Alban, Billie: The Inclusive Organizational Development Practitioner and Scholar

Gary Mangiofico ()
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Gary Mangiofico: Organization Theory and Management/Organization Development, Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management

Chapter 1 in The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers, 2021, pp 1-16 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter provides an overview of the contributions of Billie Alban, one of the foremost early thinkers and leaders in the field of Organizational Development (OD) and change. From her early childhood and throughout her life, Billie became the voice of advocacy for stakeholder inclusion. Starting with her young adult life, this chapter explores the influences early OD figures had on her development as a practitioner and then moves on to her own formidable contributions to the field which served to influence the development of generations of OD practitioners. Billie Alban’s key works on the use of large-scale change methods, her collaborators, and her beliefs that we are always in community are discussed, as is the key legacy of her work and presence in the field of OD.

Keywords: Large group interventions; Organizational development; Inclusion; Women pioneers; System; Management; Emergent dynamics; Systematizing of large group methods; Moral imperative of giving voice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38324-4_28

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