Learning Organizations & Change

October 21 - November 8, 2013

What you can expect

Development organizations are faced with expanding mandates and limited resources. For organizations to maintain their relevance, they must learn to adapt to this changing environment. During this course we will discuss effective, sustainable ways to move forward for the good of your organization and the people for whom it exists. The certificate is designed to help you determine your organization’s sources of strength and stability during times of change and to help you transform internal organizational strengths and assets into strategic action for organizational renewal.

Facilitators: Debbie Castle and Balakrishna Venkatesh

Personal benefits

  • Build self-mastery as the basis of leadership to facilitate others through change – addressing motivational impact, frustrations and stress
  • Learn ‘how to learn’ collaboratively and help others learn in complex organizational situations
  • Identify strategies to reduce barriers to learning within organizational structures and cultures

Organizational benefits

  • Build a framework for change based on the vision and values to which the organization aspires
  • Transform internal organizational strengths and assets for organizational renewal in three strategic areas – communication, support systems and organizational cultures
  • Design dynamic organizational strategies for documenting and sharing organizational experience and knowledge (best practices, knowledge management)
  • Integrate mainstreaming approaches to enhance organizational performance in areas of gender equality, HIV and AIDS, disability, human rights and the environment

Who is best suited for the program?

This certificate is designed for development practitioners who are responsible for the continued excellence and relevance of their organizations. Presidents, founders, executive directors, program/project managers, directors, coordinators, team leaders and internal change agents with other titles have found this course supportive in building collaborative learning cultures to better pursue their organizations’ missions.