Date: July 30, 2021 (Fri) from 12pm to 1pm (Eastern Time)
Presenter: Dr. Wesley Donahue, Dr. Eric Bergstrom, and David Walker
Registration Link: http://pennstateodcwebinar.eventbrite.com
Overview
Organization Development professionals seldom practice OD in its purest form but rather apply OD models, concepts and principles within an organization engaged in support of specific organizational initiatives.
Fitz-enz said it best in his book How to Measure Human Resources Management when he stated, “The basic question which faces the organization development community is not, ‘what is the newest or best technique?’” “It is, ‘can OD be practiced so that it can prove that through its efforts organizational health and effectiveness were visibly improved?’” (p. 199).
This webinar explores how OD, not as a stand-alone approach, model, program, or tool, but rather as a supporting act to the specific initiative assists organizational leaders to ask the right questions, to engage organizational members in the right way, and to suggest the incorporation of the right tools and techniques so that change occurs enterprise wide and tends to last.
About the presenter
Dr. Wesley E. Donahue is the coordinator of the online Master of Professional Studies in Organization Development and Change and an instructor of related courses and programs. An experienced researcher, developer, and leadership consultant, he has an extensive manufacturing, engineering, sales, and management background, having started and operated businesses for more than 30 years. Dr. Donahue is a registered professional engineer, six-sigma black belt, and author of a host of education and training materials including the books Building Leadership Competence and Unlocking Lean Six Sigma.
Dr. Eric J. Bergstrom has taught undergraduate credit and noncredit business management courses as well as graduate training and development and organizational development courses. He has facilitated leadership development programs for organizations across a variety of industries focused on strategic planning processes, continuous improvement processes, human resource development, and organization development. His practical and research interests include individual career development, leadership competency modeling and development, human resource development, and organizational process improvement. Dr. Bergstrom regularly teaches WFED 451 Lean Sigma as part of our MPS-OD&C degree and Operational Excellence Certificate program.
David Walker (General Manager- Emulsion Operations, Dyno Nobel) completed his MPS in the Psychology of Leadership program at Penn State in 2020. He oversees multiple industrial explosives manufacturing operations across North America. David has been a driver in multiple large-scale global lean manufacturing implementations over the last 25 years.
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