Consulting and Leading in Organisations DProf

Entry requirements

In order to undertake this course, we ask that you:

• have completed The Tavistock and Portman’s Master’s degree in Consulting and Leading in Organisations: Psychodynamic and Systemic Approaches (D10), or
• have a Master’s degree or equivalent in consulting to organisations, executive coaching, or organisation development, that includes a significant component of teaching in systems-psychodynamics.

You must also be:

• engaged in work as an organisation consultant (either employed or self-employed), or
• an employee with leadership or organisational development responsibilities, undertaking ‘internal consultancy’ tasks and with the capacity to develop wider consultancy projects whilst on the course.

Experience of participating in one or more Group Relations Conferences or other forms of experiential learning is strongly recommended.

As the teaching methods rely on learning from experience at emotional, social and intellectual levels, a capacity to work in this way is essential. We welcome applications from those with equivalent experience.

Months of entry

September

Course content

This unique professional doctorate will provide you with an advanced and sophisticated education in organisational consultancy, within a stimulating learning community. It will extend your understanding, experience and research skills within a systems-psychodynamic framework, allowing you to:

• Join a thriving, multidisciplinary learning community, with a staff team of leading academics and practitioners, and a diverse student body.
• Explore a range of theories and their practical application to consultancy and research via formal teaching, discussion and supervision.
• Pursue an original research project, informed by your professional practice – contributing to the growing knowledge base in this field.
• Prepare to work with the most complex organisational issues, expand your consultancy practice, and develop others in this area.

This course is for you if you are an organisational consultant or organisation development professional with prior education and experience in the systems-psychodynamic approach to consultancy and a desire to extend your skills and deepen your knowledge.

The student body and teaching faculty of this course are very international and come from a diverse range of backgrounds with experience across the public, not-for-profit and commercial sectors.