Adult and Organizational Development
The Adult and Organizational Development (AOD) program is rooted in the premise that education is a life-long endeavor which is highly valued not only in traditional educational institutions but also in many professional and workplace settings. Professionals across diverse arenas of practice look to programs in education to help foster organizational, group, and individual learning throughout the lifespan. This program address these important educational needs.
The Adult and Organizational Development program provides students with professional competencies in a range of related areas including the ability to:
- assess adult learning and training needs
- design effective training and personal development programs
- assess team performance and design effective team development interventions
- conduct organizational assessments and design organizational development strategies
- diagnose barriers to effective group communication and conduct effective facilitation of group decision-making processes
- analyze difficult conflict issues and design useful conflict intervention strategies
- design dispute resolution systems and oversee third party intervention programs involving mediation, negotiation, restorative justice and hearing panels
The program prepares students to work in any professional arena where adult education is a central objective, including:
- Training and Development - Team and Individual
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Learning and Leadership Development
- Conflict Intervention Specialists
- Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Management
- Organizational Development
- Community Organizing
Degree Programs
- Applied Communication for Professional Educators (B.A.)
- Adult and Organizational Development (M.Ed.)
Certificate Programs
Adult and Organizational Development Faculty
| Cynthia Belliveau | Assistant Professor |
| Joseph Folger | Professor |
| Tricia Jones | Professor |
| Larry Krafft | Professor |
| Janice Laurence | Associate Professor |
| Melvin Silberman | Emeritus |
Contact Information:
For further information about the Adult and Organizational Development Program, please contact:
Joseph Folger, Ph.D.
phone: (215) 204-1890
email joseph.folger@temple.edu
Dept. of Psychological Studies in Education
College of Education, Temple University
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091