Presenter:  Mariana van der Walt

This course is all about organizational complexity, but it is also about more - it is about the complex thinking skills required to make sense of  complex organizational realities.  Complexity is more than a buzz word or the latest fad, it describes a reality that most managers and organizational leaders are familiar with, and for the most do not know how to respond to appropriately.  Understanding organizational complexity in practical ways adds real value to solving organizational problems and making sound decisions that would steer the company to more success.  As always in our courses, the focus is on the knowledge economy.

This course is a prerequisite for all our organizational decision making interactive, online courses other than DM001A.  You can do this course as a stand-alone course to up-skill your thinking skills, oryou can choose to do it together with our other courses in Decision Making.  Our more advanced online course in Decision Making, DM001B, integrate the insights that you will gain from this course with the dynamics of organizational decision making.

Course Content

We explore the various aspects of organizational complexity, the benefits of complexity thinking in especially the tactical and strategic environments and the impact of complexity thinking on enhancing organizational resilience and innovation.

The subjects we cover include

1. The Ten Principles of Organizational Complexity
2. Thinking Tools to engage complex situations
3. Complexity Thinking in Managemnet
4. Complexity and the Tactical and Strategic Decision Environments (An Introduction)
   
5. A Case Study (from your environment)

If you are considering participation in this course, we strongly recommend that you first complete the free email course on Organizational Complexity.  It will give you a good idea of the kind of content you can expect from this course.  Read more about the free email course on Organizational Complexity

Course Parameters

Outcomes of this Course

You can expect to have the thinking skills and conceptual tools to engage complex situations in your organization more productively upon completion of this course.  You will also be able to identify under what circumstances to employ complexity in your thinking, problem solving and decision making efforts.

You will also receive the Van Thinking Certificate stating that you have completed this course.  The validity of this certificate can be uniquely verified online.

Register Now for this Course as we take only a limited number of people per cycle

Complete the form below to register yourself in this course.  You will be enrolled to do the course upon completion of online payment.

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If you would like to know more

To learn more about our approach to organizational complexity and how that impacts on decision making, you might want to start off by subscribing to our free email course on Organizational Complexity.

You might also want to get a preview of the kind of material we offer in this course by

watching an online video on organizational complexity

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