To support the domain of Organization Development and Change and the 50 year career of thought and practice by Marvin Weisbord, the Marvin Weisbord Archive: A Living History of Productive Workplaces has been established. The Archive is managed and housed in the Organizational Dynamics graduate studies program at the University of Pennsylvania.
As I was finishing the first edition of Productive Workplaces in 1987, I was invited to give a seminar at Temple University. There I met Sandra Janoff who told me that her husband, Allan Kobernick, was producing scripted stories using photographic slides that might be adapted for changing workplaces.» more
The Archive is supported by the Future Search Network, Organization Development Network, NTL Institute, The Lewin Center, Seattle University Graduate program in Organization Systems Renewal, Benedictine University departments of Organization Development and Management and Organizational Behavior, Fielding Graduate University School of Human and Organizational Development, and Arama Participatory Management Consulting.» more
The classic book, Productive Workplaces (1987), was voted by the OD Network one of the influential OD books of the last 40 years. The 2004 edition, Productive Workplaces Revisited: Dignity, Meaning, and Community in the 21st Century, includes nearly all of the earlier work plus 100 new pages. The 25th Anniversary (3rd) edition to be published in 2012.» more
The Archive contains original digital video interviews with many academic and practice leaders of Organization Development and Change, and other teaching, training, consulting, and archival resources.» more
