Speaker:
Terry McGinn, MBA, Ph.D.

Title:
Assessing the Cultural Dimensions of Organizational Success

Synopsis:
Most assessment in organizations focus on individuals: their fit for a particular position and the improvement of competencies required to succeed in that position. But the behavior of individual human beings is shaped by the groups and cultures in which they participate. To understand and change the behavior of individuals, it's essential to understand the systems driving that behavior.

This presentation will focus on the analysis of organizational culture as the unit that links individual behavior to organizational success:what are the key variables in organizational systems that affect the organization's ability to accomplish its mission, and how can those variables be measured? Learn about existing research on this topic, examples of tools that measure organizational variables, and key guidelines for designing one's own organizational culture assessment.

Speaker Bio:
Terry McGinn has a wealth of experience from the college classroom to business and industry, with over 15 years of management experience in profit and nonprofit sectors. He focuses on leadership development, workforce management and change management in his consulting work, along with providing career management services to corporate and individual clients. Terry's clients have ranged from Lincoln-Mercury of California and the UK Division of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, to Borders, Inc. and the Washtenaw County (MI) Sheriff Department. Terry has a rich human resource background with a diverse span of work in employee relations, competency assessment, employment, training, and staff supervision. In addition to his consulting work,

Terry has designed and conducted major survey research through the University of Michigan, including grant-sponsored work for his doctoral dissertation in organizational innovation. In addition to his consulting work, Terry holds an adjunct teaching appointment in the Sociology Department at the University of Michigan.