INTRAC Organisational Development course - October 2014

<a href="http://intrac.org/events.php?action=event&id=558"><b>20 – 24 October 2014</b></a>

How to develop the capacity of their organisations is high on the agenda for most managers and senior practitioners in civil society organisations. This course is designed for those with some experience of organisational capacity building who wish to use organisational development techniques to improve organisational performance and strengthen organisational learning. The course will provide a range of tools and models for ‘reading’ organisations as well as designing and facilitating processes of organisational change and development.

<b>Objectives of the course</b>

By the end of the course, participants will:

• Be familiar with key concepts of organisational development and change
• Have a deeper understanding of the organisational development cycle as a model for devising and implementing organisational development processes
• Know how to use organisational assessment to create an organisational development plan
• Have an expanded personal toolkit of organisational development tools and techniques
• Be better equipped to select suitable change agent roles
• Be able to apply a deepened understanding of organisational development to organisational change processes
• Be able to devise practical approaches for monitoring and evaluation organisational development interventions
• Have developed strategies for addressing a ‘real life’ challenge they are facing in their organisational development practice

<b>Course format and costs</b>

This course has two parts: a 5 day face to face course which will take place in Oxford, UK; and a 50 minute one-to-one coaching session after the course (via Skype) with the course trainer, focusing specifically on your needs. This individual, tailored coaching will support the individual to apply the learning from the course to their work, and offer the opportunity to work through current challenges, difficulties and opportunities with a highly experienced practitioner. The available dates and times for coaching will be provided by the trainers in advance of the course. Coaching terms and conditions will be provided upon application. The cost of the course will be £1150 (non-residential) or £1399 residential (including 4 nights of accommodation).

<b>Intended audience</b>

This course is aimed at individuals working mainly on ‘internal’ organisational development. It will also be of practical help to independent consultants and individuals who work as active, hands on agents of change with their partner organisations. The course will be of particular interest to: managers leading organisational change initiatives, programme managers with some specific organisational development or capacity building responsibilities, staff of CSO support organisations’ and programme quality/support teams.

<b>More information</b>

For more information about this course and our other courses please contact the INTRAC Training Team:

Phone: +44 (0)1865 263040/201851
Email: <a href="mailto:training@intrac.org?Subject=INTRAC%20Organisational%20Development%20course">
training@intrac.org</a>
Web: <a href="www.intrac.org/pages/en/training.html">www.intrac.org/pages/en/training.html</a>

INTRAC is accredited as a non-collegiate provider by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education.