DKA news 1. Organization Design: The New Essential HR Capability. Amy Kates and Jay Galbraith will be featured plenary speakers at the HRPS Succeeding in a World without Boundaries conference on April 13-16, 2008 in Huntington, Beach, CA. They will speak on recent trends in organization design and how the HR executive can build an internal organization design capability. Click here (pdf file) for the full brochure. 2. Trends in Organization Design: What the OD Professional Needs to Know. Amy Kates will be a plenary speaker, along with others such as Noel Tichy, Peter Block, and Marshall Goldsmith, at the Best of Organization Development Summit to be held May 13-15, 2008 in Chicago, IL. Amy will focus on key organization design concepts for the internal organization development practitioner. Click here (pdf file) for a full brochure. To register, visit www.linkageinc.com/ods and include priority code "ODC08-SP2" for a $200 discount. 3. Designing Your Organization was released on November 2nd. Amy Kates and Jay Galbraith's new book focuses on special applications in organization design including designing around the customer, coordinating across geographic borders, designing a successful matrix, designing for innovation, configuring the corporate center, and solving the dilemmas of centralization and decentralization. The book is published by Jossey-Bass and available for order at Amazon at amazon.com. Click here to hear what people are saying about the book. 4. People & Strategy. Amy Kates has joined the editorial board of People & Strategy journal. Amy will focus on developing content on the topic of building the strategic HR function for this journal, previously known as the Human Resource Planning journal. If you are researching and writing in the area of the development of the HR function please contact Amy at AKates@DowneyKates.com to discuss article ideas. 5. Alice Mann joins Downey Kates Associates. Alice is a consultant with a decade of experience helping leaders and their teams understand organizational issues, evaluate options, and accelerating the implementation of strategic decisions that drive performance. Alice was formerly with JPMorgan Chase and brings a broad range of in-house experience leading change during major corporate mergers and acquisitions. Click here for her bio. 6. Matrix Structures and Virtual Collaboration. Amy Kates' and Paul Erickson's chapter on this topic will be published in The Handbook of High Performance Virtual Teams in April 2008. The book can be pre-ordered at Amazon. 7. "(Re)Designing the HR Organization" wins Walker Prize. Amy Kates' article on new models for structuring the HR function was awarded the HRPS Walker Prize for outstanding article of 2006. Click here for a copy. 8. In-House Organization Design Training. Are you looking for an in-house organization design program for your company? Amy Kates and Jay Galbraith are offering a offering a two to three-day program with a customized case. The program combines the latest of Jay's thinking with Amy's methodology and tools to ensure your managers and HR staff are ready to apply the learning back on the job. For an overview outline click here. 9. Organization Design Forum. ODF is the international professional association for organization designers. Plan to join ODF at the April 2008 conference in Philadelphia. For more information on ODF, workshops, and conferences go to www.organizationdesignforum.org.

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