Category: Change and transformation

Subcategory: Change planning

Organisation design and implementation - ORDI

Planning, designing and implementing an integrated organisation structure and culture.

Levels:

Level 3:
Description: Assists in designing team structures and workflows under guidance, following standard modelling techniques and tools. Helps develop visual representations of organisational models to aid understanding. Assists in preparing and updating organisational charts, role descriptions and other documentation. Supports evaluation of design options by gathering and analysing data. Participates in creating design views to address stakeholder concerns and perspectives.

Level 4:
Description: Designs team structures and workflows using modelling techniques, following agreed architectures, design standards and methodologies. Develops visual representations of organisational models and structures to facilitate understanding and decision-making. Supports the identification and evaluation of alternative design options and trade-offs. Creates multiple design views to address the concerns of different stakeholders and to present different perspectives. Develops representations of team dynamics and workflows to aid stakeholder understanding and approval. Reviews and refines designs to ensure they meet specifications.

Level 5:
Description: Leads the design and implementation of organisational structures for significant teams, departments or divisions. Conducts impact analyses on major design options and trade-offs to inform strategic decision-making. Aligns existing organisational structures, roles, jobs and career paths to new processes and strategies. Ensures that the organisational design balances organisational performance and cultural requirements. Reviews organisational designs and ensures that appropriate methods, tools and techniques are applied effectively. Contributes to development of organisational design policies, processes and standards.

Level 6:
Description: Champions the value of new ways of working to address internal and external opportunities and threats. Sets direction and leads in selecting and using organisation design techniques, methodologies and tools. Plans and leads organisation design activities, identifies alternatives, assesses feasibility and recommends solutions. Identifies major changes affecting the organisation and mobilises resources to implement changes. Initiates the definition of new organisation boundaries and creates future organisation design. Outlines performance measurement objectives and the high-level implementation approach.

Level 7:
Description: Establishes and communicates the need and rationale for organisational structure and culture change. Secures organisational commitment and resources needed for organisational and culture change. Leads organisational change by removing obstacles, advocating and lobbying for change at the highest levels. Puts in place mechanisms to reinforce and embed organisational and culture change. Acts as a role model for desired behaviours and sets consistent standards and expectations.