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Organisation Design and Structural Analysis Masterclass

Developing and Implementing Effective Organisation Structures with Right-Size and Right-Shape in order to Meet Business Needs and Drive Employee Performance and Organisation Effectiveness
Course Fee SGD1,795

Course Trainer

Robert Mosley was awarded the “Global HR Leadership Award” in 2017 by the World HR Congress to recognize his iconic contribution to the global C&B community over the past decade. He is truely one of the leading HR trainers in the world today, and is in the “Global Guru #500 List”.

Robert is widely recognised in many industries and many countries as one of the leading global experts on compensation and benefits, and is also a leading expert in the more general field of human resources and performance management. His main areas of expertise and specialism are in the fields of job analysis, job descriptions, job evaluation, grading schemes, pay structures, allowances, bonuses and incentives, industrial relations and collective agreements, e-HR systems, performance management, performance appraisals, and all issues on compensation and benefits globally, especially in the GCC and Asia having worked in these regions for over 25 years.

Robert was born and educated in London (in UK) and he graduated with a MA masters degree in Mathematics from Oxford University (in UK) in 1983, and then obtained his MBA masters degree in business studies from London Business School (in the UK) and Chicago Business School (in the USA) in 1985. He then became a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (in UK) with an FCIPD qualification, after deciding to focus on HR.

Who Should Attend

This course is suitable for everyone who requires an appreciation or an in-depth knowledge of practical organisation design issues and structural analysis techniques, including all employees in all areas of Human Resources at all levels of VPs/Directors/Managers/ Specialists/Analysts/Generalists, and this course is designed for following participants:

All managers and professionals and specialist who work in any area of HR.

All specialists in HR who work in Organisation Design and Organisation Effectiveness.

All specialists in HR who work in Compensation and Rewards and/or Performance Management.

All HR Business Partners (HRBPs) who get involved in Org-Development and Structural Analysis.

All managers from any functional area that need to know about Structural Analysis.

Is this the Right Course for You?

The aim of this training course is to provide an understanding of the overall best-practice practical Organisational Design (Tactical) and Structural Analysis techniques that would help an organisation conduct an analytical “right-size and right-shape” project.

This training course will focus on the key principles of practical Organisation development and the relationship of Analytical Organisational Design with Manpower-Planning and explore some common manpower metrics and analytics.

The course will also focus on the importance of job grade and organisational level for each position in order to enable gap analysis and span analysis as part of overall structural analysis.

This course will also provide best practices on Organisational Design for the HR department to make sure you get your HR department right in terms of size, structure, and strategy.

This training course is NOT a “strategic” course on high-level Organisation Design, but instead this training course is a “pragmatic” course that follows on where strategic design finishes and looks at the more practical structural design issues.

This training course does NOT cover the typical soft-skills associated with organisational design such as change-management and managerial buy-in, but instead this training course looks at the quantitative analytical skills of OD&SA.

What Is Organisation Design?

There are actually two different types of courses that you could attend on “Organisation Design”. So please read this carefully, as this will help you decide if this is the right course for you.

(1)Some courses on Organisation Design are aimed at a “strategic” high-level, and these types of courses look at Organisation Design through a strategic lens and at a more macro level, and they are typically wide but shallow. These “strategic” courses tend to stop at the point of developing the highlevel organisation structure (along with other system enablers and some important associated softskills such as change-management). Many of these “strategic” high level courses are more focused on the wider topic of Organisational Design and putting the initial strategic building blocks of an organisational structure into place, rather than “pragmatic” design and detailed structural issues. This training course is not one of these “strategic” design courses.

(2)Please be aware that this training course on OD&SA is different. This course on Organisation Design (OD) and Structural Analysis (SA) follows on from where the “strategic” high-level courses finish and asks “so what next” and is tactical and analytical? This OD&SA training course is deliberately narrower but deeper, and gets into the “what comes next” subjects such as grades, job evaluations, structural analysis, levels, spans, etc, and it really starts from where the “strategic” courses have finished, and carries on into the practical and pragmatic aspects of Organisation Design and Structural Analysis.

