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 * ABOUT PROFESSOR BECKER **

** William has 30 years of organization consulting experience in a range of industries, from medium sized companies to large Fortune 500 corporations. He is a hands-on practitioner who helps organizations through major strategic, operational, and cultural change efforts, and designs and implements workshops, seminars and conferences for all levels of management and employees. He is currently working as an independent consultant/trainer/professor and has served as Director of OD for: **

** HSBC/Marine Midland Bank - Investment Sector of AXA Financial **** - Estee Lauder Manufacturing- New York Power Authority Nuclear Plant - Maritz Travel & Training **** - American Management Association International **

** Publications: **

** Book - //How To OD…And Live to Tell About// //It// //, A Practitioner’s Guide for Organization Development ,// has received outstanding reviews, and is used in universities and practicing OD consultants. **

** Journals - ** · ** United Kingdom’s Manchester School of Business //Creativity and Innovation Management Journal// ** · ** American Management Associations’ //M-World Resource Center// ** · ** National Organization Development publications //OD Practitioner and Practicing, including:// **

**Articles -** **// - General Systems Theory: What is It? Is There an Application Example for OD? //**** (An effort to clarify ** ** how general system theory may be applied in organization consulting.) ** **// - The Alignment Conference //**** (Description and benefits of a Future Search type of conference.) ** **// - What Makes You Think That //**** ? **** (How life experiences influence our perceptions.) ** **// - Organization Alignment – Be Ready to Design In Flexibility //**** (Create organization structures that ** ** can adapt to changing marketplace demands.) ** **// - If I Had A Hammer //**** ( **** Not all problems require the same type of solutions.) ** **// - Compliance Through Direction and Commitment Through Self-Organization //**** (People ‘commit’ ** ** when they have control over the way products and services are designed and delivered.) ** **// - Enterprising Shift //**** (Traditional organizations are changing to ‘Enterprises’ with ** ** external & internal stakeholders ** ** intricately involved.) ** **// - There Is No Answer! //**** (It is futile to predict organization structures and needs for the future until those needs arise.) ** **// - Succession Planning ( //**** How ‘open book’ organizations provide a more fertile environment for viable succession plans.) ** **// - What’s In A Name? - //****// Education, Training, Development, and Organizational Growth ( //**** How labels are **  ** used in organizations is often misleading.) **

** In addition, William is invited to present at national conferences for human resource, training, and organization development. **

** He has a master's degree from UCLA, with extensive training at National Training Laboratories (NTL) in their core and advanced Organizational Development Programs. He is a founding member of SearchNet, and a former Board member of the Organization Development Network of Greater New York. Bill is a former adjunct Professor at the New School in New York City, where he taught Organization Development and Human Resources Management in their Human Resource Masters Degree Program, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at New York University and here at St. John’s University. **

** Contact: professorbecker1@verizon.net or 212-633-6834About Professor Becker  **