What’s up with the Organisation Development network?
- Organisational Development
- Published on 1 Jul 2012
- Craig Yeatman
It has fallen to the South African Board of People Practice (SABPP) to serve as the statutory quality and standards body for the people profession. Under the leadership of CEO, Marius Meyer, this small group of people is setting out to prove Margaret Mead right when she says that we should, “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Leadership development in the Western Cape Government
- Organisational Development
- Published on 1 Jul 2012
- Craig Yeatman
When the Western Cape Government (WCG) set out to develop their brand of leadership across several layers of their hierarchy, they had some specific requirements for the intervention. Director-General in the Western Cape Government Advocate B. Gerber says, "Leadership excellence is an important element of the WCG people strategy in order to support a vision-led and values driven approach."
Organisational Development
- Organisational Development
- Published on 30 Jun 2012
- Craig Yeatman
Joanne is in her early thirties and wants to enter the profession of Organisational Development (OD). Like many people (even those older and more experienced than herself), she’s finding it quite challenging. "OD started as a reaction against the dehumanising mechanism of post-world-war organisational life, and then became preoccupied with living systems. Next OD attempted to cope with the ever-increasing scale of organisational life at the close of the last century, and more recently it has taken on a more holistic approach that works to unfold organisational effectiveness in a healthy way," says Donna Glanville, an OD specialist.
The practitioner’s code
- Organisational Development
- Published on 1 Jul 2012
- Craig Yeatman
“I always enjoy the moment in a presentation when the optical illusion get flashed up on the projector and the facilitator says: ‘Which one do you see - the old lady or the young lady?’ I have always wanted someone to tell me something deep and meaningful about what I see,” says Dr Louise van Rhyn of Symponia.
