 | $3,895 | |
| Nov 28 - Nov 30, 2023 | Kingston | Holiday Inn Kingston-Waterfront | Nov 24 | $3,895 | |
| May 14 - May 16, 2024 | Calgary | Calgary Marriott Downtown | May 14 | $3,895 |
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Learn how to use the Blueprint for Organizational Effectiveness, the 4 D Design Process, and the Building Blocks of Organizational Design to transform your organization
- Select and lead your design team
- Develop a robust and meaningful approach to engaging stakeholders
- Diagnose design issues and develop design criteria
- Shape design concepts to build essential organizational capability
- Link design to your organization’s purpose, strategy, and values
ORGANIZATIONAL BENEFITS
- Successful organization renewal incorporating contemporary capabilities for agility, innovation, and collaboration
- A proven process for co-design and involvement to cultivate new roles and behaviours
- Alignment of capabilities, resources, relationships, leadership and contributions to organizational mandates and strategies
- Internal experts and advocates for organizational design and renewal
TAKEAWAY TOOLS
- Designing Organizations Workbook and Toolkit
- The Good Design Tests
- The Design Concept Template
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Design team members including managers, HR/OD practitioners, and consultants.
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PROGRAM DETAILS
Our module-by-module overview introduces the topics that will be explored in depth over the course of the program.
Module 1:
Introduction to Organization Design:
Setting the Foundation for Organizational
Renewal
- Explore the trends driving new organizational capabilities
- Assess the design principles underpinning new organizational forms
- Learn a framework for designing organizations that are fit for purpose
- Reflect on your role as an organizational design practitioner
- Explore the building blocks of organization design and how they shape the basis of logic models
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of base logic models
- Learn how to optimize the strengths and mitigate the weakness of base logic models
- Relate to your organization
- Play a role interacting in a fast-paced, ever-changing workplace that will become the foundation for applying the tools and process to our common design initiative
- Learn how organizational design enables or thwarts information flow, responsiveness, and innovation
- Apply practical frameworks, based on the work of Barry Oshry, that will help you connect the experience to organization design
- Apply the Blueprint Design Tests to diagnose design-related challenges and opportunities
- Frame the design-related focus and scope of the initiative
- Begin to shape the emerging logic model
- Learn a multi-stage design process – the 4 Ds – and explore how the process generates a roadmap for leading the design initiative
- Apply each stage of the 4 D process and tools to diagnose the issues, discover design criteria, develop design concepts, and detail implementation plans
- Explore how the design process facilitates iterative learning, whereby essential outputs of each stage create the foundation for the subsequent phases
- Explore a series of typical design stories – from design issues to criteria to concepts
- Reflect on how the design concepts generate distinct logic models
- Relate the design typology to back home challenges