Organizational Development

Action Research International - Refereed online journal of action research. Sponsored by the Institute of Workplace Research Learning and Development (WoRLD) within the Graduate College of Management at Southern Cross University, Australia.
www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/ari/arihome.html

Action Science Network - A summary of Chris Argyris's model of communication.
www.actionscience.com/

American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) - Founded in 1944 ASTD's membership includes more than 70,000 people, working in the field of workplace performance in 100 countries worldwide.
www.astd.org/astd

Center for Human Resource Management Studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University - A partnership between education, industry, and the community, creating a learning environment committed to the development of knowledge and leadership in the management of human resources.
www.chrms.org/

Concepts and Transformation - International Journal of Action Research and Organizational Renewal
www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=CAT

Employee Involvement Association - An international non-profit service organization serving professional managers and administrators by providing educational programs, publications, and networking opportunities. Composed of members from finance, commerce, industry and government, dedicated to the worth, contributions and benefits of employee suggestion systems and other employee involvement processes.
www.eianet.org/

The Grubb Institute of Behavioural Studies. - Researching into the dynamics of human systems informing personal experience with Christian theological insight.
www.grubb.org.uk/

Human Systems Dynamics Institute - Promoting human systems dynamics through research, training, and certification of organizational development professionals for leadership in change management.
www.hsdinstitute.org/

Industrial and Corporate Change - A journal committed to present and interpret the evidence on corporate and industrial change. Full text of articles available to subscribers only.
icc.oxfordjournals.org/

Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits (MAP) - Free management library resources for nonprofit and for-profit businesses. Topics include: human resources, leadership, management development, organizational performance, change, and communications, research design, and systems thinking.
mapnp.nonprofitoffice.com/

Mike Wills Learning Services - A knowledge base covering aspects of individual and organizational learning and development.
www.mwls.co.uk/

MIT System Dynamics in Education Project - Road Maps is an on-line "do it yourself" workbook for learning system dynamics. Papers on systems and quality improvement. Part of the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
sysdyn.clexchange.org/

MIT's Center for Coordination Science - Includes number of working papers online. The center's home is MIT's Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, MA.
ccs.mit.edu/ccsmain.html

MIT's Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century - The mission of the center is understand emerging ways of working and to invent entirely new and more effective approaches and put them into practice. Site includes a discussion paper "What do we really want? A manifesto for the organizations of the 21st Century".
ccs.mit.edu/21c/

Organization Development and Research - A topical discussion group and resource site for professionals, students, business people and academic researchers.
www.verner.us/

Organization Development Institute - A non-profit educational association organized in 1968 to promote an understanding of the field of Organization Development.
members.aol.com/odinst/

Organizational Development Network - Sample articles from magazine, full access through paid membership. Resource site containing reference material and member contact information.
www.odnetwork.org/

Organizational Development Portal - Links and information about the practice of organizational development.
www.odportal.com/

Rapid Business Improvement - Tools for coaches and consultants focused on organizational development and business effectiveness issues. Based in Hounslow, United Kingdom.
www.rapidbi.com/

Resultance, Inc. - Provides consulting for business and personal growth. Includes services, news, and resources. Seattle, Washington, USA.
www.resultance.com/

Richard Karash's HomePage - Small collection of papers on systems thinking, groupware, organizational learning.
world.std.com/~rkarash/

Society for Organizational Learning - A consortium of corporations, consultants, students, and researchers dedicated to building knowledge about fundamental institutional change. Membership and access by paid membership.
www.solonline.org/

Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management - The center in Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania is dedicated to building basic and practical understanding of leadership and change publishes the Wharton Leadership Digest. Few on-line resources.
leadership.wharton.upenn.edu/welcome/index.shtml

World at Work - Non-profit association dedicated to knowledge leadership in compensation, benefits and total rewards. Offers certification and education programs focusing on disciplines associated with attracting, retaining and motivating employees.
www.worldatwork.org/