Module 1

The following is an adaptation from the informal talks on Zen meditation and practice with Shunryu Suzuki.

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As one plans to intervene in an institution or organization, one of the key first steps is to identify the exact client that will sponsor the intervention and system change initiative. On the surface, it may be obvious who the chief client would be. However, time needs to be taken to determine the client system (s) that exists so that the internal or external consultant can create the proper intervention and role clarification in the change process. The client is never just a single individual. There is a client system which impacts the organization.

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The following definitions of OE (Organizational Effectiveness) and Organiztional Change reflect the perspectives of key OE theorists and practitioners.

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The effectiveness of any organization depends upon its capacity to accomplish what it has set out to do: its mission or purpose.

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Module 1 of the WROE Program is designed to provide the learning community with an understanding of the organizational effectiveness/development field and to provide opportunities to enhance the OE practitioner skills.

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A comparison between internal and external consulting roles...

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We are sometimes driven by our hooks. Hooks are those things which influence us when we are unaware that they are operating.

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Do teachers have right to free expression?

By Helen Gao
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
February 6, 2007
[online@ SignOnSanDiego.com News Education]

It's not just students who get into trouble for what they do online, teachers do, too.

A San Diego Unified School District investigation into a middle school instructor's personal Web content has stirred debate about teachers' right to privacy and what districts may or may not do to regulate their online activities.

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Tuesday & Wednesday - 8:45a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Thursday - 8:45a.m. to 3:00p.m.

Dallas & Fort Worth Rooms 1st. Floor

NEA – Western Region Organizational Effectiveness Program
Module I
Current Theory and Practice of
Organizational Development

Facilitators: Cara Elmore, Mel Myler, Marilyn Rogers, Beverly Johnson, Donna Gold

AGENDA

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

9 am – 10:30 am Check – In/Contracting CARA
What am I here to accomplish?
What are we here to do together?
Offer one learning or quote from the Carnevale book

10:30 am – 10:40 am Break

10:40 am – 12 noon OD Overview MARILYN & MEL

12 am – 2pm Lunch Break
Journal:
Who am I with this community?
What did I do well this morning?
What needs more attention?
What are some behaviors I would like
to work on? (listening more, talking more, accepting feedback, tracking group dynamics….)

2pm – 3pm Be Present/Use of Self MEL

3pm – 3:45pm OD Definitions CARA

3:45pm – 4pm Break

4pm – 4:45pm Technology & OD DON

4:45pm – 5pm Check Out MEL
PM Reading: Action Research & Internal/External consulting

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

9am – 9:45 am Check In MEL
Key Learning to add to the Learning Wall

9:45am – 10:45am Fishbowl: Diagnosing Yesterday's Group Dynamics FACULTY & Participants

10:45 - 11:30am Internal/External consulting MEL
Definition of client?
Who is the client?
Who is our practicum client?

(self-scheduled break)

11:30am – 12 noon Action Research BEV

12 pm – 2pm Lunch Break

2pm – 2:45pm From Data to Knowledge JACQUES

2:30pm – 4:00pm Entry & Contracting DONNA/CORE TEAM

4:00pm – 4:30pm Use of Self MEL

4:30pm – 5:00pm Check Out CARA
Key Learning to add to the learning wall

Journal:
Is there anything I need to say or get from anyone in this community before our next module?
What am I the proudest about?
What am I struggling with?
What do I plan to apply in my work back home between this module and the next module?
What do I need to practice more?

Thursday, January 25, 2007

9am – 9:45am Check In DONNA
Any thoughts from PM journaling?

9:45am – 10:30am Tools of Diagnosis & Interventions MARILYN

10:30am – 10:45 BREAK

10:45am – noon Further Development of State Practica BEV & JACQUES

Lunch

1pm – 2:30pm Core Team works with their states together (2/3 states
Sharing)

2:30pm – 3pm Coins/ Check out MARILYN