Research Trajectories in Org Change and Development: Conversations with ROCD 27 Authors

Abstract

The first annual research volume in Organization Change and Development was published by JAI Press in 1987. Since then, ROCD has provided a special platform for scholars and practitioners to share new research-based insights in the book as well as at AOM. This new volume covers a wide range of ROCD topics: addressing the philosophical and methodological foundation of organization development and change; positive organizational scholarship as an inclusive platform for engagement; the presence and practice of humility and humble behaviours that attract individuals to engage in organization development and change efforts; the socio- economic approach to organization development and change that enhance compatibility between the human system, stakeholders, and stockholders; the importance of collaborative efforts across hierarchies and vertical boundaries, despite emotional and political tensions that undermine middle managers’ role as change agents; collective attitudes and individual attitudes that enhance levels of engagement; labs as an engagement mechanism, which foster and facilitate development and change efforts in organizations; how leaders in social enterprise development continuously respond to common paradoxes of engagement via a hybrid of top-down influence and bottom-up participation practices; how enhancing a culture of inclusive, agile and thriving teams can help organizations to develop resiliency in environments of continuous change; and last, the role of the scholar-practitioner in enhancing inclusivity and organizational performance. In its entirety, ROCD 27 provides insightful and thought provoking chapters, which serve as catalysts for lively dialogue. As such, this proposed symposium that has become an integral part of the Organization Development and Change (ODC) Division program, continues the tradition of division members meeting with authors of the upcoming volume. Towards of Social Science Philosophy of Organization Development and Change Presenter: David Coghlan; Trinity College Dublin Presenter: A.B. Rami Shani; California Polytechnic State U. Presenter: George W. Hay; Chicago School of Professional Psychology Positive Organizational Scholarship and the Agent and of Change Presenter: Kim Cameron; U. of Michigan Presenter: Robert E. Quinn; U. of Michigan Humility as an Enabler of Organizational Growth and Change Presenter: Melissa A. Norcross; Naval Post Graduate School Presenter: Michael R. Manning; Benedictine U. A Social-Economic Approach to OD: Learning from an Intervention with a Large Company Presenter: Olivier Voyant; ISEOR, Magellan, IAE Lyon, U. Jean Moulin Presenter: Frantz Datry; ISEOR Presenter: Amandine Savall; ISEOR Presenter: Marc Bonnet; ISEOR, Magellan, iaelyon, U. Jean Moulin Key Tensions in Purposive Action by Middle Managers Leading Change Presenter: Jean E. Neumann; Tavistock Institute Presenter: Kim James; Cranfield U. Presenter: Russ Vince; U. of Bath Facilitating Change through Groups: Formation of Collective Attitudes towards Change Presenter: Dave Bouckenooghe; Brock U. Presenter: Gavin M. Schwarz; UNSW Sydney Presenter: Bradley J. Hastings; UNSW Sydney Presenter: Sandor Gabor Lukacs De Pereny; AOM Leading in Social Entrepreneurship: Development Organizational Resources in the Face of Paradoxes Presenter: Laura Galuppo; U. Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Presenter: Mara Gorli; Catholic U. of the Sacred Heart, Milan Presenter: Benjamin Nathan Alexander; California Polytechnic State U. Presenter: Giuseppe Scaratti; - Agile Thriving Teams: Model for Environments of Continual Change Presenter: Rachael Narel; Benedictine U. Presenter: Therese F. Yaeger; Benedictine U. Presenter: Peter Sorensen; Benedictine U.