Course Overview

This comprehensive Organisational Development course provides HR professionals and business leaders with strategic frameworks and practical tools to drive systemic change, enhance workplace effectiveness, and align organisational structure with business goals. Participants will learn to diagnose organisational health, design interventions, and foster a culture of continuous improvement through evidence-based OD methodologies.

Course Objectives

By completing this course, participants will be able to:

1. Understand OD fundamentals – Differentiate OD from change management and HR
2. Diagnose organisational systems – Apply analytical tools to assess culture, structure and processes
3. Design effective interventions – Select appropriate OD approaches for different challenges
4. Lead culture transformation – Align values, behaviours and systems with strategic objectives
5. Measure OD impact – Develop metrics to evaluate intervention effectiveness
6. Build internal OD capability – Create sustainable change capacity within organisations

Who Should Attend?

• HR Directors & OD Specialists
• Business Leaders & Senior Managers
• Change Management Practitioners
• Learning & Development Professionals
• Talent Management Specialists
• Consultants supporting organisational transformation

Course Modules

Module 1: Foundations of Organisational Development

• Defining OD and its evolution
• Core principles of successful OD practice
• The role of OD in business strategy execution

Module 2: Organisational Diagnosis & Assessment

• Force field analysis and systems thinking
• Culture assessment tools (OCAI, Schein’s model)
• Data collection methods for OD (surveys, focus groups, interviews)

Module 3: Designing OD Interventions

• Individual vs. team vs. organisational-level interventions
• Process consultation approaches
• Action research methodology

Module 4: Culture & Behavioural Change

• Aligning culture with strategy
• Values clarification and behavioural frameworks
• Role of leadership in cultural transformation

Module 5: Organisation Design & Structure

• Principles of effective organisation design
• Assessing and redesigning workflows
• Span of control and decision-making frameworks

Module 6: Team Effectiveness & Development

• High-performance team models
• Team diagnostics and development strategies
• Managing inter-team dynamics

Module 7: Measuring OD Impact

• Developing OD metrics and KPIs
• Evaluating intervention effectiveness
• ROI of OD initiatives

Module 8: Building Internal OD Capability

• Creating an OD function
• Developing change agent networks
• Sustainability strategies for OD