New 5CO01 Video Content: Organisational Structure, Strategy and Business Environment

We've released twelve new videos for CIPD 5CO01: Organisational Performance and Culture in Practice. These videos cover Learning Outcome 1: Understand the connections between organisational structure, strategy and the business operating environment.

The videos help you answer four key assessment criteria questions.

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different types of organisation structures, including the reasons underpinning them

Three videos on organisation structures:

1. Understanding Organisation Structures

Learn what organisational structures are and why they matter for business performance.

2. Types of Organisational Structures

Explore functional, divisional, matrix, flat, and hierarchical structures with their advantages and disadvantages.

3. Factors Influencing Structural Choices

Understand the reasons organisations choose particular structures based on strategy, size, and environment.

Analyse connections between organisational strategy, products, services and customers

Three videos on strategy connections:

1. Understanding Organisational Strategy

Learn what strategy is and how it guides organisational direction and decision-making.

2. Linking Strategy to Products and Services

Explore how strategic choices determine what organisations offer and how they compete.

3. Customer Focus and Strategic Alignment

Understand how customer needs shape strategy and how alignment creates competitive advantage.

Analyse external factors and trends impacting organisations to identify current organisational priorities

Three videos on external factors:

1. Introduction to the External Environment

Learn about the business operating environment and why external analysis matters.

2. PESTLE Analysis and External Factors

Explore political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors affecting organisations.

3. Current Trends and Organisational Priorities

Understand how to identify trends and translate external analysis into strategic priorities.

Assess the scale of technology within organisations and how it impacts work

Three videos on technology impact:

1. Introduction to Technology in Organisations

Learn about the scale and scope of technology adoption in modern organisations.

2. Assessing Technology Scale and Implementation

Explore how to assess technology currency, investment, and implementation across functions.

3. Technology Impact on Work and Workers

Understand how technology affects efficiency, wellbeing, collaboration, and the evolution of work.

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