Diploma in UndersTAnding Organisations

This two year programme is designed in two parts:

• one year of TA study, delivered over 10 online sessions, focused on the organisation and the system.

• one year of TA study, delivered over 10 online sessions, focused on the individual and the group.

Either year can be undertaken as a standalone course leading to a certificate in Organisational TA. Completing both years will lead to a Physis Scotland Diploma in UndersTAnding Organisations, providing other criteria are met.

About the course

This programme is designed to be relevant to a broad spectrum of people working in organisations. Here are some typical needs that this programme will address:

• Are you feeling challenged by people issues or working through others in your managerial or leadership role?

• Are you looking to equip yourself for your next career move or even a shift of career?

• Are in a professional role – such as Project Manager, Coach, OD, HR or Business Consultant - looking to enhance your skill set and understanding of organisations - their structure and dynamics?

• Are you seeking to become more effective as a leader, to see the bigger picture and think strategically?

• Perhaps you're a group leader wanting to enhance your understanding of group dynamics.

• Are you a therapist eager to find other ways to support clients with workplace issues in therapy?

• Maybe you are familiar with TA or psychotherapy and are curious about what TA has to offer the organisational domain?

Look no further. This programme will set you up on a professional journey to either enhance your effectiveness and impact in your current role or help you transition into a role beyond your imagination.

Our dynamic Diploma in UndersTAnding Organisations: A Relationship Centred Approach, draws on TA theories and concepts, supported by a range of other recognised organisational theories to facilitate your learning and growth. However, we understand that adult learning is not just about good content and needs to engage you in thinking through how this can be applied to a group or organisation you know well through rich conversation and group activities.

Our programme has been designed by our highly experienced and internationally acclaimed Organisational TA practitioners with your needs in mind. Delivered online over 10 modules each year, enabling you to join us from the comfort of your home and from wherever you are located around the globe. Sessions are held on a Thursday evening, Friday daytime and Saturday morning, offering maximum flexibility to enable you to successfully complete your chosen path.

Pre-course requirements

We strive to be as inclusive, fair and flexible as possible in all respects. In terms of admissions, this means that whilst this course is taught and assessed at post-graduate academic Level (e.g. Level 11 in the Scottish Framework and Level 7 in the English/Welsh Framework), you do not need to be a graduate to apply.

In order to take part in this approach to learning at this level, you will ideally need an organisational context to frame your learning, which can be a group, business or an organisation that is familiar to you, and a certain level of understanding of the core principles and theory of TA. Ordinarily this will be obtained through the following route:

• Completion of a TA 101 course

• Successful completion of the Foundation Year in TA from any registered training institutes around the globe.

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For those who have not followed this route and have some but limited knowledge of TA, we are delighted to offer an alternative route for you as follows:

• Completion of a TA101 course within the past 3 years,

• Some previous exposure to Transactional Analysis,

• Experience of learning in a group or other advanced professional training,

• Undertaken the recommended reading (TA Today: A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis by Ian Stewart and Vann Joines and Transactional Analysis for Trainers by Julie Hay),

• Prepared written responses to 12 questions to demonstrate knowledge, understanding of core TA theory and reflected on their written answers with a programme facilitator.