Organization Design Journal

By the Editors:  Ken Shepard, Jerry Gray, and Owen Jacobs

The GO Society Board founded a journal, Organization Design, in November 2007 -- The design and software is in place but efforts have been temporarily suspended as we consider whether it might not be more effective to place senior affiliate articles in established journals.

What was done by November 2007

We editors began our job by using a survey to consult our affiliate requisite organization practitioners and 400 of you sent us your advice.

We used this advice in selecting the journal name, its policies and special issue topics for our first issues.

The first special issue was planned to focus on how requisite organization concepts can be used to design and manage small and medium size organizations.  

We next used a second survey to ask our practitioners about their experience in using requisite organization in small and medium size organizations and their interest in contributing to this first special issue. We are now reviewing your responses and will get back to you soon.

Also that summer, we explored e-journal software and decided to use an open access (free) software called Open Journal Systems.  It's now used by over 1500 journals around the world. Ken Shepard attended a world conference on OJS that was held this summer in at the University of Toronto.  We made contacts with collaborative experts from all over the world working to improve the software and have plenty of free local support from staff at the U. of Toronto.

The software is set up and ready when we identify volunteers who have energy to administer the journal.

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Major organizations and consulting firms that provide Requisite Organization-based services

A global association of academics, managers, and consultants that focuses on spreading RO implementation practices and encouraging their use
Dr. Gerry Kraines, the firms principal, combines Harry Levinson's leadership frameworks with Elliott Jaques's Requisite Organization. He worked closely with Jaques over many years, has trained more managers in these methods than anyone else in the field, and has developed a comprehensive RO-based software for client firms.
Ron Capelle is unique in his multiple professional certifications, his implementation of RO concepts through well designed organization development methods, and his research documenting the effectiveness of his firm's interventions
Former RO-experienced CEO, Ron Harding, provides coaching to CEOs of start-ups and small and medium-size companies that are exploring their own use of RO concepts.  His role is limited, temporary and coordinated with the RO-based consultant working with the organization
Founded by Gillian Stamp, one of Jaques's colleagues at Brunel, the firm modified Jaques;s work-levels, developed the Career Path Appreciation method, and has grown to several hundred certified assessors in aligned consulting firms world-wide recently expanding to include organization design
Requisite Organization International Institute distributes Elliott Jaques's books, papers, and videos and provides RO-based training to client organizations