AI Academy

Organisational design: Know your organisation

Instructor: Professor Jaco Lok Duration: Approx. 19 hours
Objective 1 Define the key organisational capabilities required for a firm’s positioning strategy as the anchoring point for leading an organisation
Objective 2 Assess the degree of alignment between key capabilities and organisational architecture (culture, structure, people practices, systems)
Objective 3 Identify the organisational misalignment issues that a leader should prioritize and focus their change plan on
Objective 4 Develop and present concrete, suitable, and feasible organisational change recommendations that can resolve organisational misalignment issues
Organizational Strategy
Business Strategy
Human Resource Strategy
Organizational Change
Report Writing
Organizational Structure
Organizational Effectiveness
Risk Management
Culture
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Workforce Planning

Organisational behaviour: Know your people

Instructor: Professor Rebecca Mitchell Duration: 1 hour to complete
Objective 1 Explain how individuals may differ across a range of attributes including their personality, values, perceptions, and emotions
Objective 2 Analyse the implications of workplace diversity, including challenges and potential benefits
Objective 3 Explain the motivational characteristics of work and apply these to job design
Objective 4 Analyze the role of team dynamics and composition in the team performance
Cultural Diversity
Psychology
Innovation
Team Building
Conflict Management
Leadership and Management
Organizational Leadership
Team Leadership
Diversity and Inclusion
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Team Management
Decision Making
Leadership
People Management
Employee Engagement

Adapt your leadership style

Instructor: Dr Richard Claydon Duration: 1 hour to complete
Objective 1 Critically evaluate the similarities and differences between traditional and contemporary theories of leadership
Objective 2 Examine the complexities and challenges of day-to-day organisational life might require agile shifts between different leadership styles
Objective 3 Analyse how post-industrial forms of participative and self-organising leadership might enable or disable effective cross-functional teamwork
Leadership and Management
Team Leadership
Strategic Leadership
Business Leadership
Leadership development
Diversity and Inclusion
Influencing
Organizational Leadership
Organizational Change
Communication
Leadership
Self-Awareness

Visionary leadership, identity & motivation: Become a meaning maker

Instructor: Professor Rebecca Mitchell , Arabella MacPherson , Associate Professor Edward Wray-Bliss , Dr Abas Mirzaei Duration: 1 hour to complete
Objective 1 Evaluate approaches to influencing and creating meaning at work
Objective 2 Evaluate and apply approaches to meaning making that play a role in aligning employee buy-in of organisational narratives
Objective 3 Evaluate, create and apply strategies to leverage meaning making through branding
Objective 4 Situate discussions of meaning making within broader social contexts and concerns.
Strategic Leadership
Storytelling
Cultural Responsiveness
Communication
Performance Measurement
Leadership
Branding
Non-Verbal Communication
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Organizational Leadership
Employee Engagement