Organisational Development and Change Management Course: Conceptual, Contextual and Analytical Issues
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By the conclusion of the Organisational development and change management: conceptual, contextual and analytical issues, delegates will be able to:

• Suggest the approaches which might be adopted in designing an organisation
• Design an organisation adhering to the principles of horizontal and vertical relationship
• Distinguish between the basic types of structure
• Appropriately define organisational structure
• Distinguish between organismic and mechanistic structures
• Explain the approaches to organisational design
• Match the organisational design approach with the level of development of the organisation
• Identify horizontal relationships in organisational design
• Show the vertical relationships in an organisational chart
• Indicate the importance of vertical and horizontal relationships in organisational design
• Illustrate lines of authority in an organisational chart
• Illustrate communication channels in an organisational chart
• Discuss the co-ordinating mechanism in a simple structure
• Name the fundamental organisational structures and their variations
• Demonstrate an awareness of the fundamental issues associated with organisational design and their implications for effective organisational functioning
• Identify an organisational structure from verbal description
• Distinguish between different organisational structures
• Provide examples of different bases of divisional structure
• Distinguish between the different types of matrix structures
• Illustrate their ability to design an appropriate organisational structure that takes account of contingent internal and external environmental factors
• Recommend the most appropriate structure for an organisation, taking contingent factors into account
• Be aware of the relationship between organisational structure and leader and organisational flexibility
• Translate the positive and negative factors of particular types of structure to the design of an organisation which will enhance the effectiveness of an enterprise
• Demonstrate their ability to encourage the type of superior-subordinate relationship which will be conducive to organisational success
• Provide the bases for structural contingencies
• Illustrate the effect of organisational structure on communication within an organisation