Inspire organizational change with creative problem solving and strategic action.
Organization design refers to how an organization arranges its structure, roles, and systems to enable effective collaboration, decision-making, and execution. It ensures that people and processes are aligned with strategy and performance goals.
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| Instruction Time | Completion Time | CEUs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organization Design | 3 days | Canvas access ends after 30 days | 2.75 |
Design thinking is an integral part of achieving organizational growth. Creating organizational change within a business model is not a linear process. When faced with a transitional period, it can be challenging to introduce new strategies and design processes to improve corporate practices. Implementing innovative ideas into business processes requires transformational leadership and a human-centered design approach. With organizational design thinking, you can learn how to support your team members better, move plans into action, and improve your products and services.
The Organization Design course is highly interactive and based on experiential learning and collaboration. Successful organizations must take calculated risks to create meaningful organizational change. This course teaches you the techniques and critical thinking skills to implement new initiatives.
This course acknowledges the vital role that employees and customers play in an organization’s structure. Design thinking processes prioritize a people-first approach to ensure the well-being of stakeholders. The course will teach you how to:
Coursework, examples, and group activities draw from various industries including automotive, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology to provide a well-balanced curriculum.
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Do you want to move your team or organization in a new direction? Are you unsure how to kickstart initiatives? Applying organizational design thinking techniques will help you define your action plan and seamlessly integrate new ideas into your current corporate structure. This course can benefit:
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Organizations apply these concepts to improve system performance, support innovation, and solve complex technical challenges in real-world engineering and business environments.
Development flow mapping; set-based thinking; learning-cycle design; cross-functional collaboration; launch readiness.
Product leaders, engineers, and cross-functional teams working on product development systems.
What does Lean Product Development cover? Lean Product Development teaches teams how to improve the way new products move from concept to launch. Participants learn methods that reduce development waste, shorten learning cycles, improve collaboration, and increase the odds of building successful products faster.
Who should take Lean Product Development? Product leaders, engineers, and cross-functional teams working on product development systems.
How is Lean Product Development used in practice? Product and engineering teams use these ideas to shorten development cycles and improve the way work moves from concept to launch.
What is set-based design? How do teams reduce product development waste? What improves development flow?
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Design for Six Sigma, Lean Healthcare
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