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Describing Culture: From Diagnosis to Inquiry

By Richard Seel - For the change agent working in a traditional OD framework, describing culture is the first step in a rational change process which involves moving an organisation from ‘here’ to ‘there’. For the practitioner who works from a complex or living systems perspective, describing culture is also vital—this time as a key part of the change process itself. This article espouses the second approach and outlines a number of ways of facilitating a rich collaborative inquiry into organisational culture. It also presents a ‘simple rules’ approach to cultural description which offers a new way of enabling people to articulate their own culture and negotiate to change it. (Added: 31-May-2003 Hits: 2469 )

Link Staff Training with Organizational Improvement Goals

By Patrice Spath - To continuously improve the quality and safety of patient care, healthcare organizations must link employee education and training programs with strategic improvement goals. (Added: 28-Nov-2003 Hits: 1311 )

The Learning Organization - Principles, Theory and Practice

By Peter Senge - "Learning organizations [are] organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to see the whole together." Says author Peter Senge. Learn more about the theory and practices for organizational development. (Added: 11-Dec-2006 Hits: 908 )

Principles for Creating a Statewide Online Learning Organization: The Process and Decisions Underlying the Creation of Colorado Online Learning

By Stevan Kalmon - Note: This article was originally published in The Technology Source (http://ts.mivu.org/) as: Stevan Kalmon "Principles for Creating a Statewide Online Learning Organization: The Process and Decisions Underlying the Creation of Colorado Online Learning" The Technology Source, January/February 2003. Available online at http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1034. The article is reprinted here with permission of the publisher. (Added: 11-Dec-2006 Hits: 268 )

What Is Organization Development (Short article)

By Training & Development - The following excerpt has been adapted from "Principles of Organization Development," a revised issue by Rima Shaffer, Info-line No. 8812. (Added: 10-Dec-2002 Hits: 4160 )

Business Spirit Journal - Organizational Transformation: Liberating the Corporate Soul - Richard Barrett

By Richard Barrett - Ask any group of savvy CEOs to tell you the most valuable piece of information they could have, and they will say, %u201CHow to unleash innovation and creativity in my work place?%u201D (Added: 4-Sep-2003 Hits: 1145 )

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