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Organization Development: Building Better Organizations and Healthier Lives within Them
Monday, July 06, 2020, 8:00 AM to Friday, July 10, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT
Category: CE Events: Adult Individuals

In this period of rapid organizational and social change, this highly interactive workshop will help participants learn to use the principles of organization development (OD) to effect change in organizations, communities, and themselves. It also will explore the concept of “use of self” as a mechanism for personal and professional growth and development. The workshop will be helpful for those with an OD background as well as those who are new to the practice. Dick Beckhard and Douglas McGregor coined the term organization development (OD) in the late 1950s while consulting at General Mills. Defined during a positivist era, OD then reflected the belief that an objective reality was discoverable through social scientifc methods. At the time, Beckhard described OD as “an effort planned, organization-wide, and managed from the top.” Today, OD has evolved to include new approaches that better ft the post-modern world where concepts like social-constructionism, emergence, and self-organizing systems dominate the change literature. Those who hold or aspire to leadership roles quickly learn that they must address both so-called “objective reality” as well as the diverse perceptions people have of it. In 2020, OD means different things to different people. However, one thing has become clear: Organization development is not the exclusive domain of consultants. On the contrary, modern “OD practitioners” include not only consultants and coaches but anyone interested in bringing about change. That includes leaders in business and the nonprofit sector, HR practitioners, educators and students, physicians, social activists, and anyone else who is interested in understanding how change occurs. Everyone is welcome to join this workshop’s learning community.

Hosted by Cape Cod Institute, Cape Cod Learning Network, LLC in Eastham, MA for 15 CEs. For more info, visit: www.cape.org/register.