Enterprise Transformation, presented by the Tennebaum Institute at Georgia Tech, addresses the enterprise as a system and considers the individual, organizational, social and technological phenomena associated with designing, managing, and transforming enterprises. Major elements addressed in the course will include:

• Enterprise Transformation Definitions & Examples
• Enterprise Challenges
• Theory of Transformation
• Ends, Means & Scope of Transformation
• Transformation Methodologies
• Transformation Case Studies
• Transformation Research

Established in 2004, the Tennenbaum Institute possesses a unique expertise in facilitating fundamental changes in complex organizational systems. As a leader in the field of large-scale, complex enterprise transformation, the Institute is the exclusive provider of this exciting new course. 

This short course is intended for fast-rising managers in large enterprises who are being groomed to take on key responsibilities in the transformation of these enterprises in reaction to and in anticipation of major market and technology opportunities, as well as competitive threats and crises. This program is most appropriate for those with backgrounds in engineering, science, economics or other technical fields who have gained or are soon to gain management responsibilities.

• Gain an understanding of the nature of organizations
• Become familiar with the driving forces for change and how change is addressed
• Understand the role of leadership in change

This short course addresses the nature of enterprise transformation in terms of the challenges that drive needs to transform, a theory describing how enterprises react to these forces, and alternative approaches to transformation. A comprehensive theory-based transformation methodology is presented, including consideration of alternative methods and tools. Transformation vignettes and case studies are presented throughout the course. Participants are guided through several transformation exercises.

Enterprise Transformation: Understanding and Enabling Fundamental Change by William B. Rouse, (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management), Wiley-Interscience, 2006.