Organisational Design Programme - CMI Level 7 Accreditation

Overview

This programme has been specially developed for practicing or aspiring Organisational Development consultants.  Our learners may be external consultants, working with a variety of organisations, or employees who will be consulting within their own company.  On successful completion,  delegates will be awarded with the Level 7 Certificate in Professional Consulting from the Chartered Management Institute (17 M Level Credits).

Delivered by practicing professionals, this level 7 programme has been developed for consultants who will be advising individuals or teams at the senior, strategic level.  

Core Modules

Module 1: Understanding Organisations and The Consultancy Role (3 days)
Module 2: Tools and Techniques for Effective Consulting (2 days)

Overview of Content

Module 1 Learning outcomes:

• Understand the strategic function of Organisational Design
• Explore a range of models and paradigms to identify and establish the nature of organisations
• Discover the key components of business architecture though exploration of current thought leadership
• Use coaching skills to collaboratively assess and build solutions with the client
• Develop a range of consultancy approaches and strategies
• Grow personal effectiveness and reflective practice as a consultant
• Evaluate organisational behaviour; what is valued and rewarded and the impact of these decisions

Day 1:

• Identify and explore the background, nature, purpose of OD consulting
• Explore the different types and roles of consulting and define own consultancy practice
• Understanding the consultancy process
• Explore the skills, behaviour and knowledge of the effective OD consultant
• The impact of communication will be considered and the learners will identify the role of the consultant in supporting the strategic flow of information throughout the organisation

Day 2:

• The nature of organisational evolution, structure and hierarchy will be explored
• Explore and apply a range of OD models and theories to support consultancy practice
• The role and application of coaching in consultancy will be explored and applied and the skill of developing powerful questions developed
• The concept of the reflective practitioner will be explored and various models for effective reflective practice and personal / professional growth will be discussed and applied
• Learners will explore consultancy approaches / strategies based upon their discussions / analysis

Day 3:

• We will continue to build the OD consulting tool-kit considering key components of business architecture, and current thought leadership will be taught.  
• We will explore the complexities of operating and consulting within open systems
• We will conclude Module 1 with definition and exploration of organisation culture and how this impacts the OD practitioner / consults role

Module 2 Learning Outcomes:

• Develop a consultancy strategy that can be effectively deployed within the organisation
• Undertake problem analysis utilising a range of creative and scientific methods
• Facilitate debate and negotiation between leadership teams and key stakeholders in the organisation
• Evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of a range of psychometric and profiling tools
• Communicate findings with influence considering communication preferences of the target audience.

Day 4:

• We will explore the function and role of organisational design and the consultant’s role in enabling good design processes
• We will introduce and apply tools to explore the organisational purpose and build the foundations of organisational design
• Learners will then explore operating in systems and will consider a range of systems tools to support effective design consulting
• Supporting concepts including building agile organisations will be considered
• We will explore research relating to the impact of leadership on organisations and what this means for consultancy interventions
• We will then explore change theory and the psychological and neurological factors that impact change processes along-side considerations of the interconnectivity between consultancy, OD and change

Day 5:

• Group dynamics and the impact on consultancy interventions will be discussed
• The role of facilitation and the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to deliver effective facilitated interventions in the consultancy process will be explored and learnt skills applied to a live scenario
• We will introduce the concept of wicked problems and learners will apply a strategic problem-solving tool to effectively define organisational challenges
• We will conclude the programme with the learners applying a structured methodology to map the problem identification process into a comprehensive consultancy intervention framework

Assessment

Delegates will complete 2 written reports focussing upon:

• Organisational structure and culture  
• Tools and techniques for effective consulting  

This process will require learners to undergo a real-world consultancy project, and apply the principles, practice and theories taught throughout this programme.  They will provide evidence of their practice in a learning portfolio which will be assessed by one of the programme tutors.  Ongoing  tutorial support will be available throughout.
Upon successful completion of the 2 assignments, delegates will be awarded with the CMI Level 7 Certificate in Professional Consulting.