Goodwin College of Business

Ph.D. in Organization Development
Ph.D. in Organization Development

Awards and Recognitions

Benedictine’s Ph.D. in OD program has received more than 100 professional awards and special recognitions nationally and internationally, and boasts one of the largest alumni networks involving executive leadership at major organizations around the world. For more than 50 years, the program has been providing groundbreaking insight into the workings of top successful organizations, garnering repeated accolades from the Academy of Management, OD Network and OD Institute.

2010-2021

2021

  • Donna Ogle with co-authors Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi and Bart Brock selected as finalist for the Rupert Chisholm Theory to Practice best paper award from the ODC division Academy of Management.

2017

  • Peter Sorensen was honored with the Organization Development Network’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given to individuals who have served the profession over an extended period of time, have earned the respect and admiration of professional colleagues and have freely engaged not only contemporaries, but also have been committed to maintain a dynamic connection to all generations of OD practitioners.
  • Sorensen, Yaeger and Ramkrishnan Tenkasi—three of the leading faculty members in Benedictine’s OD program—were prominently featured in a new book, “The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers.” The book includes profiles of prominent scholars and highlights their professional backgrounds, key insights, contributions and legacy within the field of organizational change.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi co-chairs with George Hay Showcase Symposium “Transforming Theory and Research into Practice” at the National Academy of Management.

2016

  • Sorensen and Therese Yaeger chaired the Showcase Symposium, “Making Research Meaningful: Translating Scholarly Work to Application,” at the national Academy of Management’s annual meeting.
  • Tanjia Coleman (with Therese Yaeger and Peter Sorensen) was awarded Best Scholar-Practitioner Collaboration from the Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management.
  • Uzonna Olumba was awarded Best Student Paper (English) at the Institut de Socio-Economie des Enterprises et des Organizations/Academy of Mangement conference in Lyon, France.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi showcase symposium “Making Academic Practitioner Research Partnerships Meaningful” at the National Academy of Management.

2015

  • Namporn Thanetsunthorn (with Therese Yaeger and Peter Sorensen) was awarded Outstanding Paper on Ethical Issues in Consulting by the Academy of Management.
  • Therese Yaeger and Peter Sorensen chaired the Showcase Symposium, “Governing OD Growth and History: Re-visiting the 1969 Addison-Wesley 6-volume series with OD Scholars,” at the national Academy of Management’s annual meeting.

2014

  • Dawn Newman, with Yaeger, Sorensen and Hinrichs, receives the Best Scholar-Practitioner Collaboration Award from the Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management.
  • Leslie McKnight named recipient of Outstanding Paper on Ethical Issues in Consulting Award by the Academy of Management.
  • Barbara Ragland named recipient of the Information Age Publishing Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student Research by the Academy of Management.
  • Tanjia Coleman named recipient of Best Student Paper Award at the Academy of Management-Organization Development (AOM-OD) conference in Lyon, France.
  • Regina Troxell named recipient of Best Student Paper Award by the International Society for Organization Development.

2013

  • Frank Houston named recipient of Best Student Paper Award at the AOM-OD conference in Lyon, France.
  • Henry Williams named recipient of Best Faculty Paper Award at the AOM-OD conference in Lyon, France.
  • Ousama Salha named recipient of Outstanding Paper on Ethical Issues in Consulting Award by the Academy of Management.

2012

  • Lachlan Whatley named recipient of Best Student Paper Award at the AOM-OD conference in Lyon, France.
  • Enyonam Kudonoo named recipient of Best Paper Award by the International Society of Organization Development.

2011

  • Katherine Schroeder named recipient of Best Student Paper Award at the AOM-OD conference in Lyon, France.
  • Therese Yaeger named recipient of Benedictine University's Faculty Award for Research.
  • Corinne Haviley named recipient of Best Paper Award by the Academy of Management.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi Chair Showcase Symposium “A Socio-Technical Systems Study of Virtual R&D Organizations” National Academy of Management

2010

  • Therese Yaeger named recipient of Outstanding Educator Award by the Southwest Academy of Management.
  • Academy of Management's All-Academy Showcase titled "Dare to Care: The Global Experience" presented with Benedictine faculty and students.

  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi Showcase Symposium “Alternative Pathways to Practice” at the National Academy of Management.

  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi invited as key note speaker for International conference on Business Cases” Institute of Management Education, India.

