The schedule below outlines the topics we will be covering in this course, along with the associated and assignments.

identifies readings that are available on E-Reserves through the library.

Module 1: Getting Started

Lesson 1: Introduction to Implementing Training and Development Interventions

Readings:	Cummings and Worley, Chapters 1 and 2 Read Lesson 1 Commentary to Course Review Syllabus
Activities:	Introduce yourself through Bongo Watch introduction videos on Bongo (both the instructor's and the other students')

Lesson 2: Effective OD Practice

Readings:

Lesson 2 Commentary Cummings and Worley Chapter 3 GTSI Corporation: Mission Impossible? (A) (UV3272-PDF-ENG) [Harvard Business] Context for your Engagement in the GTSI Case The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How Toys Become Real Sims, D. (2004). The velveteen rabbit and passionate feelings for organizations. In Gabriel, Y. Myths, Stories, and Organizations: Premodern Narratives for Our Times. Oxford University Press. 209–222. (Chapter 13)

Activities:

Participate in Discussion 1: Sims’ Article

Module 2: Contracting and Diagnosing

Lesson 3: Entering and Contracting

Readings:	Lesson 3 Commentary Cummings and Worley Chapter 4 Review GTSI Corporation: Mission Impossible? (A) (UV3272-PDF-ENG) [Harvard Business] Ogbor, J.O. (2001) Critical theory and the hegemony of corporate culture. Journal of Organizational Change Management. Emerald. 14(6). 590–608
Activities:	Submit Project 1 Rough Draft in Project 1 Rough Drafts Discussion Team Summarizer submits Discussion 1 Summary Participate in Discussion 2: Ogbor’s Article

Lesson 4: Applying a Critical Lens

Readings:	Lesson 4 Commentary Cummings and Worley Chapter 5
Activities:	Review classmates’ Project 1 Rough Drafts and post replies to provide feedback Team Summarizer submits Discussion 2 Summary

Module 3: Interventions & Discourse, Designing & Developing an Intervention

Lesson 5: Discourse and Diagnosing

Readings:

Lesson 5 Commentary Revisit Cummings and Worley Chapter 5 Cummings and Worley, Chapter 6 Diagnosis Data from GTSI Heracleous, L. (2002) The contribution of a discursive view to understanding and managing organizational change. Strategic Change. 11(5). Wiley-Interscience. 253–261. DOI: 10.1002/jsc.601 DuFrene, D. D. and Lehman, C. M. (2014). Navigating change: Employee communication in times of instability. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly. 77(443) DOI: 10.1177/2329490614544736.

Activities:

Submit your revised Project 1 Diagnosis Proposal Participate in Discussion 3: Heracleous / Dufrene & Lehman

Lesson 6: Designing and Developing Interventions

Readings:	Lesson 6 Commentary Cummings and Worley Chapter 7 & 9
Activities:	Team Summarizer submits Discussion 3 Summary

Module 4: Getting Ready and Manage the Change

Lesson 7: Taking Action and Managing Change

Readings:	Lesson 7 Commentary Cummings and Worley, Chapter 8 Satell, Greg. To Create Change, Leadership Is More Important Than Authority Business Premier Database (free): Follow these instructions to find the articles. Kotter, John P. Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail (Go to the HBR website).
Activities:	Submit Project 2 Rough Draft to Project 2 Rough Drafts Discussion Participate in Discussion 4: Satell’s and Kotter’s Articles

Lesson 8: Getting Ready

Readings:	None
Activities:	Review classmates’ Project 2 Rough Drafts and post replies to provide feedback Team Summarizer submits Discussion 4 Summary

Lesson 9: Case Study

Readings:	Read case studies McLean, G. N. (2015). Evaluation of Organization Development Interventions in a Video Simulation Game: A Case Study of Football Manager 2014 (TM). Organization Development Journal, 33(4), 27. Shukla, K., Heda, N., & Panda, R. (2015). Implications of Organization Development Interventions: Case Study of an Edible Oil Company. Review of Management, 5(1/2), 19.
Activities:	Submit Project 2 Intervention Proposal, which includes Your refined version of the Project 1 contents Project Plan for Intervention Participate in Discussion 5: Case Studies

Lesson 10: Special Issue

Readings:	Read special issue contents Practicing Organization Development : A guide for leading change (select 2 chapters from chapter 19 to 30)
Activities:	Team Summarizer submits Discussion 5 Summary

Module 5: Measuring Success & Process

Lesson 11: Intervention Evaluation

Readings:	Cummings and Worley Chapters 9, 11, and 12
Activities:	Participate in Participate in Discussion 6: Special Issues Begin working on Final Project Deliverables

Lesson 12: Process Approaches & Restructuring

Readings:	Cummings and Worley, Chapters 15, 16, and 17
Activities:	Team Summarizer submits Discussion 6 Summary Submit Project 3 Rough Drafts

Module 6: Other Important Considerations

Lesson 13: Performance-Talent Management & Diversity

Readings:	Cummings and Worley Chapter 18
Activities:	Review classmates’ Project 3 Rough Drafts and post replies to provide feedback

Lesson 14: The Proposal to the Client-Final Project

Readings:	None.
Activities:	Submit Project 3 Final Proposal, which includes Your refined version of the Project 1 & 2 contents Intervention Success Measure & How Data Collection will occur How change is institutionalized (with comment on Performance-Talent Management & Diversity) Process for Restructuring Summary

Lesson 15: Wrap-up

Readings:	None
Activities:	Submit Project 3 Video to Bongo Submit Final Reflection paper