Joanne C. Preston, Ph.D.

Doctoral Dean of Management

Colorado Technology University, IAS

Colorado Springs, CO

Dyer, L.M., & Preston, J.C. (2000). Developing internal organization development consultants. International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, 3. Retrieved from http//www.dekker.com

Easley, C.A., Ludema, J., & Preston, J.C. (2000). Saving the workforce of the new millennium: An evaluative study on the effects of Appreciative Inquiry and Search conferencing methods as intervention strategies for youth in gangs. Paper presented at the Midwest Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.

Fitzgerald, S., Miller, M., & Preston, J.C. (2009, August). Moving Groups Beyond Commiseration to Create Sustainable Change. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management.

Head, T., Sorensen, P., Armstrong, T., & Preston, J. (2010, August). Professional development workshop, Montreal, Canada.

Head, T.C., Sorensen, Jr. P., Preston, J.C., & Yeager, T. (2000). Is appreciative inquiry OD’s philosopher’s stone? In D. Cooperrider, P. Sorensen, Jr., D. Whitney, & T. Yeager (Eds.) Appreciative inquiry: Rethinking human organization toward a positive theory of change, Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing L.L.C.

McCoy, M., Preston, J. C., & Armstrong, T.R. (2010, February). Designing a Doctoral Program in the Emerging Field of Home Land Security: The Curriculum Development Process. Presented at the 4th Annual Homeland Defense and Security Education Summit, Georgetown, Washington, DC.

Miller, M.G., Fitzgerald, S.P. Murrell, K.L., Preston, J.C. & Ambekar, R. (2005). Appreciative inquiry in building a transcultural strategic alliance: The case of a biotech alliance between a U.S. multinational and an Indian family business. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 41(1), 91-110.

Miller, M.G., Fitzgerald, S.P., Preston, J.C. & Murrell, K.L. (2002, August). The efficacy of appreciative inquiry in building relational capital in a transcultural strategic alliance: Case study of a US-Indian biotech alliance. Presented at the Academy of Management, Denver, Colorado.

Preston, J.C. (2001). Transorganizational and transformational change in international settings. Presented to the EDDOC program, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA.

Preston, J.C. (2004, August). Aligning HRM with corporate strategy. Presented to the SHIRM of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.

Preston, J.C. (2004, August). Bringing the people along in government change. Presented to Daniel Moi and Members of Parliament, Nairobi, Kenya.

Preston, J.C. (2004, August). Creating the impossible: A new way of visioning strategy for NGOs. Presented at the Association of Non Government Organizations, Nairobi, Kenya.

Preston, J.C. (2007, January). Increasing cultural awareness. Paper presented at Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO.

Preston, J.C. (2007, May). A potential model of transformational change applied to South Africa. Paper presented at Colorado Technical University.

Preston, J.C. (2008, July). Creating non-violent transformational change leaders: A new discipline

in OD. Key Note Address given in Accra, Ghana.

Preston, J.C. (2011). The Evolution of a Tourist Network Organization. In In H.P. Gupta & T. Thatchenkerry (Eds.). Learning Global Competitiveness for Organizational Excellence – Management Cases.

Preston, J.C. (2011, May). Increasing Tourism through Network Organizations. Key Note Presented at the Human Resource Conference at the Poznan University School of Business, Poznan, Poland.

Preston, J.C. (2011, August). Organization and strategy of consulting firms. Discussant for Flemming Poulfelt’s paper, When east meets west: the Case of a Scandinavian consulting firm’s entry into India, The Academy of Management, San Antonio, TX.

Preston, J.C. (2011, December). The Evolution of a Tourist Network. Presented at the International Conference on Management Cases, the BIMTECH campus, Greater Nolda, India.

Preston, J.C. (2011, December). Increasing Tourism through Network Organizations. Submitted to the Global Management Journal.

Preston, J.C. & Preston, L.E. (2007, August). Creating organization transformation in Kenya. Paper presented to Daniel Moi and other Academics, Nakuru, Kenya

Preston, J.C. & Preston, L.E. (2007, August). Overcoming barriers and being the best you can be. Presented at 15 schools all over Kenya, Rift Valley, Kenya.

Preston, J.C. & Preston, L.E. (2007, August). A potential model for a school of peace and non violent transformation. Presented to Daniel Moi and associates, Nakuru, Kenya

Preston, J.C. & Preston, L.E. (2007, October). Dr. Taaitta arap Toweett: Life-long learning personified. Paper presented in Nakuru, Kenya.

Preston, J.C. and Preston, L.E. (2009). Introduction to T. Toweet’s A spade is a spade.  Taaitta Toweett Foundation Publication, 3-8.

Preston, J.C. & Wall, K.W. (2009, April). Global Leadership. Presented at the Institute for Global Leadership. Beijing, China.

Preston, J.C. & Wall, K.W. (2011). A Gift from China: Human Resources beyond paper pushing into true organizational leadership. (Ed.) D. Warrick.

Sorensen, P., Preston, J,C, & Carrikk, N. (2009, October). New dimensions in organizational change: The creation and use of online programs. Presented at the “Teaching Bootcamp” Workshop, Midwest Academy of Management and the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, Chicago, IL.

Wall, K. & Preston, J.C. (2009). Conducting trade with Chinese Family Business. Organization Development Journal. 27(2), 53-68.

Wall, K.L. & Preston, J.C. (2010). Action research in the development of a Chinese family enterprise. Organization Development Journal, 28(4), pp.77-90.

Wall, K. & Preston, J.C. (2010, December). Becoming a Learning Organization: A Case Study of the Wanyou Furniture Company. Accepted for the International Conference on Business Cases (ICBC2010), New Delhi, India.