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List Purpose
The purpose of ODNet-Professors is to form a virtual community of professors and instructors of organization development. We encourage membership and participation, as the larger our community, the greater the resources and wisdom that will be available to all. We do not advocate any specific approach to OD or OD instruction, and intend to encourage the sharing of different points of view. Our hope is that we can create a virtual organization that enables each member to be able to share and learn from the others, and for us all to learn from the experience of organizing ourselves in this virtual manner.
Who Can Subscribe
The list is open to anyone who teaches OD as a professor or instructor at a college or university, either in the United States or abroad. Membership in the OD Network is preferred, but not required.
Topics
Potential topics may include, among others:
- Sources for OD instruction
- Different kinds of OD syllabi
- Using case studies and/or electronic resources for instruction
- Challenges and opportunities in team projects
- How to balance OD instruction with facilitating students' ability to learn on their own
- The intersection of applied and theoretical aspects of OD
- Balancing OD education with the need to prepare students for OD jobs
- Balancing traditional approaches to OD with emerging theories and trends
Subscribing
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List Archives
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Help
If you have trouble or a question, check the Email Discussion Help or send a message to the ListServants: Ben Dattner.