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Billie Alban: The Inclusive OD Practitioner and Scholar

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This work provides an overview of the contributions of Billie Alban, one of the foremost early thinkers and leaders in the field of OD and change. From her early childhood and throughout her life, Billie became the voice of advocacy for stakeholder inclusion. Starting with her young adult life, this chapter explores the influences early OD figures had on her development as a practitioner and then moves on to her own formidable contributions to the field which served to influence the development of generations of OD practitioners. Billie Alban’s key works on the use of large scale change methods, her collaborators and her beliefs that we are always in community are discussed, as is the key legacy of her work and presence in the field of OD.

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  1. Executive Professor Leadership and Management: Organization Theory and Management/Organization Development, Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, 6100 Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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  1. The George Washington University , Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    David B. Szabla

  2. Columbia University , New York, New York, USA

    William A. Pasmore

  3. The George Washington University , College Park, Maryland, USA

    Mary A. Barnes

  4. Columbia University , New York, New York, USA

    Asha N. Gipson

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Mangiofico, G. (2016). Billie Alban: The Inclusive OD Practitioner and Scholar. In: Szabla, D., Pasmore, W., Barnes, M., Gipson, A. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49820-1_28-1

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    Alban, Billie: The Inclusive Organizational Development Practitioner and Scholar
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    Billie Alban: The Inclusive OD Practitioner and Scholar
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49820-1_28-1

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