Organisational Development

DURATION: 2-Days
Max. Participants: 20
Facilitators: 1
NQF Level: 5
SAQA Accreditation: Services SETA - Decision number 2304

The world of business has been turned upside down and change seems to be avalanching down upon our heads. In an effort to cope with all the external and internal factors organizations are going through significant changes, including transformation, downsizing, rightsizing, re-engineering, flattening, and restructuring. In the highly stressful and turbulent environment of the 21st century it is often difficult to create and maintain an organization that motivates, enhances efficiency and delivers peak performance. In order to survive it seems imperative that organizations become learning entities that renews and transforms
itself to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Why Organizational Development?

Organisational development can be defined as an emerging discipline aimed at
improving the effectiveness of organisations and its members by means of
systematically planned interventions. A truly effective organisation is one in which
both the organisation and the individual can grow and develop. Such an environment
can be termed ‘healthy' - and organizational development is all about creating
healthy and effective environments.

reasons why companies should engage in organizational development interventions:

1. To improve competitive positioning. It is about surviving in a highly competitive environment. Organizations realise that they would cease to exist if they do not adapt & deal with the changes
2. To improve performance. Without any interventions performance gradually declines
3. To keep pace with the accelerated rate of innovation
4. To become more flexible to adapt to the changing environment
5. To change their corporate culture
6. To increase productivity
7. To increase responsiveness to clients
8. To increase employee involvement and participation.
9. To increase employee morale
10.To develop new managerial skills and strategies

Traits of successful organisations:

o Fast- more adaptive and responsive to innovation and change
o Quality conscious - a total commitment to quality
o Employee involvement - adding value through human resources
o Customer oriented - creating niche markets (diversity)
o High performance organisations do not just occur by change, they are designed.
Organisations are designed to get the results that they get

On completion of this programme participants should enhance organisational outcomes through practicing effective administrative skills.

The programme covers the following:

The Basic Organizational Development Process
• Need/Problem
• Diagnostic Phase
• Strategise: Action plans, strategies and techniques
• Implementation: Self-renewal, monitoring and stabilizing
• Impact assessment
• Process of continuous improvement

Organisational Development Models

The following sub-systems (parts) of organisational functioning are considered:
o Business environment - systems approach
o Business Strategy - Vision, Mission, Goals, Business plan, Ext.
o Structural design: Formal design & structure of organisation. Usually depicted by the
organisational chart and includes division of work and patterns of authority.
o Organizational Culture: Includes the network of social relationships and behavioral
patterns of members, such as norms, roles, communication, values, beliefs, habitual
patterns, way of doing, perceiving, general attitude or outlook
o Technical component: Primary functions, activities and operations to produce the outputs
- practically what is done by the organization to earn money - to survive
o Managerial component: Directing, coordinating and organising all activities towards the
basic mission (business strategy). Important in integrating the different components

Who should attend?

• OD specialist
• HR practitioners
• Senior Manager
• Chang Management practitioners
• HR Chief Directors, Directors, Managers and Officers

Training methodology:

The methodology is based on interactive learning, i.e. learners will learn by doing. Furthermore learners will use examples from their own organisations, thus ensuring that the learning is anchored at their workplace. Delegates must hand in a post workshop assignment before a certificate will be issued. As with all CORPTRAIN training programmes, we strive to effect actual change back at the workplace through effective and practical
outcomes based training.

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Date: 22 February 2010 to 23 February 2010
Venue: Sandton Indaba - Fourways, Johannesburg
Cost: R6 999

More info:

Just north of the fast paced business world of Sandton, lies The Indaba Hotel and Conference Centre nestled beneath the vista of the magnificent Magaliesberg Mountains. It is a compelling blend of business-like convenience and efficiency, along with a relaxed and warm country hospitality atmosphere.