Bio—Victoria Marie Grady

Dr. Grady completed her Doctoral Studies at the George Washington University in May 2005. Her dissertation focused on the inherent loss of stability suffered by organizations introducing and implementing organizational change initiatives. The research resulted in a validated model (LOE Model) explaining the tendency of individuals, often subconsciously, to struggle, resist, and potentially disrupt the organizational change initiative.

Dr. Grady continues to build upon her research in the field of change management and extended her original model to include a validated index (LOE Index) that quantitatively measures the tendency of individuals within the organization to embrace organizational change initiatives. The index focuses on the employee, and how factors inherent in change affect their performance. Subsequently, this shift in performance will have a negative impact on the overall health of the organization.

She is currently an Assistant Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Organizational Science within the Columbian School of Arts and Sciences at the George Washington University. Dr. Grady's consulting practice includes federal government institutions, non-profit organizations, and private sector companies.

Bio—James D. Grady

Dr. James Grady received his D.M.D. at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, in 1971 and his residency training and a Master of Science in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974. In his practice and as an avocation, he has been a keen observer and student of behavior. This has given him the opportunity to do research and speculate regarding the various circles of cause and effect in chronic pain patients, and in employees and colleagues especially when under various types of stress. His interests in this regard has led him on what he describes as a fascinating journey of discovery both in his field and in the field of management in general. As relates to those interests, he has been a principal presenter at practice management seminars entitled: "Enhancing Productivity" And "Conflict Management" at the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Annual Meetings in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 "Office Management for the OMS Practice."

Dr. J. Grady became aware of the works of Dr. Elliott Jaques in 2000, and subsequently immersed himself in his publications. In 2001/2002 he met with Dr. Jaques on several occasions, an experience which provided considerable insight into some of the nuance of Stratified Systems Theory and its author. His quest to more clearly understand and integrate the work of Dr. Jaques with current management theory literature continues and led to the invitation to guest lecture for the Organizational Science Fellows with George Washington University.

PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS

Grady, James D. and Grady, Victoria M. "Critical Components of Organizational Trust: Raising the Issue, Exploring the Origin, Pondering the Cure…." Proceedings of the OPUS International Conference- Organisational and Social Dynamics, London, England, November 2009.

*Grady, Victoria M., Gleckel, Erikka A., and Grody, Erin R. "The Organizational Loss Of Effectiveness (LOE) Model And The LOE Index: A Quantitative Measurement Tool For Identifying Individual Symptomatic Response To Technological Change," Integration Journal, June 2009.

*This article received the Leadership Excellence Award at the Global Integration Consortium Conference in Las Vegas, NV, June 2009.

Grady, Victoria M. "Organizational Change: Defining the Process," Intensive Program on Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Leadership. State University of Management, Moscow, Russia, June 6-17, 2009.

Grady, Victoria and Grady, James. "Winnicott's Potential Space And Transitional Objects: Implications For The Organizational Change Process And Its Previously Defined Relationship To An Organizational Loss Of Effectiveness (LOE)." Journal of Organisational and Social Dynamics, Fall 2008.

Grady, Victoria M. and Magda, Beverly. "A Model for Managing Technological Change in an Organization," Proceedings of the American Society of Association Executives Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, August 2008.

Grady, Victoria M. "The LOE Index: A Quantitative Change Measure for the Individuals that are Collectively the Organization." Proceedings of the International Society for the Study of Organizations 25th Annual Meeting, Phildelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2008.

Grady, V., Davis, E. B., Olsen, N., Duffy, S., & Ciampaglio, T. The Power of Effect. Panel presentation: Papers on organizational effectiveness. Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management, Washington, DC, May, 2008.

Grady, Victoria M. and Magda, Beverly. "Change: What is it Good for?," Proceedings of the Team Approach User Forum: Executive Track, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2008.

Grady, Victoria M. and Magda, Beverly. "A Model for Managing the Human Side of Technology Change," Monthly Web-Teleconference for Executive Council of Chief Information Officers, December, 2007.

Grady, Victoria M. and Grady, James D. "Potential Space and Transitional Objects: Implements for The Understanding and Management Of Organizational Loss Of Effectiveness (LOE)," Proceedings of the International Society for the Study of Organizations 24th Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2007.

Grady, Victoria M. and Magda, Beverly. "The Human Side of Technology Change," Proceedings of the American Society of Association Executives: Technology Conference, Washington DC, February 2007.

Grady, Victoria M. and Grady, James D. "KM Technologies and the Organizational LOE: The Unintended Consequence of Constant Organizational Change," Strategic Knowledge Management in Multinational Organizations, Kevin O'Sullivan (Eds), 2007.

Pennsylvania: IGI Global. Grady, Victoria, "Studying the Effect of Loss of Stability on Organizational Behavior: A Perspective on Technological Change," dissertation manuscript, The George Washington University, 2005.

Grady (Goetz), V. and Hamner, M. "The Deterioration from an Organizational Loss Of Stability Into An Organizational LOE," Proceedings of the 2004 American Society Engineering Management National Conference, Alexandria, VA, 2004.

Grady (Goetz), V. and Hamner, M. "The Effect of Technological Change on Organizational Effectiveness," American Society of Engineering Managers Practice Periodical. Volume 1, Number 2. Summer 2004.

Grady-Goetz, V. and Hamner, M., "Identifying Behavioral Symptoms in the Workplace That Can Evolve Into An Organizational Loss of Effectiveness," Proceedings of the 2003 American Society Engineering Management National Conference, St. Louis, MO, 2003.

Grady, Victoria, "Development of a Tool to Measure Organizational Anaclitic Depression as a Result of the Turbulent Technology Revolution," unpublished dissertation proposal manuscript, The George Washington University, 2002.

Grady, J.D. (2000). "Practice and Personnel Development". In Frost DE, Hersh EV, Levin LM (eds): Volume I: Anesthesia/ Dentoalveolar Surgery/ Practice Management. Fonseca RJ (ed): Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Chapter 28, (pp 597-620). Philadelphia: WB Saunders.