Course Objectives

The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of overall best-practice Organisational Design and Structural Analysis techniques that would help an organisation conduct a “right-size and right-shape” project. This training course will focus on the key principles of organisation design and organisation efficiency and the relationship of Organisational Design with Manpower-Planning and explore some common manpower metrics. The course will also focus on the determination of job grade and organisational level for each position in order to enable gap analysis and span analysis.

Conduction an organisation design review with structural analysis is a fundamental starting point for all other HR activities, and after the organisation structures have been reviewed, then each job in the proposed structures should be evaluated and sized to determine the correct internal grade within the new grade structure. After each job has been placed into a new grade, with an associated payscale, then the salary of the employee can be managed fairly and linked to employee performance and job size, and ultimately this will enable an organisation to attract, retain and motivate the calibre of employees required for successful and sustained business performance.

Course Outline

● What is Organisation Design and Structural Analysis?
● What are the latest global trends in Organisational Design and Structural Analysis?
● The Golden Triangle of Managing Remuneration and Motivating Employees
● The Role of Organisation Design and Impact on Job Evaluation, Grades, and Pay

● The Importance of Understanding Jobs as part of OD&SA.
● What is Job Analysis and why are Job Descriptions important?
● Formats of “Job Description”, “Accountability Statement”, and “Job Profile”
● What are the Critical Sections of Job Descriptions?

● Relationship of Organisational Development with Grade Structures and Manpower-Planning
● Relationship of Structural Analysis with Job Evaluation and Grades and Remuneration
● Summary of Critical Job Evaluation Factors that are Linked to Structural Analysis

● What are Grades, Bands, Levels, Categories?
● How Many Grades Should Your Company Have?
● Understanding Grade Descriptors and Examples of Best-Practice
● Crucial Agile Concept of Job Grade and Person Grade
● Next Generation Approach for “Agile Organisation and Agile Grades”

● Organisation Design is about Reporting Relationships, Spans of Control, Depth of Management
● Span of Control
● Profiles and Balance
● Depth of Control
● Organisational Shapes
● Engagement and Empowerment

● Structural Analysis is about Number of Levels, Grade Structure, Career Progression
● Vertical Gaps
● Management Gaps
● Career Ladders and Promotions and Progression
● Manpower Ratios
● Job Descriptions and Job Profiles and Using Profiles for Career Progression
● Career Progression and Y-Curve Pathways

OD for the HR Department: Getting Your HR Department Right (Size, Structure, Strategy)
● How Big Should HR Be and What is the 2.0% rule?
● What are the High-Level Manpower Metrics of HR and Other Major Departments?
● What are the Key Strategic Goals of HR?
● What are the Main Structural Pillars of HR and What should the HR Org-Chart Look ike?

What are the CoEs (Centre of Excellence), Activities, Services and Partnerships

COEs (Centres of Excellence) and How Big Should They Be?

  • Talent Acquisition and Recruitment
  • Talent Management and L&D (Training)
  • Talent Motivation and Remuneration (C&B)
  • Where does Manpower Planning fit?
  • Where does Organisation Design (OD) fit?
  • Where does Jobs Management (JE and Grades) fit?
  • Where does Performance Management (PM&PA) fit?
  • Where does HR Policies and Procedures (P&Ps) fit?
  • Where does Payroll and HR Information Services (HRIS) fit?

What are the Operational and Service areas of HR and How Big Should They Be:

  • HR Business Partnerships (HRBPs)
  • Employee Relations (ER)
  • Employee Welfare and Support (EWS)

What Other Services Might HR Be Responsible For:

  • Company-Provided Housing and Maintenance
  • Medical Clinic
  • Transport
  • Visa Services and Immigration and PROs
  • Central Admin Services

How Should HR Deliver The HR Services:

  • The Role of the HRBPs
  • Who Communicates with Line Managers?
  • Who communicates with Employees?


