Professor and Director, M.S. in Organization Development & Knowledge Management
School of Public Policy
George Mason University
3401 Fairfax Drive, MS 3B1
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone 703 993 3808
Fax: 703 993 8215
email: thatchen@gmu.edu
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Tojo Thatchenkery (Ph.D. Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University) is professor and director of the Masters in Science program in Organization Development and Knowledge Management at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia.  He is also a member of the NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science (www.ntl.org) and the Taos Institute ( www.taosinstitute.net ).  Dr. Thatchenkery is also president of Avenir Consulting Inc., a consulting firm specializing in leadership development, change management, organization redesign, collaborative learning & knowledge management.  Thatchenkery’s recent books include Enhancing Organizational Performance through Strategic Initiatives: Handbook of Management Cases (2009), Appreciative Inquiry and Knowledge Management: A Social Constructionist Perspective (2007), Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn (Harvard Business Review 2006 Reading List), and Appreciative Sharing of Knowledge: Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change (2005).  He has also researched contemporary themes such as technological culture and globalization which resulted in another book, Information Communication Technology and Economic Development: Learning from the Indian Experience (2006). His forthcoming books are Making the Invisible Visible: Understanding Leadership Contributions of Asian Minorities in the Workplace (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010) and Advances in Appreciative Inquiry, Volume 4- Positive Design and Appreciative Construction: From Sustainable Development to Sustainable Value (Emerald).
 
Thatchenkery has extensive consulting experience in change management, organization development, and knowledge management. Past and current clients include Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, IBM, Fannie Mae, Booz Allen, PNC Bank, Lucent Technologies, General Mills, British Petroleum, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, United States Department of Agriculture, EPA, Akbank (Turkey), and the Tata Consulting Services (India).
 
Thatchenkery has over twenty years of experience in teaching at various Public Policy, MBA, Organization Development, and executive development programs in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He also founded the Organizational Learning Laboratory at the George W. Johnson Learning Center and served as its director from 1995 to 2000. During this time the facility was featured as one of the leading laboratories for organizational learning and knowledge management by the Academy of Management and the Project Management Journal.

Thatchenkery's research has been funded by agencies such as the United States National Science Foundation, U.S. Postal Service, and National Security Agency. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences and the Journal of Organizational Change Management. Dr. Thatchenkery is also the book review editor of the Journal of Organizational Change Management and the past Program Chair of the Research Methods Division of the 18000-member strong Academy of Management.

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