Portland State University
 
Organization Development

Portland State University’s Organization Development Certificate aims to connect students, the OD community, and other like-minded professionals throughout the Portland Metro area, including Vancouver and southwestern Washington, and Salem, Oregon, communities to resources in their community and beyond.

  • International Society for Performance Improvement
  • ASTD - OD and Training are intermingling a lot; there are many OD jobs that get posted here.
  • William Bridges - author of "Managing Transitions," the core book for our program.
  • Jossey—Bass - a leading publisher for OD books of all sorts. Type in "organizational development" on the home page to see the titles they have available.
  • Project Management Institute - a core skill in OD.
  • CPP - the leading provider of OD tools like MBTI, FIRO-B, etc.
  • Business Consultants Network, Inc. - the site for LIFO and for certification to administer.
  • Edward Tufte - He is the guru on the visual display of information, a core skill for OD.
  • Harvard Business Working Knowledge Weekly Newsletter. Anyone can sign up for free! This has case studies, new research out on leadership, groups, etc., and new books that are coming out.
  • SHRM - HR and OD are so closely linked this is a good one for folks to check out.
  • Linkage, Inc. - This is a global OD and Leadership site (for profit) that is competing for attention from OD folks like ODN—a great site with solid information.