Certified Organizational Design and Manpower Planning Professional
Management & Leadership · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 2,500
Overview
The course answers one simple question; “What is the best way to help organize and assist a group of professionals focus on achieving a collective objective?” hence the course aims at enabling its participants to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of their organizational structure in compliance with strategic objectives, environmental complexity, and workforce availability and readiness to perform. Moreover, organizational design is perceived and should be a collective responsibility whereby Human Resources professionals would facilitate and guide the process.
Learning Objectives
Differentiate between common organizational structure archetypes and realize the impact of each on individual and organizational performance
Analyze organizational design elements to include but not limited to strategic goals, the scope of operation, governance, competence, and span of control.
Co-design or redesign organizational structure using a comprehensive toolkit.
Improve organizational readiness level to change through the identification enablers such incentive schemes or operating mechanism.
Apply workforce planning methods to define workforce gaps on departmental and organizational levels.
Learn about and acquire HR skills needed for an organizational design professional such as job evaluation and job description writing.
Who Should Attend
The course is designed for Human Resources professionals, HR business partners, and HR planning staff that are directly involved in planning or overseeing the processes of organization design.
HR planning staff that are directly
Professionals in Human Resources
Managers, team leaders and supervisors
Course Outline
Day 1 — The evolution of organizational design models
Definition and objectives of organizational design
Evolution of organizational design models and the characteristics of each
Leavitt Diamond Model (technology, task, people, and structure).
Galbraith Star Model (strategy, structure, processes, rewards, and people).
Day 2 — Organizational archetypes
Common types of structures and the implications of each on organizational effectiveness
Functional
Geographical
Customer or Market
Day 3 — Functional tool kit for design and redesign of optimal organizational structures
Who to involve and what is the role of HR roles and responsibilities?
Elements to analyze and consider:
Goals - linking structure to strategy.
Limits – scoping (geography, function, business unit…etc.) and focusing on organizational design work.
Day 4 — Workforce planning
Defining workforce planning
Forecasting employee needs
Static approach
Dynamic approach
Day 5 — Essential skills to master as organizational design and workforce planning professional
Job evaluation: the job evaluation system uses and implications
Job description writing for new or amended roles in compliance with job evaluation system factor requirements.
Salary structure and incentive schemes.
Improving staff readiness levels through learning and development.
Accreditation
Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.
What do Al-Khobraa management and leadership courses cover?
The portfolio covers KPIs and performance management, strategic planning and execution, Mini MBA programmes, supervisory and first-line management skills, change leadership, decision-making and problem-solving, and executive communication. Sessions are workshop-based, built around delegates’ own organisational challenges.
Who should attend a management and leadership course?
These courses suit team leaders and supervisors, department and functional managers, newly promoted managers moving from technical to leadership roles, senior specialists preparing for management, and executives responsible for strategy or organisational performance.
How long are management and leadership courses, and where are they held?
Most Al-Khobraa management and leadership courses run over 5 days. The exact duration, dates and city for this course are listed in the dates section on this page. Public sessions run across Saudi Arabia — Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Yanbu — as well as regional and international venues, with live virtual classrooms available on request.
What certificate will I receive?
Delegates who complete the course receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of completion, issued by a Saudi-registered training provider. Al-Khobraa also delivers internationally accredited programmes; where a course carries an external awarding body such as PMI, CIPS, ILM or IOSH, that body is named on the course's own page.
Can management and leadership training be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. Any Al-Khobraa management and leadership course can be delivered in-house at your own premises anywhere in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, with the content, dates and language of delivery tailored to your team. Al-Khobraa is an approved HRDF (Hadaf) provider, so eligible Saudi employers can seek training support. Contact us for a quotation.