Why Transformation?
The environment is no longer predictable, characterized by small shifts, or changing at a measured pace.  The explosive growth of technology innovations, economic globalization, and democratization of information have created a world of high complexity, interdependence, and uncertainty.  Disruptive and unpredictable changes will affect all aspects of organizations, often all at once.  Successful and significant Government organizations will embrace the opportunity to transform, either by sensing and responding to or shaping the new environment to accomplish mission goals, stretch their visions, and sustain strategic advantage.

OT Certificate meets government leader needs
The Organizational Transformation (OT) Certificate, focused on people, processes, technology, and organizations, is designed to develop government leaders at all levels to shape the environment and their organizations through transformation. The OT Certificate offers government decision makers and staff the opportunity to:

• Develop their acuity about the nature, forces, and dependencies and interdependencies of the turbulent and unpredictable environments
• Explore levers and tools for organizational transformation, to include governance, innovation and collaboration
• Expand their creative and critical thinking on strategies, governance, organizational designs, processes, networks, and tools in ways that will enable them to leverage information and information technologies to achieve their mission while creating and sustaining strategic competitive advantage.

OT Certificate Courses and Requirements
Foundational to any transformation is effective governance in a dynamic environment, networking and multi-agency collaboration because single source solutions are rare, and creativity and disruptive innovation that allow organizations to shape the environment.  The OT Certificate is organized around three required courses that target these foundational aspects: 

• Transformation as Strategic Alignment (governance in a dynamic environment)
• Multi-Agency Information-Enabled Collaboration (networking and multi-agency collaboration)
• Leading Strategies for Disruptive Innovations (creativity and disruptive innovation)

The OT specialty courses build on the required courses, each delving into a particular aspect of defense and national security, homeland security and national preparedness. Students choose five specialty courses from the following list to complement the three required courses:

• Defense Transformation
• Information, Warfare and Military Strategy
• Information Operations and National Security
• Network Centric Warfare and Operations (offered AY08)
• Defense Business Enterprise Transformation
• Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
• Privacy Rights and Challenges in the Information Age
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Continuity of Operations
• Experimentation, Simulation and Gaming (offered AY 08)
• Homeland Security Information Management
• Homeland Security Tools and Techniques

In subsequent academic years, the College may add or delete choices in the areas of specialization; however, students will receive credit for courses already taken in the program.  Participants have up to four years from the date of acceptance to complete the program and must successfully complete at least one course every 18 months to remain active. 

Students admitted to the Organizational Transformation Certificate during the AY 2005-2006 will follow the requirements in the AY 2005-2006 IRM College catalog.  Students should contact their academic advisor to work their plan.

Audience
The Organizational Transformation program is critical for DoD, national and international security community officers and civilian executives, particularly State and Homeland Security Departments, who have, or aspire to, hold leadership positions with transformation responsibilities.  

OT Certificate replaces eGovernment Leadership Certificate
The OT Certificate Program replaces the eGovernment Leadership Certificate Program.  Students currently enrolled in the eGovernment Program may choose to complete that certificate or transfer to the new program.  They will receive full credit for all courses taken in the eGovernment Program.  Students should contact their academic advisor to work their plan.

Students enrolled in the certificate program may take courses for Professional Development (PD); however, for courses to count toward the certificate or as a prerequisite, students must take them for credit.