Business Analysis Certificate Program
Executive Forum
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Forum Overview
In response to change that cannot be ignored, we are often tempted to task a couple of managers to rush an organization design in a "hidden back room". But the result is almost always based on a limited perspective and lacks sufficient detail to be explained and defended, and can paralyze an organization. However, there is a proven approach to developing an optimal organizational design that clearly defines roles for staff and management as it aligns with the business strategy. By following this robust process, organizations will be able to withstand major business changes without having to redesign their whole organizational structure.
This forum is designed for executives who can significantly impact their business, and provides an opportunity to interact with peers across industries and geographies. Panels, facilitated discussions, and break-out groups allow participants to learn from experts, ask questions, and discuss obstacles encountered, while exploring how these proven strategies will result in a successful (re)design of your organization.
Who should attend?
The instructors take an extremely personalized approach... They also provide insightful, intelligent and practical information to help executives excel in their professional and personal lives. I am certain that I have become a much more effective and successful person...
Vice PresidentHCA Healthcare, 2006
- CEOs, COOs, CIOs, CFOs, CTOs, Directors, General Managers or any Senior Executives who are:
- Seeking to transform their organization to obtain the greatest ROI.
- Needing to shift strategy as a result of:
- Crisis — facing a challenge the business must confront head-on.
- Mergers — creating a new organization that optimizes performance.
- Strategic Opportunities — balancing resources between old directions and new possibilities.
- Moving into a new position charged with making major transformational change.
- Contemplating a large business transformation initiative or who have been assigned the responsibility of being the executive sponsor for a portfolio of transformation projects.
- Beginning a large, critical and/or challenging project and need to know how to maximize the potential for success and benefit to the company.
- Sending two or more participants will allow them to continue the discussion and application of concepts at work, providing support for each other and maximizing the benefits to your organization.
Topic Summaries
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| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Leadership: The Role of the Executive Sponsor in Specific Transformation Projects | Understand the critical roles and range of responsibilities the executive sponsor must fulfill in establishing and guiding business transformation projects. Discuss the risks inherent in transformation efforts and strategies for mitigating those risks. Addresses what to expect and accept in championing the effort, leading the team and providing appropriate oversight on efforts where your reputation is on the line. |
| Strategy Alignment: Establishing a Shared Vision of Success | Examine the benefits of a formal project definition addressing Intentions, Values, Focus and Context for establishing a shared vision and ensuring everyone is marching in the same direction to support the company's business strategy. |
| Business Optimization: Harmonizing Different Aspects of the Business | Take a high-level tour of the uses and benefits of business modeling and facilitated sessions for analyzing the functionality required to affect business strategy. Covers instruments for modeling key aspects of the business: Process, Information, Event, Location, Socio-Political, and Technology. |
| Execution: Change Agency | Transformation efforts will fail without the ability and willingness to change on the part of the people who are affected. An overview of the underlying changes required for successful Business Transformation and methods for obtaining buy in and generating momentum among stakeholders. |
| Spanning Silos: Maximizing Impact to the Business | Explore how the approaches covered above for specific transformation projects, when applied to a portfolio of coordinated, integrated projects, will maximize impact to the business. Learn how the functional models map to a Business Architecture, provide the benefits of an integrated environment, and align to business strategies, as specified in the Business Strategy Model. |
| Setting Priorities: Portfolio Management and Governance | Focus on strategies for identifying and prioritizing a portfolio of projects that will optimally transform the business toward fulfilling the company's business strategy. Includes an executive overview of Strategic Information Resource Management Planning for delivering an integrated IT environment that supports the business transformation. |
Duration and Costs?
- Duration: 2 days
- Cost: $2,500
How will this benefit you and your organization?
Participants in the forum will leave with:
- A framework and process for constructing an organization design
- Methods for aligning to the business strategy model
- Ways to plan and design what is needed in your specific environment and culture to create an optimized organization
- Clear understanding of how a great organization design will support the business goals and lead to increased profitability and success
Registration Options
Please call 866-238-0756 if a discount applies.
Executive Forum: Key Strategies for Successful Organization Design
| Date | Location | Registration | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 - 4, 2010 | Atlanta | Register now | Overview |
Contact Information
University of Georgia
Executive Education Center in Atlanta
One Live Oak Center
3475 Lenox Road
