Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

2015

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2015) 34(1-2)

doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0034.109

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

The authors explore assumptions that underlie work on organizational development in their field, which reveal hierarchical and homogenizing tendencies, despite commitments to inclusivity. Given that the aim of recent literature, such as Schroeder and Associates’ Coming in from the Margins, is to situate educational developers in relation to organizational development, and given the field’s values, then both staff and directors must be considered. The authors examine how the margins can be valuable sites of knowledge production, highlighting the ways staff might contribute to organizational development. The authors hope that readers will gain several ideas for how to incorporate staff into organizational development.

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