Certified Organization Development Professional

Program Overview

Organisation development (OD) is a planned, evidence-based approach to improving how an organisation functions, from its culture and processes to its teams and leadership. This programme develops OD practitioner skills across the consulting cycle: entry and contracting, data gathering through surveys, interviews and focus groups, diagnosis using models such as Weisbord's Six-Box, McKinsey 7S and Burke-Litwin, feedback to the client system, and design of interventions at individual, team and organisation level. It covers culture change, team effectiveness, appreciative inquiry and evaluation, with attention to the leadership and change dynamics of Gulf organisations.

Learning Outcomes

• ✓Apply the OD consulting cycle from contracting to evaluation in a defined client engagement.
• ✓Gather and analyse organisational data using surveys, interviews and focus groups.
• ✓Diagnose organisational issues using an appropriate OD model and present the findings.
• ✓Select and design interventions at individual, team and organisational levels.
• ✓Facilitate a team effectiveness or culture workshop using structured OD techniques.
• ✓Evaluate the outcomes of an OD intervention and plan for sustaining change.

Target Audience

• Organisational development specialists and consultants
• HR business partners and change managers
• Institutional excellence and transformation officers
• Internal consultants and team effectiveness facilitators

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