• Textbook 1:
  • Chapter 1: General Introduction to Organization Development
  • Chapter 2: The Nature of Planned Change
• Lesson 1 commentary
• Course Syllabus

• Introduce yourself.
• Watch introduction videos from both the instructor and other students).

• Lesson 2 commentary
• Revisit Chapter 1: General Introduction to Organization Development from textbook 1.
• Textbook 2 (A).

This article needs to be purchased via the HBR website, as described in the Required Course Materials section of the Course Syllabus.

• The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How Toys Become Real
• Sims, D. (2004). The velveteen rabbit and passionate feelings for organizations. In Y. Gabriel (Ed.), Myths, stories, and organizations: Premodern narratives for our times (pp. 209–222). Oxford University Press.

• Participate in Discussion 1: Sims’ Article.

• Lesson 3 commentary
• Textbook 1:
  • Chapter 3: Entering and Contracting
• Reread Textbook 2 (A).
• Textbook 2 (B).
• Ogbor, J. O. (2001). Critical theory and the hegemony of corporate culture. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 14(6), 590–608. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810110408015

• Team Summarizer submits Discussion 1 Summary.
• Post your rough draft to Proposal Part 1: Diagnosis Rough Drafts Discussion.
• Participate in Discussion 2: Ogbor’s Article.

• Lesson 4 commentary
• Textbook 1:
  • Chapter 4 Diagnosis

• Review classmates’ rough drafts of Proposal Part 1: Diagnosis Rough Drafts Discussion and post replies providing feedback.
• Team Summarizer submits Discussion 2 Summary.

• Lesson 5 commentary
• Revisit Chapter 4 Diagosing from textbook 1
• Textbook 1, Chapter 6
• Heracleous, L. (2002). The contribution of a discursive view to understanding and managing organizational change. Strategic Change, 11(5), 253–261.
• DuFrene, D. D., & Lehman, C. M. (2014). Navigating change: Employee communication in times of instability. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 77(443).

• Submit your revised Proposal Part 1: Diagnosis.
• Participate in Discussion 3: Heracleous' and DuFrene & Lehman's Articles.

• Lesson 6 commentary
• Textbook 1:
  • Chapter 5: Designing and Implementing OD Intervention
  • Chapter 6: Evaluating and Reinforcing Organization Development Intervention
• Vinesh (2014). Role of Training & Development in an Organizational Development. International Journal of Management and International Business Studies, 4(2), 213–220.
• Abdul, H. (2015). Training Intervention and Strategies for Positive Learning Transfer. Journal of Resources Development and Management, 11, 107–115.

• "Training and Organizational Strategy" on YouTube: You can access the video on the Designing and Implementing Interventions in Lesson 6.

• Team Summarizer submits Discussion 3 Summary.

• Lesson 7 commentary
• Revisit Chapter 5: Designing and Implementing OD Intervention from textbook 1
• Satell, G. (2014, April 21). To create change, leadership is more important than authority. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2014/04/to-create-change-leadership-is-more-important-than-authority
• Kotter, J. P. (2007). Leading change: Why transformation efforts fail. Harvard Business Review, 85(1), 96–102.
  • Follow these instructions to find articles via Penn State Business Premier databases if you have problems accessing the article via the link above.

• Post your rough draft to Proposal 2: Intervention Component Rough Drafts Discussion.
• Participate in Discussion 4: Satell’s and Kotter’s Articles.

• Arulsamy, A. S., Singh, I., Kumar, M. S., Panchal, J. J. , Bajaj, K. K. (2023). Employee Training and Development Enhancing Employee Performance - A Study. Samdarshi, 16(3), 406–416.
• Frelfeld, L. (2024, February 29). Path to Productivity. Training Magazine. https://trainingmag.com/path-to-productivity/
• Phillips, J. J. (2007). Measuring ROI in Business Coaching. ROI Institute^®. https://roiinstitute.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Measuring-ROI-in-Business-Coaching.pdf

• Review classmates’ rough drafts of Proposal Part 2: Intervention Component Rough Drafts Discussion and post replies providing feedback.
• Team Summarizer submits Discussion 4 Summary.

• Read the following 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), 19–30.

• Submit your revised Part 1 and Part 2 to Proposal Part 2: Intervention.
• Participate in Discussion 5: Case Studies.

• Read special issue content from Rothwell, Stavros, and Sullivan's Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for Leading Change (2015)
  • Select two chapters from Chapters 19 to 30.

• Team Summarizer submits Discussion 5 Summary.

• Lesson 11 Commentary
• Textbook 1
  • Chapter 8: Organization Process
  • Chapter 9: Employee Involvement and Employee Engagement
  • Chapter 10: Work Design

• Participate in Discussion 6: Critique Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation (extra credit).
• Begin working on final proposal deliverables.

• Textbook 1
  • Chapter 11: Performance Management
  • Chapter 12: Workforce Diversity, Development and Wellness

• Post your rough draft to Proposal Part 3: Final Paper Rough Drafts Discussion.

• Textbook 1
  • Chapter 13 Fundamental of Large-Scale Change
  • Chapter 14 Large-Scale Organization change Interventions

• Review classmates’ rough drafts in Proposal Part 3: Final Document Rough Drafts Discussion and post replies providing feedback.

• none

• Submit Proposal Part 3: Final Document which includes
  • your refined version of content for Part 1 and Part 2,
  • Intervention success measures and how data collection will occur,
  • How change Is Institutionalized,
  • Training intervention, and
  • Content summary
  • Conclusion

• none

• Submit Proposal Part 3: Final Proposal Presentation and Peer Review.
• Submit Final Reflection.