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Producing Astonishing Organizational Results  

Behavioral Safety Now 2006 conference keynote address presentation notes. Keynote Speaker: John Austin, Ph.D., Western Michigan University. (57 pages)

OBM Panel Discussion Introduction

ABA's 2003 conference offers two panel discussions designed to entertain and educate students and practitioners alike. The eight panelists, each with an average of 25 years of field experience, will present the active history of OBM from its beginnings in the early 1970s to the present. You're invited to join the panelists as they discuss the sometimes humorous and unusual details of how they accomplished behavior-based change in a variety of businesses and industries.

A Proposed New Program Perspective and Curriculum for Organizational Behavior Management

Many organizations implement aspects of OBM such as performance measurement and reporting, performance management training, incentive pay, and performance improvement techniques. These applications, however, are seldom based on applied behavior analysis principles. Traditionally, consulting firms have implemented formal OBM applications. Due to the limited number of such firms, the applications of OBM remain relatively insignificant in number - even though organizational interest is increasing exponentially. Drs. Abernathy and Harshbarger provide thorough analyses of what is needed in a new job role and academic programs that provide the skills and knowledge necessary to meet the new job requirements.

Towards a Technology for Technology Transfer

Dr. Mark Alavosius shares his overview of an initiative (Samuel Slater Centers) currently underway in Rhode Island, USA to enable technology transfer from centers of learning to commercial applications.

Behavioral Systems Analysis: Fundamental concepts and cutting edge applications

Dr. Dale Brethower, Western Michigan University Emeritus, shares his paper that was presented as a Special Event at the 2002 ABA Conference in Toronto, Ontario.

    Part I    Definition and Fundamental Concept

    Part II    The 3 Term Contingency

    Part III    The Total Performance System

    Part IV    Four Concepts

    Part V    Illustrative Applications

    Part VI    Illustrative Applications

    Part VII    Toward the Future

Businesses React to September 11, 2001, including "The War We Are Facing"

An essay from Dr. Steven C. Hayes, Foundation Professor in Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno

Assuring the Quality of Your ABA Interventions via Organizational Behavior Management: A Tutorial

This paper formed the basis of an invited tutorial on Organizational Behavior Management delivered at the Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, San Francisco, May, 2003, by Beth Sulzer-Azaroff, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and President of the Browns Group of Naples.

Behavioral Systems Analysis: Fundamental concepts and cutting edge applications

Dr. Dale Brethower, Western Michigan University Emeritus, shares his paper that was presented as a Special Event at the 2002 ABA Conference in Toronto, Ontario.

Businesses React to September 11, 2001, including "The War We Are Facing"

An essay from Dr. Steven C. Hayes, Foundation Professor in Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno

Creating a High Performance Organization Through a “Free Operant Workplace”

By Dr. William Abernathy

A Proposed New Program Perspective and Curriculum for Organizational Behavior Management

Many organizations implement aspects of OBM such as performance measurement and reporting, performance management training, incentive pay, and performance improvement techniques. These applications, however, are seldom based on applied behavior analysis principles. Traditionally, consulting firms have implemented formal OBM applications. Due to the limited number of such firms, the applications of OBM remain relatively insignificant in number - even though organizational interest is increasing exponentially. Drs. Abernathy and Harshbarger provide thorough analyses of what is needed in a new job role and academic programs that provide the skills and knowledge necessary to meet the new job requirements.

Should Organizational Behavior Management Expand Its Content?

A Third Perspective on E. Scott Geller's Article. William B. Abernathy & Scott Herbst

Towards a Technology for Technology Transfer

Dr. Mark Alavosius shares his overview of an initiative (Samuel Slater Centers / Agility Alliance) currently underway in Rhode Island, USA to enable technology transfer from centers of learning to commercial applications.

Complexity Rising: from Human Beings to Human Civilization, a Complexity Profile

Yaneer Bar-Yam
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