Organizational Development

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Organizational Development

Cultivating a Culture of Creativity and Innovation: Learning from Jazz Improvisation - Sponsored by Acquia

March 12, 2013 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference

Today's world involves change at an unprecedented pace. Managing creativity and innovation is becoming the most important responsibility for leaders in this new century. Leaders must build t…

How to Foster Agile Working Groups at Your Institution

January 17, 2013 | A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

Does your staff feel overwhelmed? Always working in crisis mode? Are you looking for ways to empower your staff and go from a reactive to a proactive culture? Investigate the option of agile, sha…

Learning Organizations and You

October 2, 2012 | A session at the ELI Online Fall Focus Session 2012

The idea of the “learning organization” suggests that redesigning our workplaces to emphasize individual and group learning as the primary goals (as opposed to other priorities like control, …

The EITS Analysis Committee: A Grassroots Effort at Standardized Documentation and Diagramming Templates

May 31, 2012 | A session at the Southeast Regional Conference

Learn about the EITS Analysis Committee and find out how to develop a similar committee. The committee's mission is to assess, create, and continuously improve the organization's systems …

Meeting the Challenge: The 21st-Century IT Organization - Sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner

March 29, 2011 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2011

In a dynamic landscape of imaginative academics, evolving technology, heightened expectations, and economic realities, the IT organization is challenged to keep pace. IT leaders at all levels of th…

It's Not About the Technology: Moving the IT Organization from Service Provider to Valuable Asset

November 4, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference

You may lead a technology organization, but you won't be successful unless you and your staff recognize that your customers value your nontechnical skills above all else. This presentation ide…

Developing Staff Position Descriptions from an Organizational Perspective

June 2, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2009

Staff position descriptions are often written to address immediate operational needs rather than align with strategic goals. Learn how the Classroom Technologies department at George Mason Universi…

Seminar 09A - Professional and Organizational Development: Making IT Organizations More Effective PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.

October 28, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference

Strengthening individual and organizational development effectiveness is a key responsibility of today's higher ed IT leaders. Our organizations are larger and more complex than ever before, a…

IT Staff Development: An Opportunity to Think Like an External Review Team

January 16, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2008

Skidmore's CTO wanted to create a professional development experience for the IT organization that focused on "organizational effectiveness." In response, we created a simulation of …

Architecting Change from the Inside Out

October 26, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference

Those of us in the world of higher education technology services find ourselves entwined with change. Our role usually involves facilitating change across the campus community. We force change on o…