HR Business Partnering and Organisational Design

Move HR from a transactional back office function into a genuine business partner role. Delegates work through operating model choices, organisational design principles and the practical mechanics of restructuring reporting lines, spans of control and job families, using South African case examples from mining, retail and financial services to ground every design decision in commercial reality.

What you will be able to do

Distinguish the HR business partner role from traditional HR administration.
Diagnose organisational structure problems using span of control and job family analysis.
Design an operating model that aligns HR delivery with business unit strategy.
Build a workforce plan that supports a restructuring or expansion decision.
Facilitate a structure change process while managing line manager resistance.
Present an organisational design recommendation to an executive committee.

Course outline

01The business partner operating model
02Organisational design principles and structures
03Span of control and job families
04Workforce planning aligned to strategy
05Leading structural change and restructuring
06Managing line manager relationships
07Measuring HR value to the business
08Executive presentation and case study

Who should attend

HR business partners, HR managers, organisational development practitioners and senior HR generalists moving into a strategic partnering role.

Dates, venues and fees

Dates	Venue	Days	Fee
17 to 19 Aug 2026	Nairobi	3	US$1,500
24 to 26 Aug 2026	Durban	3	R13,000
31 Aug to 2 Sep 2026	Johannesburg	3	R13,000
14 to 16 Sep 2026	Mauritius	3	US$1,500
21 to 23 Sep 2026	Dubai	3	US$1,500
28 to 30 Sep 2026	Lagos	3	US$1,500
5 to 7 Oct 2026	Harare	3	US$1,500
12 to 14 Oct 2026	Kampala	3	US$1,500
19 to 21 Oct 2026	Dar es Salaam	3	US$1,500
26 to 28 Oct 2026	Pretoria	3	R13,000
2 to 4 Nov 2026	Cape Town	3	R13,000
16 to 18 Nov 2026	Online	3	US$900
23 to 25 Nov 2026	Mozambique	3	US$1,500
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026	Cairo	3	US$1,500
7 to 9 Dec 2026	Accra	3	US$1,500
14 to 16 Dec 2026	Lusaka	3	US$1,500
21 to 23 Dec 2026	Kigali	3	US$1,500

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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We can run HR Business Partnering and Organisational Design privately for your team, on your dates and built around your own systems. Group delivery is usually more cost effective from about six delegates.

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