Organization Design Forum

Organization Design Forum's

November 11–13, 2009
Washington, DC Area

Are You Tasked With Restructuring Your Organization?

Good organization design matters now more than ever. The turbulent times faced by firms, government agencies, not for profits and indeed all organizations present more challenges today than at any time in history. Responding to those challenges is not simple and will need every jot of your skills and knowledge. Come join us and learn from the best.

Creating the Designed Organization Workshop, A 7 Step Methodology

The Organization Design Forum is pleased to announce a public offering of the workshop "Creating the Designed Organization". The Workshop will be held in the Washington, DC area November 11–13, 2009. This course has been running successfully for many years as an in-house workshop tailored for specific companies and a public offering is again being offered.

This 3-day workshop covers the theory, practice and tools for creating a designed organization. It provides a concise, easy to understand 7-step model for redesigning organizations for high performance and competitive advantage, whether it be an existing company, a start-up, a non-profit, or a multinational business. Participants get "hands on" practice in each of the seven steps in this action-learning workshop using case studies, and experiential and practice components. In addition to a workbook, participants walk away with a functional Pocket Guide of the most frequently used tools and models.

The workshop has been delivered internally to companies such as Barclay's Bank, plc, Bank of Montreal, Sterling Commerce and Fidelity Investments. Other participants have come from organizations such as Bose, United Air Lines, Shaw's Foods, Northrop Grumman, American Family Insurance, and GlaxoSmithKline. Additional information, including learning outcomes and the high level design, can be found at www.organizationdesignforum.org.

Who Should Attend?

The workshop is aimed at leaders of organizational change and specialists in organization design, change management, re-engineering, and organization development. The workshop caters to:

Line managers who have to create new departments
HR staff, particularity business partners
Internal consultants
External consultants who want to enhance their offering to their clients

Registration

Registration fee for this 3 day workshop is $1895/person. This includes all workshop materials plus breakfasts, lunches and refreshments.

denver skyline

Mark your calendars for May 3-6, 2010 for the next ODF Conference to be held in Denver, Colorado! Based on the theme "Organization Design as a Catalyst for Global Renewal and Growth" the conference planning committee is already working on a stellar line-up of speakers and topics.

Join us at the beautiful Magnolia Hotel in the heart of downtown Denver to learn and share ideas, practices and tools with top thought leaders, practitioners and students of the field. Our collaboration and learning will prepare us to design public, private and government organizations that will contribute to the world’s economic recovery and expansion.

Stay tuned for on-going updates of our planning progress and visit our website often to stay abreast of speaker and program ideas.

A Mile High, A World Wide! — You won't want to miss it!

The venue for our 2010 Annual Conference is the beautiful, modern Magnolia Hotel (www.magnoliahoteldenver.com). It is located in the LoDo District of Denver and is within walking distance of the 16th Street Mall, Coors Field, Invesco Field at Mile High, the Pepsi Center and most major corporate headquarters.

ODF has set aside a block of rooms for the conference at the discounted price of $169/night.