Learning outcome 1

Evaluate the importance of organisational design to the delivery of sustainable performance

Organisational design (OD):

  • Organisational Design as an historical concept.
  • What is contemporary OD all about? Designing organisations to meet strategic aims. Considering the impact of the external business environment on OD.
Sustainable performance: 

  • Understanding that an organisation must be designed and structured in such a way that delivering sustainable short and long-term objectives is achievable.
  • OD as part of a process where sustainability is a key factor of, and to, the process.
Agile organisations: 

  • What are the characteristics of an agile organisation? 
  • How are these implemented giving consideration to the existing people, processes and culture?
OD theories and models: 

  • This could include change theory, McKinsey's 7S model, typologies of change and transformation/transactional OD.