Explore our resources on the process of organisation design and the approach of organisation development
Organisation design is the process and outcome of shaping an organisational structure to align it with the business purpose and context in which it exists.
Organisation development is the planned and systematic enabling of sustained performance in an organisation through the involvement of its people. Here you’ll find information on organisation design and development, organisation effectiveness and transformation, reorganisation, restructuring, organisation tools, techniques and diagnostics.
Explore the CIPD’s point of view on job quality and good work, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers
What is the current state of play in OD and how can it continue to play an integral role in organisational strategy?
Practical workforce planning guidance to help HR and managers deliver a clear people strategy against changing organisational needs
Guidance on workforce planning practice to help your organisation thrive through Brexit
Explores what organisation design is and how it can be done effectively in today’s organisations.
Explores what organisation development is, how it has developed, and how it is conducted in today’s organisations.
Explores the benefits of workforce planning, the activities involved and the stages of the workforce planning process
Explore the purpose and evolution job design, the role of effective job design in creating good work, and assessing job quality.
Discover what PESTLE means, and use our PESTLE analysis template and example to understand the external influences on your organisation
Learn about the SWOT framework, the process of a SWOT analysis, and its advantages and disadvantages
Episode 157: Explore the challenges and future of organisation development (OD) and learn how you can best deal with OD tasks as a non-OD specialist
Episode 150: Workforce planning practices can deliver a higher return on investment and offer insights into the future of work
Episode 95: Is there a recipe for building the perfect team? This episode’s HR experts advocate diversity of thought and skills, preparing the groundwork and creating shared values and communication patters.
Episode 84: With organisations facing near constant change, this episode focuses on strategies for organisational design and development and how involving stakeholders and effective communication is key to smooth implementation.
How can you create and authentic organisation? Gareth Jones presents the fundamentals of his plan; difference beyond diversity, radical honesty, extra value, authenticity, meaning and simple rules.
Use our decision tree to guide your actions on coronavirus-related workforce planning
