Moving from Definitions to Action in OD: A Conversation with Chris Worley
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2024
- This is the 23rd video produced in the ‘Just in Case…’ mini-series sponsored by Quality and Equality. In this video we are joined by Chris Worley, the research professor of management at Pepperdine University’s business school. Prior to his current positions, he was a Professor of Strategy at the NEOMA Business School in France and Director of the Master of Science in Organization (MSOD) program at Pepperdine University. He served as past chair for the Academy of Management’s Organization Development and Change Division. Chris has authored or co-authored numerous books, chapters, and articles. His most recent books include Becoming Agile, The Agility Factor, Assessing Organization Agility, Management Reset, and Built to Change. Today, Chris explains clearly and succinctly what OD is, what common ground is shared between the different definitions of the field, what the values of OD are, and what the role of OD practitioners is. His distilled version defining the field is needed badly to unite us for action as there has never been a time like this where OD values, thinking, approaches and interventions are needed to maintain civil society and organisations.
Articles, Books, and Resources
• Worley, C. (2020). The COVID economy: Agile businesses have the upper hand. CSQ, June 15, csq.com/2020/06/the-covid-eco... .
• Worley, C. and Jules, C. (2020). COVID-19’s Uncomfortable Revelations About Agile and Sustainable Organizations in a VUCA World. Journal of applied behavioral science,doi.org/10.1177/0021886320936263
• Worley, C., Rhodes, K, Shaver, J. and Feyerherm, A. (2020). A cold, hard look in the mirror. Pepperdine business blog, 19 June, bschool.pepperdine.edu/blog/p...
• Worley, C. and Jules, C. (2020). Changing Perspectives; Changing Views: COVID and Agile Organizations, www.socialsciencespace.com/20...
• Worley, C. (2020). Four key processes for developing advanced change capabilities. ceo.usc.edu/2020/07/02/four-k...
Biography
Chris Worley is the Research Professor of Management at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business. He is also an affiliate researchers at USC’s Center for Effective Organizations. He is a recognized leader in the field of organization development. Prior to his current positions, he was a Professor of Strategy at the NEOMA Business School in France and Director of the Master of Science in Organization (MSOD) program at Pepperdine University. He served as past chair for the Academy of Management’s Organization Development and Change Division.
Chris has authored or co-authored numerous books, chapters, and articles. His most recent books include Becoming Agile, The Agility Factor, Assessing Organization Agility, Management Reset, and Built to Change. In addition, he is series editor (with Sue Mohrman and Rami Shani) of Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness that explores the organization design implications of environmental and social sustainability. With Tom Cummings, he has co-authored seven editions of Organization Development and Change, the leading textbook in the field. His articles on strategic change and organization design have appeared in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, the Sloan Management Review, Organizational Dynamics, and the Journal of Organization Behavior, among others. He was awarded the Larry Porter Communicating OD Knowledge Award by the ODNetwork in 2011, the Emerald Literati Network Outstanding Author Award in 2011, and the 2011 Douglas McGregor Memorial Award for the Best Paper in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. He has made presentations to scholarly and practitioner associations such as the Academy of Management, OD Network, Organization Design Forum (US and Europe), and the Conference Boards of the U.S. and Canada.
Chris’s consulting clients include organizations in high technology, health care, energy, financial services, fast-moving consumer goods, the public sector, and natural resources. The primary focus of his efforts has been on the development of agile capabilities, strategy implementation, organization design, and organization development.
Chris received his Ph.D. in strategic management from the University of Southern California, an M.S. in organization development from Pepperdine University, an M.S. in environmental psychology from Colorado State University, and a B.S. from Westminster College. He is a member of the Academy of Management, the Organization Development Network, the European Organization Design Forum, and the National Training Laboratories (NTL).
Contact
Email: cworley@pepperdine.edu
Twitter: @TheAgileOrg
Fantastic
I have worley as the number 1 academic OD professor on the world
What he says here I believe all OD people must assimilate
This is the authority of what OD is
Chris you look good in your new glasses. You are getting more handsome as you age. LOL My passion these days is utilizing OD in addressing climate change
Thank you for an incredibly simple explanation on OD, Professor Worley!
What a simple, concise and wonderful explanation of the work that we do. It makes so much more sense now, than when I first got into the field and felt so overwhelmed! Miss you Chris!
Fantastic
I listen to worley more than anyone else Along with my thesis advisor in Warner Burke and Argyris
I have a values list with Worley
I am a student of OD & Change management and currently pursuing my masters from TISS, India. The definition provided by Prof. Worley is so comprehensive and yet so simple and practical. Also totally agree with the point that our work as practitioners define us more than the textbook definitions of OD, and it is important for us to focus on the same to bring about the change in organisations and society as a whole.
Thank you so much! I wonder if people continue to ask because they haven’t found a definition that resonates for them yet. This should help immensely!
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you!
Great explanation. Simple and easy to understand