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Robert Marshak

Senior Scholar in Residence
SPA: Public Administration

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    Scholar in Residence
  • Dr. Marshak has taught organization dynamics and change leadership in SPA since 1977. His areas of expertise include: organizational change and development, organizational discourse, and organization theory and behavior. Dr. Marshak has served on the Boards of NTL Institute and the Organization Development Network, and was Acting Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.  He received the OD Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and is the author of over 60 publications on consulting and change. Dr. Marshak also held senior executive level positions in policy and management analysis in the US Government.

  • Degrees

    Ph.D. Public Administration, American University
    M.P.A Public Administration, American University
    B.A., Political Science, Duke University

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  • SPA - Public Admin and Policy
  • Ward - 335

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Partnerships & Affiliations

Teaching

  • Fall 2009

    • PUAD-654 Organization Diagnosis & Chng: Org Diagnosis & Chng - Key 38
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  • Spring 2010

    • PUAD-642 Organization Dynamics: Org Dynamics - AU/NTL 60
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    • PUAD-654 Organization Diagnosis & Chng: Org Diagnosis & Chng - Key 39
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Visiting Fellowship awarded by the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, May 2008
  • University Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Appointment, American University, 2001
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Organization Development Network, 2000

Selected Publications

Marshak, R. J. (2009) Organizational Change: Views from the Edge. Bethel, ME: The Lewin Center.

 

 

Marshak, R. J., & Grant, D. (2008) “Organizational Discourse and New Organization Development Practices,” British Journal of Management, Vol. 19, pp.S7-S19.

Marshak, R. J. (2006) Covert Processes at Work: Managing the Five Hidden Dimensions of Organizational Change. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

 

Bushe, G. R., & Marshak, R. J. (2009) “Revisioning Organization Development: Diagnostic and Dialogic Premises and Patterns of Practice,” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 45, No. 3. 

Professional Presentations

Marshak, R. J. “Leading Change: What You Need to Know and Why.” Featured speaker for Seton Family of Hospitals Leadership Forum, Austin, Texas, 2009.

 

Marshak, R. J. “The Hidden Barriers to Organizational Change.” Invited lecture at the Graduate School of Global Human Resource Development, Chung Ang University, Seoul, Korea, 2008.

 

Marshak, R. J. “The Power of Conceptual Metaphors to Shape Organization Strategy and Change.” Keynote address for the Metaphor in Strategy and Organization Workshop, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, 2008.

 

Marshak, R. J. “Managing the Five Hidden Dimensions of Organizational Change.” Keynote presentation at the Performance America Consortium Conference, sponsored by the United States Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC, 2007.

 

Marshak, R. J. "Organizational Change and Covert Processes." Invited presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society of Psychologists in Management, Washington, DC, 2007.

 

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Area of Expertise: Organizational change, hidden dimensions of organizations or covert processes in organizations, how language (talk) influences change

Additional Information: Robert J. Marshakhas more than 30 years of experience consulting public and private corporations globally and is the author of Covert Processes at Work: Managing the Five Hidden Dimensions of Organizational Change (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006).

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