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Showing Results: The Economics of OD

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 4:42pm
Date: 
Sat, 10/07/2006 - 8:30am
Location: 

Benedictine University, Kindlon Hall, Room 164 (Get Directions)

Speaker: 
Eric Sanders, MBA
Fee: 
Members – Free, Guests – $15

Economists carefully document how people use their resources. They usually have hard data to back up their claims, but sometimes such data are not available and they have to estimate results or economic activity. They use well-tested models to justify their estimates, and sometimes revise their numbers later when final data are available. Because they have shown they can use this method effectively, they present their numbers with confidence, and the data are accepted by those who use them with equal confidence.

"R-OD" – Developing the Human Capital Balance Sheet

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 4:47pm
Date: 
Sat, 08/05/2006 - 8:30am
Location: 

Benedictine University, Kindlon Hall, Room 164 (Get Directions)

Speaker: 
Jeffrey K. Cordes, MBA
Fee: 
Members – Free, Guests – $15

Join us for a cutting-edge workshop exploring the OD field in a very different way. Presenter Jeffrey Cordes will guide us through an interactive, high-energy and engaging session on the critical importance and role of the organizational development profession and its integration into business organizations.

Building an OD Toolkit Series: Creative Problem Solving through Group Synergy

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 4:53pm
Date: 
Sat, 06/03/2006 - 8:30am
Location: 

Benedictine University, Kindlon Hall, Room 164 (Get Directions)

Speaker: 
General
Fee: 
Members – Free, Guests – $15

Feeling blocked about a current situation or problem you are trying to solve?

Here is an opportunity to tap into the synergy of CODIC. Join us for a problem solving session to help each participant gain a different perspective on his/her situation or problem and walk away with several approaches to solving it through the process of group brainstorming.

Systems Thinking in OD Practice

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 4:58pm
Date: 
Sat, 04/22/2006 - 8:30am
Location: 

Benedictine University, Kindlon Hall, Room 164 (Get Directions)

Speaker: 
Sherryl R. Stalinski, Ph.D.abd.
Fee: 
Members – Free, Guests – $15

Effective leaders need to be aware of all the things that determine whether an organization can adapt, change and grow--especially in volatile markets and a rapidly changing world. A comprehensive approach to leadership development is critical. Systems Thinking enables effective leaders to have an understanding of the principles that determine whether their organization can thrive and evolve in rapidly changing environments.

The world around us is changing at a faster pace than ever before. In order to maintain ourselves in a changing world, we have a few options:

A Seat at the Table: Strategic Organization Development

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 5:02pm
Date: 
Sat, 02/04/2006 - 8:30am
Location: 

Benedictine University, Kindlon Hall, Room 164 (Get Directions)

Speaker: 
Philip T. Anderson, Ph.D.
Fee: 
Members – Free, Guests – $15

This session will discuss the next evolution in the field of Organization Development -- the need to become more strategic. Organization Development was founded on values-driven issues concerned with a more humanistic workplace. Issues of inclusion, teamwork, and sensitivity to others were our primary focus. Armed with interventions like the T-Group and Sensitivity Training, yesterday's OD practitioners were not exposed to the constant changing workplace and global technologies facing 21st century organizations.