This course is ideal for senior managers, senior HR practitioners, OD specialists, internal change agents and consultants.

The goal of organisational development is to improve organisational health and functioning through researched theory and practice. As HR professionals migrate from transactional to transformational roles, OD becomes a resource providing theoretical underpinning and toolkits for practitioners. This programme enables delegates to travel high-speed from fundamental OD theories through to OD interventions. It also focuses on the role of the OD practitioner and explores how critical the concept of ‘self as an instrument’ is in building effective OD practices.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• demonstrate understanding of the history and visions of OD and the role of the OD practitioner
• apply some big system tools to diagnose an organisation’s effectiveness and assess whether any of the models can be adopted as a template to build organisational capacity
• advise on the role of diagnostic models in assessing the health of the organisation
• obtain data to decide how to initiate and manage big organisational changes, understand the important link between data and choice of intervention
• assess your own instrumentality and personal development needs within the context of the OD role