Course Methodology

The course briefly reflects on the history and evolution of organizational design. It then dives into a functional operational approach to design or redesign the organizational structure of organizations. Moreover, the course includes skill building sessions on how to redefine jobs and eventually revaluate those as affected by any design initiatives. An innovative toolkit approach will be adopted enabling participants to immediately implement what they have learned. 

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate between common organizational structure archetypes and realize the impact of each on individual and organizational performance
• Analyze organizational design elements to include but not limited to strategic goals, scope of operation, governance, competence and span of control.
• Co-design or redesign organizational structure using a comprehensive toolkit.
• Improve organizational readiness level to change through the identification enablers such incentive schemes or operating mechanism.
• Apply workforce planning methods to define workforce gaps on departmental and organizational levels.
• Learn about and acquire HR skills needed for an organizational design professional such as job evaluation and job description writing. 

Target Audience

The course is designed for Human Resources professional, HR business partners and HR planning staff that are directly involved in planning or overseeing the processes of organization design. 

Target Competencies

• Organizational Design
• Workforce Planning
• Job Evaluation
• Job Description Writing
• Compensation and Benefits
• Learning and Development