Institutional Development for Permanent Secretaries and Senior Executives

29 Nov 10 - 10 Dec 10 - London Book this course

Duration: 2 weeks

Price:£3700

Course ref: 10INSTDEV

Overview:

The course provides senior public service managers with the knowledge and tools to identify a critical path for their leadership of organisational capacity development.

Participative assessment to identify the vital areas for improvement necessary to strengthen organisational capacity can provide senior management with the basic framework to complete a strategy map for their organisations, that will enable them to lead the process of change, reform and modernisation.

Delegates will be armed with a ‘toolkit’ comprising the latest proven methodologies, and the opportunity to discuss and share general experiences of international public service reform, and particular experience of organisational capacity assessment and development with international experts and peers.

Learning objective
You will be able to:

Focus on options and priorities for strategy enabling you to clarify your view, position and influence in your Government’s reform and modernisation agenda
Learn from, and share ideas with international experts and peers from other countries’ public services
Practice using proven methodological tools (endorsed by leading international development agencies) in a participative, a-political action learning environment
Develop a draft organisational capacity assessment – with vital areas for improvement for your organisation
Develop a Balanced Score Card Strategy Map to incorporate the vital areas for improvement identified in your assessment into an organisational development framework and action plan with objectives, measures and targets
Receive expert advice from change leaders and experienced international public sector reform consultants
Discuss concerns and receive advice on managing your organisation’s role in the wider political environment

Course content

A comprehensive and practical approach to the leadership of organisational change and capacity development
Proven methodologies and tools for assessing organisational capacity
An understanding of how to deal with limited absorptive capacity and resource constraints
How to plan and organise participative capacity assessment with your management team
How to identify a balanced and integrated set of vital areas for improvement using the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) methodology
How to map the resulting ‘new work’ into your ‘core work’ through revision of your medium term strategic plan and annual operational plans
How to select the vital priorities for your organisational development (or capacity building) framework and programme
How to create a Balanced Score Card Strategy Map and identify a manageable number of key value chains for managing organisational performance
How to develop objectives, measures and targets for this that will enable you to measure and benchmark results and progress
How to cascade, roll out, or extend the process to include subordinate (or decentralised) bodies and services, executive agencies and partner organisations
How to align this work to re-enforce your integrated Performance Management System (PMS)

Institutional Development for Permanent Secretaries and Senior Executives

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