2000-2009

2009

  • Peter Sorensen named recipient of Outstanding Educator Award by the Southwest Academy of Management.
  • Academy of Management's All-Academy Showcase titled "Cross-Fertilizing IT Knowledge, Consulting and Practice: From Evolution to Greening of Technology," presented with Benedictine faculty and students.
  • Therese Yaeger named OD Consultant of the Year by the OD Institute.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi receives grant award from the National Science Foundation for a “Comparative study of virtual R&D organizations”.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi invited as key note speaker for conference on “Innovations in Implementation and Health Informatics” Arizona State University
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi invited as key note speaker, Global Organization Development Summit, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India.

2008

  • Peter Sorensen and Therese Yaeger named recipients of Sharing the Wealth Award by the OD Network.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi Showcase symposium “The Indian Software Industry as Research Context” at the National Academy of Management.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi Invited Distinguished Speaker, South Asia Fulbright Research Conference, Jaipur, India

2007

  • Peter Sorensen and Therese Yaeger receive Service Award from Southwest Academy of Management in recognition of their contributions.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi invited as Distinguished visiting speaker, Concordia University Research Chair in Organization Development, John Molson School of Business, Canada
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi invited as Key Note speaker, Asian Organization Development Summit, Shenyang, China

2006

  • Ramkrishnan Tenkasi is presented a Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Award for his work on the software industry in India.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi receives grant award from National Science Foundation for study on “Institutional and Entrepreneurial determinants of Indian Software Firm Founding Rates”

2005

  • Philip Anderson named recipient of Best Corporate OD Award by the OD Institute.
  • Nazneen Razi becomes chair of board of directors of Human Resources Management Association of Chicago.
  • Vincent Pellettiere named recipient of Best Paper Presentation Award by the OD Institute.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi invited as key note speaker for conference on “Learning from the Indian Software Industry Experience” sponsored by State of Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi named recipient of Benedictine University's Faculty Award for Research.

2004

  • Kym Wong named recipient of Outstanding Student Paper Award by the Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management.

2003

  • Kym Wong named recipient of Best Paper and Presentation Award by the OD Network.
  • Deloras Jones named recipient of Best Paper and Presentation Award by the OD Network.

2002

  • Thomas Griffin receives First Impact Award for Outstanding OD Project from the Chicago OD Network.
  • Deb Orr named recipient of Best Paper and Presentation Award by the OD Network.
  • Kathleen Buchman honored as recipient of the first Willis Harmon Spirit at Work Award.
  • Bill Kohley named recipient of Best Presentation Award by the OD Institute.

2001

  • Therese Yaeger named recipient of Best Paper Award by the OD Institute.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi with Doctoral Candidate Deborah Shearer receives grant award from Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Acquisition Program for study of “horizontal knowledge transfer in new product development”.

2000

  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi with Doctoral Candidate Deborah Shearer receives grant award from Lucent Technologies Knowledge Universe Foundation for “study of knowledge transfer and assimilation in new product development teams”

  • Doctoral Candidate Mary Ferdig with James Ludema and Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi receive grant award from National Science Foundation to study “Complex Change in the Nuclear Power Industry”.
1990-1999

1999

  • Robert Head named finalist for Association for Talent Development's Best Dissertation of the Year Award.
  • Academy of Management’s All-Academy Showcase with Motorola Corporation and a second with John Deere.
  • Robert Head named recipient of Best Paper Award by the International Management Association.
  • Deborah Shearer, Lucent Technologies, named finalist for the OD Project of the Year by the OD Institute.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi chairs Showcase Symposium “International Perspective on the Knowledge-Action Nexus” at the Natonal Academy of Management.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi chairs Showcase symposium “Information Technology and Organizational Change in Turbulent Environments” at the National Academy of Management

  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi with James Ludema receives National Science Foundation grant award for the study of “Hope in promoting positive innovation and Change”

  • Marshal Chesmore, Gina Hinrichs and Mary Lou Kotecki named finalists for the OD Project of the Year Award by the OD Institute.
  • Mary Ferdig named recipient of Best Paper Award by the OD Institute.
  • Thomas Griffin named finalist for the OD Project of the Year Award by the OD Institute.
  • Linda Sharkey named recipient of Best Paper Award by the OD Institute.
  • David Jones named recipient of Best Paper Award by the OD Institute.
 
 
 

1998

  • Dale Spartz shares Best Project of the Year Award with Harvard professor Michael Beer.
  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi is Invited as Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Work Research Institute, Oslo, Norway.

  • Ramkrishnan (Ram) Tenkasi is Invited as Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Rand Institute Santa Monica, Ca.

1997

  • Akinyinka O. Akinyele with Therese Yaeger named runner-up for OD Project of the Year Award by the OD Institute.
  • Kathleen Buchman named recipient of Outstanding Student Professional Presentation Award by the OD Institute.
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