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Certified Organizational Design and Manpower Planning

Intensive 5-day course · English, Arabic & European languages

HR professionals and business partners examine organisational structures and workforce requirements over five days and ten modules. Delegates compare design models, assess strategic and environmental factors and use a toolkit to co-design structures. Forecasting methods identify staffing gaps, while job evaluation, job descriptions and learning plans support the resulting changes.

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  • 26–30 Oct 2026Abu Dhabi£4,200 + VAT
  • 9–13 Nov 2026Munich£3,400 + VAT
  • 23–27 Nov 2026Jeddah£4,200 + VAT
  • 14–18 Dec 2026Amsterdam£3,400 + VAT
  • 28 Dec – 1 Jan 2026Muscat£3,080 + VAT
  • 4–8 Jan 2027Kuala Lumpur£1,800 + VAT
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  • 18–22 Jan 2027Abu Dhabi£4,200 + VAT
  • 1–5 Feb 2027London£3,360 + VAT
  • 15–19 Feb 2027Cairo£2,280 + VAT
  • 8–12 Mar 2027Rome£3,400 + VAT
  • 22–26 Mar 2027Jeddah£4,200 + VAT
  • 12–16 Apr 2027Munich£3,400 + VAT
  • 26–30 Apr 2027Singapore£4,200 + VAT
  • 10–14 May 2027Amsterdam£3,400 + VAT
  • 24–28 May 2027Muscat£3,080 + VAT
  • 7–11 Jun 2027Kuala Lumpur£1,800 + VAT
  • 21–25 Jun 2027Casablanca£2,280 + VAT
  • 5–9 Jul 2027London£3,360 + VAT
  • 19–23 Jul 2027Manama£3,080 + VAT
  • 9–13 Aug 2027Rome£3,400 + VAT
  • 23–27 Aug 2027Amman£3,400 + VAT
  • 13–17 Sep 2027Munich£3,400 + VAT
  • 27 Sep – 1 Oct 2027Madrid£3,400 + VAT
  • 11–15 Oct 2027Amsterdam£3,400 + VAT
  • 25–29 Oct 2027Berlin£3,400 + VAT
  • 1–5 Nov 2027Kuala Lumpur£1,800 + VAT
  • 15–19 Nov 2027Milan£3,400 + VAT
  • 6–10 Dec 2027London£3,360 + VAT
  • 20–24 Dec 2027Malaga£3,080 + VAT

Group discount: 2 delegates 20% · 3 delegates 35% · 5 or more delegates 50%

Can't make these dates? We can run this course for your team on dates that suit you. Ask for custom dates · In-house options

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With a trainer, on dates to suit your team

This course can be taught live online by a trainer, in English, Arabic or any European language, for one person or a whole team.

£1,850 + VAT

Group discount: 2 delegates 20% · 3 delegates 35% · 5 or more delegates 50%

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Course overview

Organisational design helps professionals work towards a shared objective through structures suited to strategy, environmental complexity and workforce availability and readiness. The programme treats design as a collective responsibility, with HR facilitating and guiding a systematic process. Delegates consider how different structure types affect individual and organisational performance, and analyse strategic goals, operating scope, governance, competence and span of control.

The toolkit supports implementation. Resources include reflection and brainstorming charts for analysis, design templates, working-session agendas and a facilitation guide. A practical approach follows a brief review of the history and development of design models. Leavitt, Galbraith, McKinsey and Burke-Litwin provide different perspectives on the organisational elements involved. Delegates examine who to involve, how units work together and how roles, hierarchy and operating mechanisms should be described.

Readiness for change is examined through a radar chart, including incentives, rewards, governance and cultural behaviours. Workforce planning then addresses staffing gaps at both departmental and organisational levels through static and dynamic forecasts, trend and ratio analysis, and zero manning, with work on recording and tabulating the information needed for demand analysis. Skill-building sessions revisit jobs affected by design initiatives, using the Meirc job evaluation system and factor requirements for descriptions. Salary structures, incentive schemes and learning and development connect the design with staff readiness.

