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Strategic Organization Design
November 19, 2019 - November 22, 2019
Deepen your understanding and sharpen your skills
In today’s dynamic and hyper-competitive environment, the ability to design organizations that are efficient enough to drive performance and flexible enough to sustain advantage is of fundamental importance. As new strategies call for new solutions, they pose complex design challenges at all levels and in all sub-systems of the organization.
This workshop provides participants with the principles, frameworks, and tools of organization design for those who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the topic. It also addresses the ever-increasing challenges created by a growing digital economy where work, change, and design issues are merging. Qualifications Although this workshop provides a broad overview and hands-on tools, it is designed for people with some grounding in organization design issues.
Attendees might include:
• Human Resource Professionals
• Line Managers and Design Teams
• Internal Corporate Consultants
• Organization Development Professionals
SPEAKERS:
Chris Worley
Beth Gunderson
Sue Mohrman
GUEST SPEAKER:
Becky Spears (Oracle)
LOCATION:
Portofino Hotel
Redondo Beach, CA
Qualifications
Although this workshop provides a broad overview and hands-on tools, it is designed for people with some grounding in organization design issues.
Discount
Participants are encouraged to come as teams. Groups of three or more from the same company will receive a 15% discount.
Design Models
The frameworks in the
program will focus on:
Ensuring the organization design supports the business strategy
Designing for flexibility, innovation, and rapid change
Organizing around customers, geographies, and products
Leveraging resources as the business becomes more complex
Designing alliances, networks, and other lateral structures
Governing an increasingly complex organization
Integrating globally dispersed organizations
Ensuring the human capital approaches support the strategy
Implementing new and more effective designs
Pre-Work
In order to get the most out of the workshop, there will be a few pre-work assignments that include:
Viewing a one-hour introductory webinar.
Reading four chapters of Jay Galbraith’s Organization Design.
Reading three case studies or articles that will be discussed.
Summarizing an organization design challenge using a workbook.
Speakers
Susan A. Mohrman
Senior Research Scientist
Chistopher G. Worley
Senior Research Scientist
Beth Gunderson
CEO Affliated Practitioner, Minikahda Partners
Becky Spears
Oracle, OD Consulting Practice Leader
