Organizations and Transformation
Organizations and Transformation is a module in the Global Leader Flex program and can also be taken as a stand-alone program.
In today's volatile business environment, organizations face constant pressure to adapt, innovate, and transform. The ability to lead profound change—navigating shifts in strategy, structure, and culture—has become a critical leadership skill for achieving sustainable success.
The Organizations and Transformation program provides leaders with the essential mindset and tools to navigate complexity, turning transformation challenges into opportunities for growth and competitive advantage. Through its intensely practical approach, participants gain actionable insights from real-world case studies, examining both successful and failed organizational changes. The hands-on methodology ensures that leaders develop the confidence to mobilize teams, manage resistance, and execute comprehensive initiatives that align people, processes, and strategy for lasting impact.
4.5 ECTS credits can be transferred from the Marketing and Brand Management program to the Aalto Executive MBA or Aalto MBA program.
Benefits
In an era of continuous disruption, organizations need leaders who can successfully steer transformation initiatives that align people, processes, and strategy. This program builds that critical capability by equipping your talent with proven frameworks to navigate resistance, mobilize stakeholders, and execute complex change—minimizing risk of failure, while maximizing adoption and sustainable impact.
For
The Organizations and Transformation program is designed for organizations seeking to build transformational leadership capability and navigate complex change initiatives successfully. It is ideally suited for professionals tasked with leading, influencing, or implementing strategic shifts in strategy, processes, or organizational culture. All participants share a common need to develop structured approaches for leading successful transformation, while engaging stakeholders and managing resistance effectively.
The curriculum is particularly valuable for leaders facing challenges such as digital transformation, mergers and acquisitions, cultural realignment, or large-scale operational change. This program is especially beneficial for:
- Senior leaders and directors responsible for driving organizational change initiatives
- Project and program managers leading transformation projects
- HR and organizational development professionals designing change strategies
- Department heads and senior managers implementing structural or operational changes
Content and Schedule
Organization and Transformation comprises a self-paced online course, a two-day live online module, a written pre-assignment, and a take-home assignment. The program is worth 4.5 ECTS credits.
Pre-module period of 2–3 weeks
Individual preparation through self-paced online learning and pre-readings and assignment(s)
Two-day live online module
Intensive contact learning session with instructor and peers.
Post-module period
Take-home assignment: Action learning project
The program begins with the self-paced Managing (with) Organizational Culture online course to establish essential cultural frameworks. The live module delivers a structured approach to organizational transformation, exploring strategic and organizational design, change leadership, resistance management, and employee mobilization. The curriculum examines transformation through multiple analytical lenses, including strategy, business models, structure, and leadership, with a special focus on digital and cultural transformation in the Asia-Pacific context.
The program employs an immersive, case-based approach to transformational leadership. Learning methodologies include real-world case studies that analyze both successful and failed transformations, guest speakers sharing firsthand experiences in change leadership, and an action learning project in which participants develop a comprehensive transformation roadmap. This practical framework ensures that participants gain immediately applicable skills in diagnosing transformation challenges, designing intervention strategies, and mobilizing organizations toward sustainable change.
Instructor
Xiaoshi Kinnunen
Xiaoshi Kinnunen is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at Aalto University School of Business.
She holds a PhD in International Business, and her research focuses on how effective management practices and processes can enhance company innovation. She also studies how digital platform firms design business models and internationalization strategies. Kinnunen has practical project experience collaborating with Finnish firms to support their innovation and international expansion through digital platforms.
Program Fee and Registration
Other Global Leader Flex Modules
You can register for individual stand-alone Global Leader Flex modules or take the complete Global Leader Flex program, including all four core modules and two elective modules of your choice.
