HRM 240 - Organizational Design in Human Resources
Course Description
HR professionals play a critical role in shaping organizational structures that enable strategy, performance, and adaptability. Learn organizational design capability by exploring core principles, frameworks, and methodologies used to create flexible and effective organizational models.
Examine how organizational structures and strategic job architectures align with business objectives, enabling organizations to respond to change while supporting clarity, accountability, and performance.
The course emphasizes practical approaches to organizational redesign, including managing change, navigating conflict, and engaging interested parties throughout restructuring initiatives.
Explore how digital transformation and emerging technologies are reshaping organizational design and workforce structures. Using evidence-based methods, learn to evaluate the effectiveness of redesign initiatives and apply organizational design principles, tools, and methodologies to real-world business challenges, strengthening HR’s role as a strategic partner in organizational transformation.
Topics of Instruction
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Foundations and principles of organizational design
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Organizational structures, models, and hybrid design approaches
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Organizational design frameworks, methodologies, and evidence-based transformation
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End-to-end organizational design process and change implementation
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HR’s role in workforce planning, job architecture, and skills-based design
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Enabling systems and technologies
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Contemporary issues in organizational design
Course Details
By completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
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Describe core principles, methodologies, and frameworks of organizational design in relation to different organizational models.
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Detail the processes and procedures involved in designing strategic job architectures.
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Analyze the impact of digital transformation and emerging technologies on organizational design.
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Apply the principles, methods, and evidence-based transformations of organizational design.
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Evaluate methods for measuring the effectiveness of organizational restructuring and redesign initiatives.
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Recommend strategies for managing change and conflict using change management frameworks and partner engagement methods.
Proficiencies
This course is for human resources professionals who have experience in a generalist role and have been involved in HR functions beyond data entry—such as recruitment, employee relations, performance management, or policy development.
This is not an HR entry level course.
Applies Towards the Following Program(s)
- Human Resource Business Partner Certificate : Required courses: