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Civil Service Core Practice Programme
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Operate effectively as an OD&D practitioner in the Civil Service, demonstrating appropriate professional judgement, presence, and credibility when working with complex change.
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Apply organisation development and organisation design theory to real Civil Service contexts, using relevant models, tools, and evidence to inform practice.
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Diagnose organisational issues systemically, taking account of structure, culture, power, politics, relationships, and operating context, rather than focusing only on presenting problems.
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Scope, plan, and deliver OD&D interventions using a structured consulting cycle, from contracting and diagnosis through to delivery and evaluation.
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Develop and work through a practice-based OD&D question linked to live organisational priorities, using action learning to drive capability development.
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Engage and consult effectively with stakeholders and internal clients, including senior leaders, using high-quality diagnostic and reflective conversations.
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Critically reflect on own practice and impact, using self as an instrument and adapting approach in response to learning and feedback.
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Evaluate and demonstrate the impact of OD&D activity on organisational outcomes, learning, and practice improvement within a Civil Service setting.
Overview
Off the shelf (OTS)
This 8-month flagship development programme is designed for anyone with OD&D or change and transformation in their portfolio or for those who have an interest in moving into OD&D. Typical participants include OD business partners, human resource business partners, change and transformation leaders, business architects and strategy and communications professionals.
Learning is delivered virtually through a mix of taught modules, action learning sets, webinars, real-world challenges and self-study. The programme is supported by a range of online collaboration tools including Teams, Mural and a dedicated virtual learning environment. Participants typically report that the most powerful learning comes from working with real issues and reflecting on these with a group of committed peers from across the Civil Service.
The programme is accredited academically at post-graduate (PG) level and offers a route to PG Certificate, PG Diploma and masters qualifications in People and Organisation Development. It is also accredited by the CIPD and aligned to their Profession Map. Participants must have a first degree or equivalent in a relevant field (Level 6, 360 credits); an RPEL process may be completed for those without a first degree. In addition, participants are expected to bring a real-world OD&D challenge to work on throughout the programme. Beyond the formal contact time participants can expect to devote 100 hours to the programme over the 8 months. This consists of self-study, working on their OD&D challenge (which can therefore be part of their day job) and producing a portfolio of written work for the accreditation amounting to 3,500 – 4,000 words.
Having successfully completed the programme, participants become part of the Civil Service’s powerful community of OD&D practitioners.
Delivery method
Virtual
Course duration
65 hours
Competency level
Working
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