● Summary: Building a “Checklist” Tool
● Summary: Building “Organisation Review Guidelines” to Help the HR Business Partners
● Detailed Q&A Session and Practical Discussions to Address Issues Faced by Delegates


Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions or need help? Please feel free to get In touch with us 🙂


enquiry@hrd-future.com


(65) 6980 7730

There are no pre-requirements, and this course is suitable for participants who classify themselves at either “elementary” or “intermediate” or “advanced” levels.

You will get certificate of attendance from HRD Future. In order to get the certificate of attendance signed by the course trainer, you are requested to attend at least 90% of the course.

You can register online by filling the registration form on our website. Alternatively, you can also register by email or phone.

To register by e-mail, please send the delegates name, job title, email address, company name and telephone number to enquiry@hrd-future.com or alternatively you can email the scanned copy of the completed registration form.

For more information, please call +65 69807730

All our public events are conducted in English, unless otherwise stated. English subtitle are available for some of the online courses.

The registration fee includes admission to the events, exam and cert for certification courses.

For in-person course, a comprehensive set of documentation material in digital format or only printed format for some of the course distributed at the venue, lunches and 2 refreshment breaks for in-person classes. Hotel accommodation and travel costs are not included in the registration fee; however, we do have corporate rates with the hotel venue. Email to enquiry@hrd-future.com for more information.

There is no deadline for registration. However, for some courses, sometimes we do limit the number of delegates to ensure optimum course interaction. We advise you to register as early as possible in order to avoid disappointment and to allow adequate time for our administration process. for in-person class, if you need to register on the day itself (walk-in registration), then kindly contact our customer service department at +65 69807730.

Full payment must be received within seven (7) working days upon receipt of invoice or before the event date, whichever is earlier.  A LOU with company stamp is requested for those organizations that cannot make payment on time.

Payment Mode

(1) BANK TRANSFER (USD/SGD only)

  • Account Name: HRD Future Pte Ltd
  • Account Number: 695-207639-001
  • Beneficiary Bank: Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited
  • Beneficiary Bank Address: 65 Chulia Street OCBC Centre Singapore 049513
  • Swift Code: OCBCSGSG

For other currencies, we may provide you a different bank account depends on currencies. Email to enquiry@hrd-future.com for more information.

(2) CHEQUE

Please make all cheques payable to: HRD Future Pte. Ltd. (Appliable in Singapore Company only)     

(3) CREDIT CARD

We are using Stripe as the credit card payment gateway. Additional credit card charges per transaction are applied. Please contact our team for more details.

Can I change the name/details of the delegate(s) after registration?

Yes, a name can be changed at no additional cost. Please email enquiry@hrd-future.com providing the details of the delegate(s) you wish to replace and the details of the replacement(s). This email should include:

  • Full names, titles and positions in company
  • Company name
  • Direct telephone (for any urgent purpose)
  • Delegate’s email address (for us to send the Pre-Course Reading Material and Questionnaire)

I have registered for an event but I can no longer attend, what is your cancellation policy?

Cancellation policy can always be found in the Terms & Conditions section of your registration form. Basically, cancellations can be made if it is submitted more than 30 days prior to the event.

For cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the event, you have several options:

  • You can send a replacement as we do substitution free of charge
  • If no one from your organisation can attend, formal written request for withdrawal is required and an acknowledgement sent out. If the request is done before a month of the commencement date, a credit voucher is issued to the organization to be used within 12 months of the date of issuance.

Can I get a copy of the delegate list prior to the event?

We do not disclose delegate list prior to the event taking place. A list of participants will be available at the event only.

Can I get a copy of the course materials prior to the event for self-study?

Yes for some of the courses. However since we always update course materials closer to the event date to ensure all data is most updated, we are only able to provide course materials approximately one week before the event dates. A full payment is requested in order to receive the course material in advance.

What is the dress code for the event?

Most of our delegates who attend our courses prefer to wear business/ smart casual clothing. No shorts please. You can also bring optional formal clothing for your personal dinner or networking functions.

Who should I inform about my dietary requirements?

We will email you the event details letter approximately two weeks before the day of the events. You can highlight any special dietary requirements by reply the email.

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