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Organization Development and Talent Management: Divergent Sides of the Same Values Equation

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The purpose of this chapter is to explore the nature of the values divergence and convergence between OD and TM in more detail. After a brief introduction of the origins of the two areas of practice, we will focus first on three key areas where OD and TM differ significantly in their approach. These differences represent values dilemmas in practice, in that many OD professionals today are finding themselves either entering TM roles, offering their consulting services to organizational practitioners in TM functions in organizations (i.e., these individuals are often the gatekeepers into these areas of work in organizations today), or even competing with TM approaches for the same types of services.

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Church, A.H., Shull, A.C., Burke, W.W. (2018). Organization Development and Talent Management: Divergent Sides of the Same Values Equation. In: Jamieson, D., Church, A., Vogelsang, J. (eds) Enacting Values-Based Change. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69590-7_15

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