Applying the OD Toolbox to an On-the-Ground Organizational Challenge
The capstone program in the Queen's Organization Effectiveness Master Certificate series, the Consulting Skills Practicum gives you the opportunity to apply all of your newly-developed skills and insights to a system-wide change initiative in your own organization, and to be coached along the way.
This self-directed program provides an exceptional opportunity to work on a project of direct benefit to your organization. Working with a Queen's Industrial Relations Centre faculty advisor, you will choose an organizational change challenge, such as a corporate restructuring, and tackle it with the support of an expert coach. You will be expected to employ the action learning research consulting process learned at previous Queen's IRC programs to diagnose the challenge and create an appropriate response.
Your coach will provide you with professional guidance, including:
assistance in defining the project and the expected outcomes;
ongoing consultation to review progress, discuss unexpected hurdles, and plan appropriate interventions as the project unfolds; and
assessment of final project.
You and the colleagues with whom you work will complete an assessment instrument that will allow you to determine your effectiveness as a change agent and process consultant. In addition to receiving peer feedback, you will also have the opportunity to share your experiences and build a network with other people management practitioners who are completing a practicum of their own.
This invaluable experiential learning initiative ensures that you will offer your organization a customized project plan and effective leadership skills.
Your opportunity:
Apply your knowledge in organization development to a real-life challenge in your organization with the support of an expert coach
Assess your competencies as a process consultant and change leader
Develop personal leadership goals and to develop an action plan and coaching for improvement
Participants are eligible to apply for enrolment following completion of the Queen's Certificate in Organization Development. Participants must be working towards the Queen's Organization Effectiveness Master Certificate.
Date
To be decided by participant and IRC faculty
Fee
$3,950.00
Who benefits
People management practitioners and internal and external consultants who are charged with leading system-wide initiatives
