Classroom

We deliver this programme face to face at one of our venues in the UK, Ireland and Singapore. You can check dates and availability on this page or contact us

Online

We deliver this programme through interactive online sessions which are facilitated live. You can check dates and availability on this page or contact us

Tailored

We deliver this in your organisation as an in-house programme for teams or as part of a wider tailored development programme. To find out more contact us

Overview

In today’s fast paced, ever changing business environment, an organisation’s ability to effectively respond to change is the key to survival and success. However, it is not the ‘organisation’ that decides when, why or how to respond, it’s the people within it. Organisation Development (OD) is rooted in the deep connection between business processes and structures and the people working with them.

Practising OD means balancing organisational growth, maturity and impact with human systems perspectives, to build an agile, resilient and emotionally intelligent workforce by promoting compassionate, ethical and sustainable leadership and people practices. It is concerned with creating high performing organisations and healthy cultures that foster a clear sense of purpose and meaning

Our OD Practitioner Programme has long been established as the leading programme for OD professionals across the world. This OD practitioner course aims to increase your knowledge and understanding of OD as a discipline, providing opportunities to develop your skills and equip you with practical tools and thinking strategies that will shape your personal approach to OD, fit for your business context.

The Diploma in Organisational Development Practice is the next evolution of the OD Practitioner Programme. The programme has been reviewed, updated and redesigned to integrate certification in the market-leading Denison Consulting’s Organisation Cultural Survey© and to embed your learning through your own real-life OD project; providing both the opportunity and support, for your new skills to make an immediate business impact.

You’ll leave with

The confidence and capability to design and deliver OD interventions in your organisation

A greater knowledge and understanding of the field of organisational development.

The capability to use Denison’s Culture Survey Tool and a greater understanding of the impact of organisational culture in the field of OD

A Level 5 Diploma in Organisational Development certificate from Roffey Park Institute, an international centre of excellence in the field of organisational development

This course is for you if…

You are an OD practitioner working in the field of organisational development and want to develop and enhance your practice.
You’re a change agent, manager or leader who recognises the importance of bringing people with you but want to have a greater insight into how to achieve this.
You have a background in HR, an aspiring HR Director perhaps, or are a Learning and Development professional or similar who wants to have more of an OD lens and add OD skills to your portfolio
You’re involved in local authority or public sector transformations which require changes in mindset as well as structures and services
You’re in the commercial sector and have been recognised as having OD ability

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Increase your capabilities as an OD practitioner for the benefit of you and your organisation
Increase your impact and influence and develop knowledge and application of a variety of interventions
Improve your ability to recognise and facilitate group dynamics
Build your confidence and impact as an OD Practitioner
Grow your network of like-minded OD Practitioners in parallel roles across sectors
Develop capabilities to use Denison Consulting’s Organisation Cultural Survey© to diagnose organisational culture
Work on your own OD project and get support and challenge from others on the programme through Action Learning Sets
Learn about live OD projects that participants have been working on during the programme

Your organisation will benefit from you attending this programme through your skilled, knowledgeable, and impactful OD practice. They will benefit from an OD Practitioner who has a greater awareness and understanding of what influences people’s ability to embrace organisation change and transformation and a toolkit to enable them to intervene at any level. Your organisation will benefit from your ability to build sustainable, effective and values driven relationships across their business

Massive insight into myself, my capability and my potential. I felt so much more attached to and involved in the experience than I ever thought I could. I learned more about myself and my potential than I ever thought possible.
Philippa Richards Learning and Development Manager, NFU Mutual

Programme Outline

The Diploma in Organisational Development Practice consists of three modules plus a follow up day where participants present the outcomes of their business projects. These are delivered face-to-face or virtual as 3 x two-day modules with a 2 weeks gap in between. Each module consists of 6x 90 minute sessions and a half day action learning set. The programme begins with a launch call and initial action learning set and concludes with presentations of participant’s action research project.

Diagram showing the outline for the Diploma in Organisational Development

Module 1: You and Your Approach to OD Work

Identify theories and practices within the field of OD
Effectively operate in different stages of the OD cycle
Articulate the importance of, and reflection in the practice of OD
Reflect on your personal impact and influence to improve your practice
Identify appropriate OD Interventions that support Leaders and their Teams through change
Demonstrate and assess the difference and value of dialogic and diagnostic OD approaches

Module 2: Culture Change and Case Study

Design and present an OD intervention based on a real-life case study
Understand the Denison Model and its origin
Understand how to interpret Denison assessment results/reports
Identify trends in results, recognise patterns and key habits, and create successful change strategies and action plans
Prepare to run a the Denison Consulting’s Organisation Cultural Survey© and debrief key stakeholders

Module 3: Group Dynamics and OD Evaluation

Use real life examples to illustrate group dynamic theories
Reflect on a group dynamic experience in the here and now
Demonstrate when you use a range of large group methodologies
Design and practice of a group intervention
Articulate the methods for evaluating OD interventions
Reflect on evaluation best practice

Action Research Project

Participants will be supported in identifying and selecting an appropriate OD intervention as the basis for their Action Research Project in their organisation or client organisation. The project becomes the lens through which participants think, plan, act and reflect on their learning from the programme; enhancing their understanding of what it takes to practise OD effectively in their real-world context.

Participant should come to the programme with one or two ideas about an OD project that they will be working on as they go through the programme. It could be something that they need to deliver in their organisation or something that they think would value in future. This will form their Action Research project. As they go through the programme, they use the learning from each module and apply the learning to their project. In the action learning sets they share their progress with the rest of the set and receive support and challenge on how they can improve the intervention they have designed. At the final session participants will present their intervention to the whole group and receive feedback

Roffey Park Diploma in Organisational Development Practice

Roffey Park Institute’s Diploma in Organisational Development is designed as a level 5 diploma programme. You will receive the Roffey Park Diploma certificate if you attend all programme sessions including Action Learning Sets, complete a learning log and case study, deliver a facilitated session and present a final presentation on your OD intervention that you will be working on during the programme. This Roffey Park Diploma in Organisational Development Practice is designed with practitioners in mind and therefore includes a variety of content, tools, and many opportunities for sharing experiences and learning from others.

Denison Organisational Culture Survey Certification

As part of this Diploma programme, you will also complete Part 1 of the certification process to use the Denison Organisational Culture Survey. This comes with one free culture survey that can be sent to up to one hundred participants. You can use this survey in your work context or with a client organisation to diagnose and apply your learning. Full certification can be obtained by completing the culture survey and working with a senior consultant to overview the real client results as a preparation for your first client debrief.

Programme Date and Fees

Three modules plus a follow up day

Each module consists of 6 x 90 minute sessions and a half day learning set

Delivered over an eight week period

Facilitated live

Receive a Roffey Park Diploma in Organisational Development Practice

Dates for Online Programme	Fee
September 2021 Launch Call and Action Learning set – 2 September 2021 Module 1 – 7-10 September 2021 Module 2 – 21-24 September 2021 Module 3 – 5-8 October 2021 Final Day – 21-22 October Online Sessions will begin at 09:00 (UK Time). Check your local time here	£2,880* €3,170* S$5,070*

*The price is net of any chargeable VAT or GST

We offer a limited number of discounted places to registered charities, please contact our client services to find out more

COVID-19 Information

Due to the ongoing pandemic Roffey Park Institute is currently only taking bookings for online programmes. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and plan to offer face to face programmes from Autumn 2021 if government restrictions are lifted. We are also able to offer a range of facilitated, online learning modules on in-house or bespoke basis, please contact us to find out more.

Last updated 7/7/21

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