Diploma in Organisational Development Practice

Programme Outline

Programme Outline

The programme consists of three modules plus a follow up day where participants present the outcomes of their business projects.  These are delivered face-to-face or virtual as 3 x two-day modules with a 2 week gap in between.   Each module consists of six 90 minute sessions and a half day action learning set.  The programme begins with a launch call and initial action learning set and concludes with presentations of participants’ action research projects.

Module One 

You and your approach to OD work

• Identify theories and practices within the field of OD
• Effectively operate in different stages of the OD cycle
• Articulate the importance of, and reflection in the practice of OD
• Reflect on your personal impact and influence to improve your practice
• Identify appropriate OD Interventions that support Leaders and their Teams through change
• Demonstrate and assess the difference and value of dialogic and diagnostic OD approaches

Module Two

Culture Change and Case Study

• Design and present an OD intervention based on a real-life case study
• Understand the Denison Model and its origin
• Understand how to interpret Denison assessment results/reports
• Identify trends in results, recognise patterns and key habits, and create successful change strategies and action plans
• Prepare to run a the Denison Consulting’s Organisation Cultural Survey©  and debrief key stakeholder

Module Three

Group Dynamics and OD Evaluation

• Use real life examples to illustrate group dynamic theories
• Reflect on a group dynamic experience in the here and now
• Demonstrate when you use a range of large group methodologies
• Design and practice of a group intervention
• Articulate the methods for evaluating OD interventions
• Reflect on evaluation best practice

Action Research Project

GROUP DYNAMICS AND METHODOLOGIES

• Participants will be supported in identifying and selecting an appropriate OD intervention as the basis for their Action Research Project in their organisation or client organisation.  The project becomes the lens through which participants think, plan, act and reflect on their learning from the programme; enhancing their understanding of what it takes to practise OD effectively in their real-world context.

  Participant should come to the programme with one or two ideas about an OD project that they will be working on as they go through the programme. It could be something that they need to deliver in their organisation or something that they think would value in future. This will form their Action Research project. As they go through the programme, they use the learning from each module and apply the learning to their project. In the action learning sets they share their progress with the rest of the set and receive support and challenge on how they can improve the intervention they have designed. At the final session participants will present their intervention to the whole group and receive feedback

Roffey Park Diploma in Organisational Development Practice

Roffey Park Institute’s Diploma in Organisational Development is designed as a level 5 diploma programme. You will receive the Roffey Park Diploma certificate if you attend all programme sessions including Action Learning Sets, complete a learning log and case study, deliver a facilitated session and present a final presentation on your OD intervention that you will be working on during the programme. This Roffey Park Diploma in Organisational Development Practice is designed with practitioners in mind and therefore includes a variety of content, tools, and many opportunities for sharing experiences and learning from others.

Denison Organisational Culture Survey Certification

As part of this Diploma programme, you will also complete Part 1 of the certification process to use the Denison Organisational Culture Survey. This comes with one free culture survey that can be sent to up to one hundred participants. You can use this survey in your work context or with a client organisation to diagnose and apply your learning. Full certification can be obtained by completing the culture survey and working with a senior consultant to overview the real client results as a preparation for your first client debrief.