Course objectives

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

  1. Distinguish common structure types and their effects on individual and organisational performance
  2. Analyse design elements including strategy, operating scope, governance, competence and span of control
  3. Co-design or redesign an organisational structure using the toolkit
  4. Improve readiness for change by identifying incentives and operating mechanisms
  5. Apply workforce planning methods to identify departmental and organisational staffing gaps
  6. Develop HR design skills including job evaluation and job description writing

Target competencies

  • Organisational design
  • Workforce planning
  • Job evaluation
  • Job description writing
  • Compensation and benefits
  • Learning and development

Who should attend

This course suits:

  • HR professionals directly planning or overseeing organisational design
  • HR business partners involved in design planning or oversight
  • HR planning staff responsible for organisational design processes

Training methodology

  • Sessions briefly review the history and evolution of organisational design.
  • A practical operational approach is used to design or redesign structures.
  • Skill-building sessions redefine and re-evaluate jobs affected by design initiatives.
  • A toolkit supports the implementation of the approaches studied.

Course modules

  1. Module 1

    Defining organisational design

    • Definitions and objectives of organisational design
  2. Module 2

    Design models and their organisational elements

    • Leavitt Diamond Model: technology, task, people and structure
    • Galbraith Star Model: strategy, structure, processes, rewards and people
    • McKinsey 7S model: strategy, structure, systems, staff, skills, styles and shared values
    • Burke-Litwin model: McKinsey 7S factors with external environment, performance and feedback
  3. Module 3

    Structure types and organisational effectiveness

    • Functional structures
    • Geographical structures
    • Customer or market structures
    • Product structures
    • Process structures
    • Matrix structures
    • Network structures
    • Structured networks
  4. Module 4

    Assessing context, overlaps and span of control

    • The environmental complexity and stability framework
    • Work standardisation: work variety and internal ability
    • Classifying operating mechanisms
  5. Module 5

    A practical toolkit for designing structures

    • Who to involve and HR's roles and responsibilities
    • Elements to analyse when designing
    • Goals: connecting structure with strategy
    • Limits: defining geographical, functional and business-unit scope and focus
    • Activities: identifying strategy delivery work and decision requirements
    • Units: separating functions for focus and specialisation
    • Links: coordination and collaboration between units to avoid silos
    • Shape: defining spans of control and hierarchy layers
    • Toolkit and associated tools for planning and designing structures
  6. Module 6

    Using a radar chart to plan required changes

    • Elements of the change radar
    • Enablers including incentives, rewards and governance
    • Operating mechanisms
    • Describing new roles, competencies and sourcing routes
    • Cultural norms and behaviours requiring influence
  7. Module 7

    Workforce planning principles

    • Defining workforce planning
  8. Module 8

    Forecasting staffing requirements

    • Static forecasting approaches
    • Dynamic forecasting approaches
    • Factors supporting effective workforce planning
    • Strategic staffing processes
  9. Module 9

    Analysing workforce demand

    • Trend analysis of demand
    • Ratio analysis of demand
    • The zero manning methodology
    • Recording and tabulating information
  10. Module 10

    HR skills for design and workforce planning

    • Uses and implications of the Meirc job evaluation system
    • Descriptions for new or amended jobs that meet evaluation-system factor requirements
    • Salary structures and incentive schemes
    • Improving staff readiness through learning and development

Certificate

Every delegate who completes the course receives an ARUK Training Certificate of Attendance.

Frequently asked questions

How do I register?

Choose a date and city in the schedule and press Register, or send us an enquiry. Our team confirms your place and sends an invoice.

Are fees shown with VAT?

Fees are shown per delegate and exclude VAT, which is added to the invoice where applicable.

Can this course be delivered for our team only?

Yes. Any ARUK course can be delivered in-house at your premises, in a meeting room we book for you, or 1-to-1.

Is this course available online?

Yes. We run it live online with a trainer, on dates that suit your team, for £1,850 + VAT per delegate.

Is there a group discount?

Yes. 20% for 2 delegates, 35% for 3 delegates and 50% for 5 or more delegates on the same course.

Can the course be delivered in Arabic or another language?

Yes. Our courses can be delivered in English, Arabic or any European language, by a trainer who teaches in that language. Mention your preferred language when you register or enquire.

What certificate will I receive?

An ARUK Training Certificate of Attendance.

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  • The full fee is paid in advance, before the course starts.
  • Cancel in writing 30 or more days before the start date (45 for in-house) for a refund. Later than that, the full fee is payable.
  • No refund for non-attendance or partial attendance.
  • Places are for the named delegate only; another person cannot attend instead.
  • Moving to another date or city is only possible if ARUK agrees in writing.
  • Travel, accommodation and visas are your responsibility. A refused visa does not change the cancellation terms.

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