Organisational design and development impacts on an organisation’s ability to respond to new and emerging markets, changing work patterns, new technologies and the ability to respond to the needs and expectations of stakeholders. Ultimately, organisational design and development is critical to an organisation’s sustained success. 

The aim of this unit is to enable leaders to understand the relationship between organisational design and development and the achievement of strategic objectives. Leaders will understand the impact of current and emerging factors which influence the need for agile and adaptive organisations. On successful completion of this unit, leaders will be able to develop a proposal for sustainable organisational design and development to respond to current and emerging needs.